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9 Best Free AI Coding Assistants of 2026

By the Rankozo research desk · Updated November 6, 2026

9 of the 10 tools in our best ai coding assistants ranking offer a permanent free plan. GitHub Copilot scores highest among them at 9.2 out of 10.

1. 01

   GitHub Copilot

   Developers who want the cheapest full-featured paid plan and support in almost every editor.

   Free plan; Pro $10 per user per month, Pro+ $39, Max $100

   Full entry, No. 1 overall

   Paid from

   $10

   Score 9.2

2. 02

   OpenAI Codex

   ChatGPT users who want a coding agent bundled with their existing plan, starting at $8 a month.

   Free plan; Go $8 per month, Plus $20, Pro from $100

   Full entry, No. 2 overall

   Paid from

   $8

   Score 9.1

3. 03

   Zed

   Developers who want a free editor that runs Claude Agent or Codex CLI on their own subscription.

   Free plan; Pro $10 per month with $5 of tokens, Business $30 per seat

   Full entry, No. 4 overall

   Paid from

   $10

   Score 8.7

4. 04

   Cursor

   Developers who want an agent-first editor and are happy to use Grok models or pay API rates for others.

   Free plan; Plus $8 per month (Grok models only), Premium $30, Teams from $30 per user

   Full entry, No. 5 overall

   Paid from

   $8

   Score 8.6

5. 05

   Google Antigravity

   Developers who want a free agent IDE with Gemini models, or who already pay for Google AI Pro.

   Free plan; higher limits with Google AI Pro at $19.99 per month

   Full entry, No. 6 overall

   Paid from

   $19.99

   Score 8.6

6. 06

   Devin Desktop

   Developers who want one desktop app to manage several agents and models, plus cloud agents on Pro.

   Free plan; Pro $20 per month, Max $200, Teams $80 per month plus $40 per seat

   Full entry, No. 7 overall

   Paid from

   $20

   Score 8.5

7. 07

   Kiro

   Developers who want predictable, published credit limits and AWS's replacement for Amazon Q Developer in the IDE.

   Free plan with 50 credits; Pro $20 per user per month with 1,000 credits

   Full entry, No. 8 overall

   Paid from

   $20

   Score 8.5

8. 08

   Amp

   Developers who already pay for ChatGPT or Claude and want hosted agent environments without token markups.

   Free Hobby plan; Megawatt $20 per month with 45,000 orb minutes

   Full entry, No. 9 overall

   Paid from

   $20

   Score 8.2

9. 09

   JetBrains AI

   Developers who work in IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm or other JetBrains IDEs and want agents without leaving them.

   See vendor pricing (USD check pending)

   Full entry, No. 10 overall

   Paid from

   Free plan

   Score 8.2

Scores and prices come from our Best AI Coding Assistants ranking, which uses one method for every tool. Questions or corrections: editorial@rankozo.com