Goose alternatives
Same shelf — coding. Order: verdict first, then freshness. No sponsored spots.
Claude Code
shipAnthropic's terminal agent that edits, runs and tests code in your repo.
paidincluded in Claude Pro $20/mo ($17/mo yearly) and Max 5x $100 / Max 20x $200; shares the plan usage pool; extra usage at API rates
Verified 2026-09-01
Cursor
shipAI-first code editor (VS Code fork) with agent mode and inline edits.
freemiumHobby free; Pro $20/mo; Pro+ $60/mo (3× Agent limits); Ultra $200/mo (20×); Teams from $40/user/mo
Verified 2026-09-01
Aider
shipOpen-source pair programming in the terminal — git-native, works with any model.
freefree, open source; bring your own API key
Verified 2026-08-24
CodeGeeX
shipFree and open-source IDE plugin and coding model family from Zhipu.
freeCodeGeeX plugin and model family are free and open source; GLM Coding Plan paid subscription is a separate product from $18/mo
Verified 2026-08-24
GitHub Copilot
shipCompletions, chat, agents, and Copilot CLI — one GitHub Copilot seat, not a third CLI product.
freemiumFree $0 (2,000 completions/mo, 50 chat requests, CLI, limited agent mode); Pro $10/mo ($15 credits); Pro+ $39/mo ($70 credits); Max $100/mo ($200 credits)
Verified 2026-08-24
Kimi Code
shipOpen-source terminal coding agent from Moonshot AI with Anthropic-compatible gateway and MCP support.
freemiumCLI is free/MIT; hosted coding membership ~$19–$39/mo depending on region; API billed separately at Kimi API rates (K3 $3/$15 per 1M)
Verified 2026-08-24
OpenCode
shipAutonomous coding agent that edits files, runs tests, and validates changes in your repo.
freemiumfree tier; paid plans from $20/mo
Verified 2026-08-19
OpenAI Codex
situationalOpenAI's coding agent — terminal CLI, IDE, and cloud tasks, bundled into ChatGPT plans.
freemiumincluded in ChatGPT Free/Go/Plus/Pro; Plus $20/mo, Pro 5x $100/mo or 20x $200/mo; extra credits after 5h caps; API key billed at API rates
Verified 2026-08-26
Amp
situationalSourcegraph's agentic coding product (not Cody) — subscription orbs plus linked ChatGPT/Grok usage.
paidMegawatt $20/mo (750 orb-hours, $20 included agent usage); Gigawatt $200/mo; unconstrained usage billing
Verified 2026-08-24
Augment Code
situationalEnterprise AI coding platform with a semantic Context Engine for very large codebases and multi-agent orchestration.
paidBusiness $100/mo flat (up to 50 seats, $100 usage included); Enterprise custom. Overage: provider LLM pricing + 40% service fee + Cosmos compute $0.19/hr. Trial: 30,000 credits with a card on file; no perpetual free tier.
Verified 2026-08-24
Cline
situationalOpen-source autonomous coding agent for VS Code and CLI — BYOK, you pay the model bill.
freemiumextension/CLI free for individuals (BYOK or Cline inference at cost); optional ClinePass $9.99/mo for open-weight models; Enterprise custom (SSO, JetBrains, SLA)
Verified 2026-08-24
Devin
situationalAutonomous cloud AI software engineer that plans, codes, tests, and opens PRs; now bundled with the Devin Desktop IDE.
freemiumFree $0/mo (limited agent quota, unlimited inline edits); Pro $20/mo adds Devin Cloud and frontier models; Max $200/mo; Teams from $80/mo + $40/full dev seat; the old $500/mo Team entry was retired in April 2026.
Verified 2026-08-24
Devin Desktop (ex Windsurf)
situationalAgentic IDE (VS Code fork) with Devin agents and cloud coding.
freemiumfree tier; Pro $20/mo, Max $200/mo
Verified 2026-08-24
Kilo Code
situationalMIT-licensed coding agent for VS Code, JetBrains, CLI, and cloud — models at provider rates, no markup.
freemiumindividual platform $0; Teams $15/user/mo; Kilo Pass from $19/mo; Gateway at provider rates + 5% credit-purchase fee; cloud compute from $0.33–$1.20/h
Verified 2026-08-24
Qwen Code
situationalOpen-source terminal coding agent from Alibaba, forked from Gemini CLI.
freemiumCLI is free/open source; hosted free tier restricted to ~100 requests/day as of April 2026; Coding Plan Pro ~$50/month (~90K requests/month); BYOK available
Verified 2026-08-24
v0
situationalAI generator of full Next.js/React apps from a prompt, screenshot, or Figma frame, with one-click Vercel deploy.
freemiumFree $0/mo ($5 credits/mo, 7 messages/day); Plus $30/user/mo; Business $100/user/mo; Premium $20 retired for new users. Generations billed by tokens (v0 Pro ~$2/1M input, $10/1M output).
Verified 2026-08-24
Zed
situationalFast open-source editor (Rust) with a built-in AI panel and agent mode.
freemiumeditor free; Pro $10/mo includes $5 token credits, overage at API list price +10%; Business $30/seat/mo; BYOK free
Verified 2026-08-24
Baidu Comate
situationalBaidu's AI coding assistant with completion, chat, and Zulu agent mode for Chinese developers.
freemiumStandard free for individuals; Pro starts at ¥1 for the first month then ¥60/mo (or ¥500/yr); Enterprise from ¥799/seat/yr; new signups receive ¥10 model credit
Verified 2026-08-20
Tencent CodeBuddy
situationalTencent's AI coding suite with IDE, VS Code/JetBrains plugin, and CLI built on Hunyuan and DeepSeek.
freemiumExperience tier free (500 credits/mo); Standard ¥99/mo, Advanced ¥199/mo, Flagship ¥999/mo; Enterprise SaaS ¥198/seat/mo; credits shared with WorkBuddy
Verified 2026-08-20
ZCode
situationalAgentic IDE from Z.ai/Zhipu built around GLM-5.3 for goal-driven coding with multi-agent workflows.
freemiumapp download free; GLM Coding plan Lite ¥94.4/mo, Pro ¥430.4/mo, Max ¥862.4/mo (discounted from ¥118/¥538/¥1078); pay-as-you-go model API also available on BigModel.cn
Verified 2026-08-20
Bolt.new
situationalStackBlitz's in-browser AI app builder — prompt to a hosted full-stack site, billed in tokens.
freemiumFree $0 (300k tokens/day, 1M/mo, Bolt branding); Pro $25/mo (from 10M tokens/mo, rollover); Teams $30/member/mo
Verified 2026-08-19
ChatOSS
situationalNative desktop workspace for agentic coding with local Ollama models and optional cloud models.
freemiumFree for local Ollama; Starter $8/mo, Plus $20/mo, Pro $60/mo, Ultra $200/mo for cloud models
Verified 2026-08-19
Clinch
situationalLocal-first macOS fork of Warp that keeps Claude Code and Codex sessions alive across restarts.
freeAGPL-3.0 open source; no account, no telemetry
Verified 2026-08-19
Factory
situationalAutonomous software engineering agents for end-to-end codebase tasks.
paidcustom enterprise pricing
Verified 2026-08-19
Gemini Code Assist
situationalGoogle's AI coding assistant for IDEs, terminal, and Google Cloud workloads.
paidStandard $19/seat/mo (annual) or $22.80 monthly; Enterprise $45/seat/mo (annual) or $54 monthly
Verified 2026-08-19
GLM Coding Plan
situationalFlat-rate monthly subscription for coding-optimized GLM models via an OpenAI-compatible API.
paidLite ~$18/mo, Pro ~$72/mo, Max ~$160/mo (annual billing $151.20/$604.80/$1,344/year); rate/allowance caps apply
Verified 2026-08-19
Google Antigravity
situationalGoogle's agentic development platform — free individual tier, paid quota via AI Pro/Ultra, orgs via Cloud.
freemiumindividual $0/mo with weekly agent caps; higher quota via Google AI Pro $19.99/mo or Ultra from $99.99/mo; orgs via Google Cloud consumption
Verified 2026-08-19
Jules
situationalGoogle's asynchronous coding agent that clones your repo and works in the background.
freepublic beta is free with usage limits; paid pricing expected after beta
Verified 2026-08-19
Junie
situationalJetBrains' autonomous coding agent built into IntelliJ, PyCharm, and the JetBrains IDEs.
freemiumAI Free limited tier; AI Pro $10/mo, AI Ultimate $30/mo; business seats $20–$60/mo; Enterprise custom
Verified 2026-08-19
Kiro
situationalAWS spec-driven IDE — requirements and tasks before code, billed in monthly credits.
freemiumFree $0 (50 credits); Pro $20/user/mo (1,000 credits); Pro+ $40; Pro Max $100; Power $200; overage $0.04/credit
Verified 2026-08-19
Lovable
situationalPrompt-to-full-stack app builder — credits for builds, GitHub/GitLab sync, hosted backends.
freemiumFree $0 (5 daily build credits, 30/mo cap); Pro from $25/mo (100 credits); Business from $50/mo; annual Pro $250/yr
Verified 2026-08-19
OpenHands
situationalOpen-source software-engineering agent — GUI, CLI, SDK, plus a hosted Cloud.
freemiumself-host MIT/community repos free (BYOK); Cloud is commercial at app.all-hands.dev — no public HTML $ card fetched, confirm in-product
Verified 2026-08-19
Pi
situationalMinimal open-source coding-agent harness — TUI, SDK, RPC, BYOK, customize instead of feature-bloat.
freeCLI/SDK free; you pay the model provider; packages install from npm or git
Verified 2026-08-19
Replit Agent
situationalReplit's browser-based AI app builder with built-in deployment and effort-based credits.
freemiumStarter free with limited daily credits; Core $25/mo ($20/mo annual) with usage credits; Pro $100/mo; Enterprise custom
Verified 2026-08-19
Tongyi Lingma
situationalFree IDE plugin and standalone AI IDE from Alibaba for completion, chat and repo refactoring.
freeCompletely free for individual developers; enterprise tier custom pricing via Alibaba Cloud
Verified 2026-08-19
Trae
situationalByteDance's AI-native IDE with inline completion, chat and autonomous SOLO agent mode.
freemiumFree plan with monthly AI allowance; paid tiers Lite $3/mo, Pro $10/mo, Pro+ $30/mo, Ultra $100/mo (token-based); pricing changed 2026-02-18
Verified 2026-08-19
Voidleap Code
situationalLocal-first agentic IDE with your own keys, per-turn model switching, and full observability.
freemiumFree: 3 workspaces, 3 projects each, 1 key profile, 7-day history; Pro €20/seat/mo; Team €50/seat/mo
Verified 2026-08-19
Warp
situationalModern terminal with a first-party coding agent — credits for Warp Agent, BYOK on Free.
freemiumFree $0 (BYOK + limited agent); Build from $20/mo (1,500 credits); Max from $200/mo (18,000 credits); Business from $50/user/mo
Verified 2026-08-19
Sourcegraph Cody
skipAI coding assistant with deep code-search context from Sourcegraph.
paidenterprise-only (self-serve discontinued 2025-07); contact sales
Verified 2026-08-19
Continue
radarOpen-source IDE agent (VS Code/JetBrains) with hub configs, BYOK, and local models.
freemiumOSS extension free; Continue Hub has paid team features
Verified 2026-08-26
Open Interpreter
radarNatural-language computer use: a ChatGPT-like prompt that runs code locally.
freemiumOSS local; optional hosted/computer-use products
Verified 2026-08-26
Tabby
radarSelf-hosted coding assistant: completions and an agent, runs on your GPU or a small box.
freeApache-2.0 self-host; you pay the hardware
Verified 2026-08-26