Coding AI tools, by price
8 tools tracked in coding. 8 have a usable free tier. Ranked cheapest paid entry first — not by who pays us.
| Tool | From | Free tier | Model | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub Copilot Autocomplete and chat inside the editor, from GitHub. | $10 | ✓ | seat | 2026-09-03 |
| Claude Anthropic's assistant, strong on long documents and code. | $20 | ✓ | seat | pending |
| Cursor An AI-first fork of VS Code built around whole-codebase edits. | $20 | ✓ | seat | 2026-09-03 |
| Claude Code Terminal-based agentic coding that runs real commands in your repo. | $20 | ✓ | seat | 2026-09-03 |
| Replit Browser IDE with an agent that builds and deploys full apps. | $20 | ✓ | seat | 2026-09-03 |
| Lovable Prompt-to-app builder with a connected database and deploys. | $25 | ✓ | usage | pending |
| Bolt.new In-browser full-stack app generation from StackBlitz. | $25 | ✓ | usage | 2026-09-03 |
| v0 Vercel's generative UI tool: prompt to React components. | $30 | ✓ | usage | 2026-09-03 |
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