AI coding tools

The agents and editors that do the vibe coding — what they're good at and what they cost.

Claude Code
Anthropic's agentic coding tool that lives in your terminal
Free tier; Pro $20/mo; Max $100+/mo; API $3/M input, $15/M output
Cursor
The AI code editor
Free tier; Pro $20/mo
Codex
OpenAI's software engineering agent
Free tier; Go $8/mo; Plus $20/mo; Pro 5x $100/mo; Pro 20x $200/mo; API pay-as-you-go available
Gemini CLI
Google's open-source AI agent for your terminal
Free tier available; Pro $19.99/mo; Ultra $99.99/mo; Pay-as-you-go API option available