Claude Code
Coding AgentspaidAnthropic's agentic coding tool for the terminal and IDEs.
Best for: Large, multi-step coding tasks from the terminal
Coding Agents
9 tools, with pricing and what each is best for.
OpenAI Codex
Coding AgentspaidOpenAI's coding agent across ChatGPT, CLI, IDE extension and cloud; included in ChatGPT plans.
Best for: Delegating tasks and automated PR review
OpenCode
Coding AgentsfreeOpen-source, model-agnostic coding agent with terminal, desktop and web apps.
Best for: Open-source agent with any model
Cline
Coding AgentsfreeOpen-source autonomous coding agent for VS Code; bring your own model.
Best for: Transparent agent inside VS Code
Aider
Coding AgentsfreeOpen-source AI pair programming in your terminal with git integration.
Best for: Git-native terminal pair programming
Devin
Coding AgentsfreemiumCognition's autonomous coding agent running parallel cloud agents.
Best for: Hands-off async engineering tasks
Jules
Coding AgentsfreemiumGoogle's asynchronous coding agent that works on your GitHub repos.
Best for: Background fixes on GitHub repos
Amp
Coding AgentsfreemiumSourcegraph's agentic coding tool for terminal and editors.
Best for: Frontier-model agent work
Reason
Coding AgentsfreemiumCost-efficient coding agent that writes code, runs tests and opens PRs from Mac, terminal, web or Slack.
Best for: Cost-efficient autonomous coding and PRs