Best AI agents for coding in an editor
Listed alphabetically; we don't rank paid placements.
Cline
Open-source coding agent for VS Code that plans and acts with your own API key.
Free and open source for individuals (pay for AI inference at cost or bring your own key); Enterprise customCursor
AI code editor with an agent that edits across files, plus cloud agents.
Free $0; Plus $8/mo; Premium $30/mo; Super $100/mo; Ultra $200/mo; Teams $30+/user/moGitHub Copilot
Code completions, chat and a cloud agent that opens pull requests on GitHub.
Free $0; Pro $10/mo; Pro+ $39/mo; Max $100/moWindsurf
AI code editor with the Cascade agent.
Free $0; Pro $20/mo; Max $200/mo; Teams $80/mo + $40/user