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AI Coding

Ship faster with AI pair programmers.

AI code assistants, AI-native editors and agentic coding tools — GitHub Copilot, Cursor and the developer tooling reshaping how software gets written.

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9.2*
Free tier / from $20/mo

Cursor

The strongest AI-native code editor we've used — repo-wide context and multi-file agent edits justify switching editors.

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9.1*
Included with Claude paid plans or billed via API usage

Claude Code

Anthropic's agentic coding tool for the terminal — it reads your repository and edits files directly.

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8.8*
Free tier / from $10/mo

GitHub Copilot

The default AI coding assistant for teams already on GitHub — strongest on org policy, procurement and IDE breadth rather than raw agentic capability.

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8.6*
Free tier; paid plans plus usage-based agent charges

Replit

A browser IDE plus hosting and an AI agent — build, run and deploy without configuring a local environment.

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