Best AI coding agents in 2026

• Coding

  Claude Code

  Anthropic's coding agent for the terminal, editor and web. It reads your codebase, makes changes and runs commands.

  Subscription · 4 use casesfrom $20/mo

• CodingFree tier

  OpenAI Codex

  OpenAI's coding agent, in a desktop app, CLI, IDE extension and on the web; included with ChatGPT plans.

  Subscription · 3 use casesFree; Plus $20/mo

• CodingFree tier

  Lovable

  An app builder for non-coders: chat to build websites and web apps, with hosting and a database included.

  Subscription · 3 use casesFree; Pro $25/mo

• CodingFree tier

  Cursor

  An AI code editor with agents that plan and make multi-file changes, plus cloud agents and code review.

  Subscription · 2 use casesFree; Plus $8/mo

• CodingFree tier

  GitHub Copilot

  GitHub's coding assistant with an agent mode in VS Code and other editors, a CLI and cloud agents that work on GitHub issues.

  Subscription · 1 use caseFree; Pro $10/mo

• CodingFree tier

  Devin

  An autonomous coding agent from Cognition, now sold with local and cloud agents (Devin Cloud) and its own SWE models. Windsurf, Cognition's AI code editor, was renamed Devin Desktop on June 2, 2026.

  Subscription · 1 use caseFree; Pro $20/mo

• Coding

  Replit Agent

  A browser-based app builder: describe the app and Replit Agent builds, hosts and deploys it.

  Subscription · 1 use casefrom $20/mo

• DesignFree tier

  Figma Make

  Figma's prompt-to-app tool that turns ideas and designs into working prototypes and web apps.

  Per seatFree; Professional full seat $16/mo

• Coding

  Augment Code

  An AI coding agent with a context engine for large codebases, in the IDE and CLI.

  Subscription$20/mo flat

• Coding

  Factory (Droids)

  Software-development agents (Droids) that work in your terminal, IDE or cloud to build features, review code and fix incidents.

  Subscription$20/mo

• CodingFree tier

  Kiro

  AWS's agentic IDE that works from specs: it turns a prompt into requirements, a design and tasks, then writes the code.

  Per seatFree; Pro $20/user/mo

• CodingFree tier

  Bolt.new

  An AI app builder that turns a prompt into a working web app with hosting and databases, no code needed.

  SubscriptionFree; Pro $25/mo

• CodingFree tier

  v0

  Vercel's AI app builder that turns prompts into web apps and UIs you can deploy on Vercel.

  Per seatFree; Plus $30/user/mo

• JuCoding

  Jules

  Google's asynchronous coding agent that clones your repo to a cloud VM, plans changes and opens pull requests.

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How we ordered this list: whether the vendor publishes its prices, then the number of verified public use cases we've found, then the lowest listed monthly plan. Only full listings (verified starting price with its source) are included. We haven't tested these hands-on. How we rank.

Pricing compared

Public pricing of AI coding agents, with the date each price was checked

Agent	Starts at	Model	Free plan	Plans	Checked	Source
Claude Code	from $20/mo	Subscription	No	Pro: $20/mo Max 5x: $100/mo Max 20x: $200/mo	October 21, 2026	Source
OpenAI Codex	Free; Plus $20/mo	Subscription	Yes	Free: $0 Go: $8/mo Plus: $20/mo Pro: from $100/mo Business: $25/user/mo	October 21, 2026	Source
Lovable	Free; Pro $25/mo	Subscription	Yes	Free: $0 Pro: $25/mo Business: $50/mo	October 21, 2026	Source
Cursor	Free; Plus $8/mo	Subscription	Yes	Free: $0 Plus: $8/mo Premium: $30/mo Super: $100/mo Ultra: $200/mo Teams: from $30/user/mo	October 21, 2026	Source
GitHub Copilot	Free; Pro $10/mo	Subscription	Yes	Free: $0 Pro: $10/mo Pro+: $39/mo Max: $100/mo	October 21, 2026	Source
Devin	Free; Pro $20/mo	Subscription	Yes	Free: $0 Pro: $20/mo Max: $200/mo Teams: $80/mo + $40/dev seat	October 21, 2026	Source
Replit Agent	from $20/mo	Subscription	No	Core: $20/mo Higher tier: $100/mo	October 21, 2026	Source
Figma Make	Free; Professional full seat $16/mo	Per seat	Yes	Starter: Free Professional: $16/mo full seat Organization: $55/mo full seat Enterprise: $90/mo full seat	October 21, 2026	Source
Augment Code	$20/mo flat	Subscription	No	Standard: $20/mo Business: $100/mo	October 21, 2026	Source
Factory	$20/mo	Subscription	No	Pro: $20/mo Plus: $100/mo Max: $200/mo Teams: $60/mo + $40/seat	October 21, 2026	Source
Kiro	Free; Pro $20/user/mo	Per seat	Yes	Free: $0/month Pro: $20/user/mo Pro+: $40/user/mo Pro Max: $100/user/mo	October 21, 2026	Source
Bolt.new	Free; Pro $25/mo	Subscription	Yes	Free: $0/month Pro: $25/mo Teams: $30/member/mo	October 21, 2026	Source
v0	Free; Plus $30/user/mo	Per seat	Yes	Free: $0/month Plus: $30/user/mo Business: $100/user/mo	October 21, 2026	Source
JuJules	See vendor	Quote only	No	not published	October 21, 2026	Source

Prices are copied from each vendor's public pricing page on the date shown. "not published" or "Contact sales" means the vendor doesn't publish a price; we don't guess. Prices change; confirm with the vendor.

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