Best AI Coding Assistants in 2026
AI coding assistants range from tools for asking development questions and completing code to options with coding agents or terminal access. This ranking compares those capabilities alongside codebase indexing and supported IDEs; free-plan availability and paid-from pricing provide additional points to weigh. GitHub Copilot, Gemini Code Assist, and Claude Code lead the entries, followed by Kilo Code and Devin. Consider where you write and run code, whether you want assistance in an IDE or terminal, and how much context from a codebase the tool is listed as supporting.
101 ai coding assistants ranked on what their makers publish — plans and prices, free tiers, platforms and the facts on their own pages.
| # | App | Score | From | Free plan | Paid from | Code completion | Chat assistance | Coding agent | Supported IDEs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  GitHub Copilot | 8.4 | $10/mo | Yes | $10/user/mo | Yes | Yes | Yes | Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio, JetBrains IDEs, Eclipse, Xcode | View |
| 2 | Gemini Code Assist | 8.2 | $22.80/mo | Yes | $22.80/user/mo | Yes | Yes | Yes | VS Code; CLion; DataGrip; GoLand; IntelliJ IDEA; PhpStorm; PyCharm; Rider; RubyMine; WebStorm; Cloud Shell Editor; Cloud Workstations; Android Studio | View |
| 3 | Claude Code | 8.2 | $17/mo | No | $17/user/mo | — | Yes | Yes | VS Code, JetBrains IDEs, Cursor, Devin Desktop | View |
| 4 | Kilo Code | 8.2 | $15/mo | Yes | $15/user/mo | Yes | Yes | Yes | VS Code, JetBrains, IntelliJ, PyCharm, WebStorm | View |
| 5 | Devin | 8.1 | $20/mo | Yes | $20/user/mo | Yes | Yes | Yes | Devin Desktop IDE; Zed; JetBrains; Xcode | View |
| 6 | JetBrains Junie | 8.0 | $8.33/mo | Yes | $8.33/user/mo | — | Yes | Yes | IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate, PyCharm Pro, WebStorm, GoLand, IntelliJ IDEA Community, PhpStorm, RubyMine, RustRover, CLion, Rider, Android Studio | View |
| 7 | OpenHands | 7.9 | Free | Yes | — | — | Yes | Yes | — | View |
| 8 | Gemini CLI | 7.9 | Free | Yes | — | — | Yes | Yes | Antigravity, Visual Studio Code, JetBrains, Zed | View |
| 9 | CodeGPT | 7.9 | $10/mo | Yes | $10/user/mo | Yes | Yes | Yes | Visual Studio Code, IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, WebStorm, PhpStorm, and other JetBrains IDEs | View |
| 10 | Amp | 7.9 | $20/mo | Yes | $20/user/mo | — | Yes | Yes | VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Zed, Neovim; deprecated JetBrains integration | View |
| 11 | Cline | 7.8 | Free | Yes | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | VS Code, JetBrains IDEs, Cursor, Windsurf | View |
| 12 |  Refact.ai | 7.8 | Free | Yes | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | VS Code, JetBrains, Visual Studio, Neovim, Sublime Text | View |
| 13 | OpenCode | 7.8 | $10/mo | Yes | — | — | Yes | Yes | Visual Studio Code, Cursor, Zed, Windsurf, VSCodium | View |
| 14 |  Tabby | 7.8 | $15/mo | Yes | $19/user/mo | Yes | Yes | Yes | VS Code, VSCodium, IntelliJ Platform, Vim, Neovim | View |
| 15 |  CodeMate AI | 7.7 | $1/mo | Yes | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Visual Studio Code, JetBrains | View |
| 16 |  Klaat Code | 7.6 | $5/mo | Yes | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | VS Code | View |
| 17 | SquadCoder | 7.5 | Free | Yes | — | — | Yes | Yes | VS Code | View |
| 18 |  Pier | 7.5 | $5/mo | Yes | — | — | Yes | Yes | — | View |
| 19 |  SideCar | 7.5 | Free | Yes | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Visual Studio Code | View |
| 20 |  Codebolt | 7.5 | Free | Yes | — | No | Yes | Yes | Codebolt Editor | View |
| 21 | Atlassian Rovo Dev | 7.4 | $20/mo | Yes | $20/user/mo | — | Yes | Yes | VS Code, Cursor | View |
| 22 |  Jules | 7.4 | Free | Yes | — | — | Yes | Yes | No IDEs explicitly listed; web app and CLI are documented | View |
| 23 |  Zencoder | 7.4 | $45/mo | Yes | $45/user/mo | Yes | Yes | Yes | VS Code, IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, WebStorm, Android Studio | View |
| 24 |  Baidu Comate | 7.4 | Free | Yes | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Visual Studio Code, JetBrains IDEs, Visual Studio, Xcode, Eclipse, Android Studio | View |
| 25 |  Tencent CodeBuddy | 7.4 | Free | Yes | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Visual Studio Code, IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, GoLand, CLion, PhpStorm, Android Studio, WeChat Developer Tools, Xcode, Visual Studio | View |
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Questions about this list
Which ai coding assistant is ranked first on Freedom251?
GitHub Copilot is ranked #1 of 101 with a score of 8.4. Gemini Code Assist is second and Claude Code third.
How many of these have a free plan?
25 of the 25 on this page publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.
Which is the cheapest paid option?
On this page, CodeMate AI has the lowest first paid tier we found: $1/mo.
How is this list ranked?
Ranked free-and-open first: a usable free tier and open-source code, then the platforms it runs on and its documentation. Paid placements never change a rank.