Coding & Developer Tools

GitHub Copilot alternatives

Explore 8 options alongside GitHub Copilot (GitHub (Microsoft)), a product in Coding & Developer Tools.

Candidates share an existing guide group, a comparison, or specific tags within the same category. This shortlist is not a ranking or a test result.

Amazon Q Developer

Listed together in guide “Choosing a VS Code AI extension”

AWS's AI coding assistant (formerly CodeWhisperer) for code generation, security scans, and AWS tasks.

Freemium

Use cases

  • Writing and reviewing code with AWS context
  • Scanning code for vulnerabilities
  • Automating Java and framework upgrades

Pricing: A free tier is available; the Pro tier adds higher limits and administrative controls for organizations.

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This record was last reviewed on 2026-10-09.

Tabnine

Editorial suggestion — not a checked fact

AI code completion assistant with privacy-focused and self-hosted options, acquired by Tricentis in July 2026.

Freemium

Use cases

  • Coding assistance in privacy-sensitive environments
  • Enterprises needing on-prem or air-gapped AI
  • Quality and testing teams that want code context in their test agents

Pricing: Tabnine has a free tier and paid Dev and Enterprise plans. After Tricentis acquired Tabnine in July 2026, commercial terms run through Tricentis' products, and www.tabnine.com/pricing no longer serves a page.

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This record was last reviewed on 2026-10-10.

Augment Code

Listed together in guide “Choosing a VS Code AI extension”

AI coding assistant and agent focused on large codebases, with context retrieval across a team's entire repository.

Paid

Use cases

  • Navigating and modifying large, unfamiliar codebases
  • Automating multi-file refactors and routine engineering tasks
  • Giving teams a shared AI assistant aware of their repository

Pricing: Augment Code is sold as a team subscription for its Cosmos platform, with monthly plans that include a pool of usage shared across the team, plus custom pricing for enterprises; there is no free tier.

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This record was last reviewed on 2026-09-10.

JetBrains AI Assistant

Listed together in guide “AI coding tools”

AI assistant integrated across JetBrains IDEs for code completion, chat, and refactoring.

Freemium

Use cases

  • AI assistance for JetBrains IDE users
  • Refactoring and test generation
  • Delegating multi-step tasks to an agent

Pricing: Available through JetBrains AI subscription tiers, including a limited free tier and paid Pro/Ultimate plans.

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This record was last reviewed on 2026-10-09.

Cursor

Editorial suggestion · cites a checked fact

AI-powered code editor that provides autocompletion, chat, and codebase-aware edits for software development.

Freemium

Use cases

  • Refactoring and multi-file changes in existing projects
  • Generating new features from natural-language instructions
  • Understanding unfamiliar codebases through codebase-aware chat

Pricing: Checked 2026-11-02: Free; Plus USD 8/month; Premium 30; Super 100; Ultra 200. Teams starts at USD 30 per seat/month. Plus excludes third-party models. Individual Premium, Super and Ultra bill third-party models at API list prices; Teams and Enterprise may add a Cursor Token Rate for eligible models. Prices exclude tax; annual billing is separate.

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This record was last reviewed on 2026-11-02.

Windsurf

Compared on “Cursor vs GitHub Copilot vs Windsurf”

Agentic AI code editor, formerly Codeium, that Cognition now ships as Devin Desktop, the IDE for its local and cloud agents.

Freemium

Use cases

  • Building and refactoring features from natural-language instructions
  • Running several coding agents and reviewing their pull requests in one editor
  • Day-to-day autocomplete and chat inside the editor

Pricing: Checked 2026-11-02: current public Devin plans are Free, Pro USD 20/month, Max USD 200/month, and Teams USD 80/month plus USD 40 per full developer seat. Extra paid-plan usage is available at API pricing. Existing Windsurf plans keep their existing terms; the expired October promotion is not included.

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This record was last reviewed on 2026-11-02.

Aider

Related: shares the task Writing new code, Editing an existing codebase

Open-source command-line tool for AI pair programming that edits code in your local git repository.

Open (open weights/source) Apache-2.0

Use cases

  • Making multi-file code changes from natural-language requests
  • Refactoring or extending an existing codebase from the terminal
  • Pair programming with local or hosted models without leaving the CLI

Pricing: Aider is free and open source (Apache-2.0); the only cost is API usage for the LLM you connect, or nothing when using a local model.

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This record was last reviewed on 2026-10-10.

Amp

Related: shares the task Writing new code, Editing an existing codebase

Agentic coding tool from Sourcegraph that runs locally or in remote orbs, writing and shipping code from the terminal, editors, web, and phone.

Paid

Use cases

  • Delegating multi-file coding tasks from the terminal, editor, or phone
  • Running parallel agents in remote orbs without local worktrees
  • Replacing an individual Cody workflow with an agentic tool

Pricing: Amp is sold as paid Megawatt ($20/month) and Gigawatt ($200/month) subscriptions that include agent usage and orb hours, or as unconstrained usage billing. Individual Cody Free and Pro plans ended in 2025.

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This record was last reviewed on 2026-10-09.

Switching to Cursor

Editorial suggestion · cites a checked fact

Choose it when: You prefer Cursor’s own editor and agent workflow and are willing to replace your current IDE; Copilot also supports agent modes in compatible environments.

What changes: Move to the Cursor editor and configure its settings and team policies separately; Copilot-specific usage policies do not transfer with the repository.

What you give up: Seat administration and policy move from your GitHub organisation to Cursor's Teams plan.

Evidence: Verified 2026-11-02 Cursor — 30 USD/user/month Applies to: Teams entry seat tier, billed monthly; higher seat tiers and model usage cost extra cursor.com ↗

Switching to Tabnine

Editorial suggestion — not a checked fact

Choose it when: Your constraint is deployment: the assistant has to run in your own environment rather than as a hosted service.

What changes: Install the Tabnine plugin for your editor and point it at the deployment your organisation controls.

What you give up: The self-hosted route is an enterprise arrangement, so the free entry point does not represent the deployed cost.

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