GitHub Copilot
AI pair-programmer in your IDE. Real-time code completion, chat about codebases, agent mode for multi-file refactors. Tight VS Code integration.
freemium
Cursor
Code generationfreemium
AI-first code editor forked from VS Code. Tab-completion, codebase chat, and inline diff edits. Tight integration with Anthropic + OpenAI models.
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AI pair-programmer in your IDE. Real-time code completion, chat about codebases, agent mode for multi-file refactors. Tight VS Code integration.
freemium