Code completion, AI editors and app builders that write, explain and fix code.
10 tools, ranked by our editors. Pricing is what each tool's own site shows.
AI pair programmer inside VS Code, JetBrains and GitHub.
Best for: Developers who want help inside the editor they already use.
Our top pick is GitHub Copilot: AI pair programmer inside VS Code, JetBrains and GitHub. Cursor and Claude Code are close behind.
Yes. GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Lovable, Replit, Bolt.new can all be used without paying, on a free plan or as open source. Free limits change often, so check each tool's site.
An AI-first code editor that understands your whole project.
Best for: Developers who want AI at the centre of their editor.
Anthropic's agentic coding tool for the terminal, IDE and web.
Best for: Developers who want to hand off larger coding tasks.
Build a working web app by describing it in chat.
Best for: Founders and non-developers building prototypes and MVPs.
Code, build and deploy apps in the browser with an AI agent.
Best for: Beginners and builders who want to go from idea to live app.
Prompt, run and deploy full-stack apps in the browser.
Best for: Developers and makers prototyping web apps quickly.
Generate React interfaces and apps from a prompt.
Best for: Front-end developers and designers building interfaces.
An AI code editor with an agent that keeps context as you work.
Best for: Developers who want an alternative AI editor.
AWS's AI assistant for coding, debugging and cloud tasks.
Best for: Teams building on AWS.
Private AI code assistant for companies.
Best for: Companies with strict code-privacy requirements.
Our editors score each tool on how well it does the job, how mature and reliable it is and how much the free plan gives you. No listing is paid for.