Best AI agents for coding in an editor

Listed alphabetically; we don't rank paid placements.

Cline

Open-source coding agent for VS Code that plans and acts with your own API key.

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Cursor

AI code editor with an agent that edits across files, plus cloud agents.

Free $0; Plus $8/mo; Premium $30/mo; Super $100/mo; Ultra $200/mo; Teams $30+/user/mo

GitHub Copilot

Code completions, chat and a cloud agent that opens pull requests on GitHub.

Free $0; Pro $10/mo; Pro+ $39/mo; Max $100/mo

Windsurf

AI code editor with the Cascade agent.

Free $0; Pro $20/mo; Max $200/mo; Teams $80/mo + $40/user