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10 tools similar to Cursor, ranked by how closely they match what it does among coding & development. All 10 have a free option.

Cursor alternatives at a glance

ToolPricingFree optionAPIOpen sourceCompare
Cursor(this tool)Freemium · from $20/mo
GitHub CopilotPaid · from $10/mo vs Cursor
CodeiumFreemium · from $12/mo vs Cursor
WindsurfFreemium · from $20/mo vs Cursor
ContinueFree
Mutable AIFreemium
Cody by SourcegraphFreemium
ClineFreemium
Claude CodeFreemium
TabnineFreemium · from $12/mo
AiderFree

Top 10 alternatives to Cursor

GitHub Copilot logo

GitHub Copilot

Free

Coding & development

AI pair programmer that autocompletes and generates code inside your editor.

Free · $10/mo Pro · $39/mo Pro+ · $100/mo Max

VS CodeGitHubClaudeOpenAI
PaidDev
OpenAI / Anthropic / Google10M+ users
Codeium logo

Codeium

Free

Coding & development

Free AI code completion for 70+ languages — runs in any IDE with no usage limits.

Free ($0): light quota, limited models, unlimited inline edits & Tab completions. Pro ($20/mo): increased quotas, frontier models, SWE-2 free through Oct 16 2026, cloud agents. Max ($200/mo): significantly higher quotas. Teams ($80/mo base + $40/mo per full seat, up to 200 users). Enterprise: custom pricing.

SlackMicrosoft TeamsLinearJira+17
Free tierDevAPISelf-host
Multiple: OpenAI, Anthropic (Claude), Google (Gemini), SpaceXAI, plus leading open source models; also proprietary SWE-2Popular
Windsurf logo

Windsurf

Free

Coding & development

Agentic AI code editor from Codeium — Cascade agent handles multi-file tasks end to end.

Free ($0): light quota, limited models, unlimited inline edits & Tab completions. Pro ($20/mo): increased quotas, frontier models (OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, SpaceXAI), free SWE-2, cloud agents. Max ($200/mo): significantly higher quotas. Teams ($80/mo base + $40/mo per full seat, up to 200 users). Enterprise: custom pricing.

GitHubPyTorchClaude
Free tierDevAPISelf-host
Multiple providers: OpenAI, Anthropic (Claude), Google (Gemini), SpaceXAI, plus leading open source models, and Cognition's own SWE-2Growing
Continue logo

Continue

Free

Coding & development

Open-source AI code assistant for VS Code and JetBrains with bring-your-own-model flexibility

Freemium model (paid plans available)

GitHub
FreeDevOSSSelf-host
36kGrowing
Mutable AI logo

Mutable AI

Free

Coding & development

AI-accelerated software development for faster, smarter coding

Free tier available · Paid plans for additional features and usage

VS CodeGitHubGitLabBitbucket+1
Free tierDevAPI
OpenAINiche
Cody by Sourcegraph logo

Cody by Sourcegraph

Free

Coding & development

AI coding assistant powered by your entire codebase context

VS CodeJetBrainsVisual StudioGitHub+1
Free tierDevAPISelf-host
Popular
Cline logo

Cline

Free

Coding & development

The open-source AI coding agent for your IDE, terminal, and SDK

Open source (Apache 2.0) · Enterprise plan available

VS CodeSlackDiscordLinear+1
Free tierEveryoneAPIOSSSelf-host
Bring Your Own (Claude, GPT, Gemini, Ollama, LM Studio, OpenAI-compatible)63k10M+ users
Claude Code logo

Claude Code

Free

Coding & development

Agentic AI coding assistant by Anthropic that works directly in your terminal

VS Code
Free tierDevAPI
Anthropic
Tabnine logo

Tabnine

Free

Coding & development

Privacy-first AI code completion — runs locally or on private cloud, no data retention.

JetBrains IDEsVS CodeVisual StudioGitHub
Free tierDevSelf-host
TabninePopular
Aider logo

Aider

Free

Coding & development

AI pair programming in your terminal — code smarter with LLMs

Free · API keys required for LLM providers

ClaudeDeepSeekOpenAIGit+1
FreeDevOSSSelf-host
Anthropic, OpenAI, DeepSeek, and others44kPopular

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