AI Coding tools

Code completion, chat-based programming help and AI-first code editors.

What to look for in ai coding tools

  • Support for your languages, frameworks and editor
  • Whether your code is retained or used for training, and enterprise privacy options
  • Ability to work across a whole repository, not just a single file
  • How easily you can review, test and reject suggested changes

AI Coding tools in our database

Listed alphabetically — this is not a ranking. We only rank tools after hands-on testing.

Claude

AI Writing

Anthropic’s AI assistant. Like other chat assistants it drafts, edits, analyses and explains, and it is often used for working through…

Main use
Reviewing contracts or reports for key points
Free plan
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Cursor

AI Coding

An AI-first code editor built on the same foundations as Visual Studio Code. It lets you chat with your codebase and ask the AI to make…

Main use
Refactoring
Free plan
Not yet verified
Pricing
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Last reviewed
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GitHub Copilot

AI Coding

GitHub’s AI pair programmer. It suggests code as you type and offers a chat assistant inside popular code editors and on GitHub itself.

Main use
Writing boilerplate faster
Free plan
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Pricing
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