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Tongyi Lingma alternatives

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Claude Code

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Anthropic'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

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AI-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

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Open-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

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Free 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

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Completions, 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

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Open-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

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Autonomous 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

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OpenAI'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

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Sourcegraph'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

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Enterprise 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

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Open-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

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Autonomous 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)

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Agentic IDE (VS Code fork) with Devin agents and cloud coding.

freemiumfree tier; Pro $20/mo, Max $200/mo

Verified 2026-08-24

Goose

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Open-source, extensible local agent from Block/AAIF — recipes, MCP, BYOK, beyond autocomplete.

freeCLI/desktop free (Apache); you pay the model provider; no Goose seat fee

Verified 2026-08-24

Kilo Code

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MIT-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

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Open-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

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AI 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

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Fast 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

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Baidu'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

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Tencent'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

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Agentic 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

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StackBlitz'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

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Native 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

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Local-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

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Autonomous software engineering agents for end-to-end codebase tasks.

paidcustom enterprise pricing

Verified 2026-08-19

Gemini Code Assist

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Google'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

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Flat-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

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Google'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

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Google'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

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JetBrains' 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

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AWS 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

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Prompt-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

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Open-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

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Minimal 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

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Replit'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

Trae

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ByteDance'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

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Local-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

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Modern 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

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AI coding assistant with deep code-search context from Sourcegraph.

paidenterprise-only (self-serve discontinued 2025-07); contact sales

Verified 2026-08-19

Continue

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Open-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

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Natural-language computer use: a ChatGPT-like prompt that runs code locally.

freemiumOSS local; optional hosted/computer-use products

Verified 2026-08-26

Tabby

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Self-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

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