# Which Agent Should I Use? (Agent Showdown): full listings

Site: https://whichagentshouldiuse.com

> Every listing in full, generated from data/agents.json. Prices change; check the source link.

# Coding agents

## Cursor

- Page: https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/agents/cursor
- Official link: https://cursor.com
- Good at: AI code editor with an agent that edits across files, plus cloud agents.
- Pricing: Free $0; Plus $8/mo; Premium $30/mo; Super $100/mo; Ultra $200/mo; Teams $30+/user/mo
- Pricing checked: 2026-10-13 (source https://cursor.com/pricing)
- Best for: [coding in an editor](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/coding-in-an-editor), [refactoring](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/refactoring), [cloud agents](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/cloud-agents)
- Setup example: Download Cursor from cursor.com, open your project folder, and open the Agent panel to describe the change you want.

## Claude Code

- Page: https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/agents/claude-code
- Official link: https://www.anthropic.com/claude-code
- Good at: Terminal coding agent from Anthropic that reads, edits and runs code in your repo.
- Pricing: Included with Claude Pro ($20/mo monthly, $17/mo annual) and Max (from $100/mo)
- Pricing checked: 2026-10-13 (source https://www.anthropic.com/pricing)
- Best for: [terminal coding](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/terminal-coding), [refactoring](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/refactoring), [large codebases](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/large-codebases)
- Setup example: npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code && cd my-repo && claude

## GitHub Copilot

- Page: https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/agents/github-copilot
- Official link: https://github.com/features/copilot
- Good at: Code completions, chat and a cloud agent that opens pull requests on GitHub.
- Pricing: Free $0; Pro $10/mo; Pro+ $39/mo; Max $100/mo
- Pricing checked: 2026-10-13 (source https://github.com/features/copilot/plans)
- Best for: [coding in an editor](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/coding-in-an-editor), [pull request automation](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/pull-request-automation), [code review](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/code-review)
- Setup example: Install the GitHub Copilot extension in VS Code, sign in with GitHub, and open Copilot Chat in agent mode.

## Windsurf

- Page: https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/agents/windsurf
- Official link: https://windsurf.com
- Good at: AI code editor with the Cascade agent.
- Pricing: Free $0; Pro $20/mo; Max $200/mo; Teams $80/mo + $40/user
- Pricing checked: 2026-10-13 (source https://windsurf.com/pricing)
- Best for: [coding in an editor](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/coding-in-an-editor), [refactoring](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/refactoring)
- Setup example: Download Windsurf from windsurf.com, open a project, and describe a task in the Cascade panel.

## Devin

- Page: https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/agents/devin
- Official link: https://devin.ai
- Good at: Autonomous software engineer that works through tickets in its own environment.
- Pricing: See site (Pricing page could not be read automatically on 2026-10-13; check the official site.)
- Pricing checked: 2026-10-13 (source https://devin.ai/pricing)
- Best for: [cloud agents](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/cloud-agents), [pull request automation](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/pull-request-automation)
- Setup example: Sign in at app.devin.ai, connect your GitHub repo, and assign Devin a task in a new session.

## Replit Agent

- Page: https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/agents/replit-agent
- Official link: https://replit.com
- Good at: Builds and deploys full apps from a prompt inside Replit.
- Pricing: Core $20/mo ($18/mo annual); Pro $100/mo ($90/mo annual)
- Pricing checked: 2026-10-13 (source https://replit.com/pricing)
- Best for: [build an app from a prompt](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/build-an-app-from-a-prompt), [prototyping](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/prototyping)
- Setup example: Go to replit.com, describe the app you want in the Agent prompt box, and let it build and run it.

## Lovable

- Page: https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/agents/lovable
- Official link: https://lovable.dev
- Good at: Prompt-to-web-app builder for full-stack apps.
- Pricing: See site (Pricing page could not be read automatically on 2026-10-13; check the official site.)
- Pricing checked: 2026-10-13 (source https://lovable.dev/pricing)
- Best for: [build an app from a prompt](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/build-an-app-from-a-prompt), [prototyping](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/prototyping)
- Setup example: Go to lovable.dev, describe your app, and iterate in the chat.

## Bolt

- Page: https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/agents/bolt
- Official link: https://bolt.new
- Good at: In-browser prompt-to-app builder from StackBlitz.
- Pricing: Free $0; Pro $25/mo; Teams $30/member/mo
- Pricing checked: 2026-10-13 (source https://bolt.new/pricing)
- Best for: [build an app from a prompt](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/build-an-app-from-a-prompt), [prototyping](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/prototyping)
- Setup example: Go to bolt.new, type a prompt such as 'a todo app with auth', and edit the generated project.

## v0

- Page: https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/agents/v0
- Official link: https://v0.app
- Good at: Vercel's agent for generating React/Next.js UI and apps.
- Pricing: Free $0/mo; Plus $30/user/mo; Business $100/user/mo
- Pricing checked: 2026-10-13 (source https://v0.app/pricing)
- Best for: [build an app from a prompt](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/build-an-app-from-a-prompt), [ui design](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/ui-design)
- Setup example: Go to v0.app, describe a UI, then deploy or copy the generated code.

## Aider

- Page: https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/agents/aider
- Official link: https://aider.chat
- Good at: Open-source AI pair programmer in the terminal that commits changes to git.
- Pricing: Free and open source (you pay your own LLM API costs)
- Pricing checked: 2026-10-13 (source https://aider.chat/)
- Best for: [terminal coding](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/terminal-coding), [open source](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/open-source)
- Setup example: python -m pip install aider-install && aider-install && cd my-repo && aider

## Cline

- Page: https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/agents/cline
- Official link: https://cline.bot
- Good at: Open-source coding agent for VS Code that plans and acts with your own API key.
- Pricing: See site (Pricing page could not be read automatically on 2026-10-13; check the official site.)
- Pricing checked: 2026-10-13 (source https://cline.bot/pricing)
- Best for: [coding in an editor](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/coding-in-an-editor), [open source](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/open-source)
- Setup example: Install the Cline extension in VS Code, add a model API key, and give it a task in the Cline panel.

## OpenHands

- Page: https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/agents/openhands
- Official link: https://www.all-hands.dev
- Good at: Open-source platform for autonomous coding agents (formerly OpenDevin).
- Pricing: See site (Pricing page could not be read automatically on 2026-10-13; check the official site.)
- Pricing checked: 2026-10-13 (source https://www.all-hands.dev/pricing)
- Best for: [cloud agents](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/cloud-agents), [open source](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/open-source)
- Setup example: Follow the quickstart at docs.all-hands.dev to run OpenHands locally, or use OpenHands Cloud.

## OpenAI Codex

- Page: https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/agents/openai-codex
- Official link: https://developers.openai.com/codex
- Good at: OpenAI's coding agent in the CLI, IDE and cloud.
- Pricing: Free $0; Go $8/mo; Plus $20/mo; Pro from $100/mo; Business $20/user/mo
- Pricing checked: 2026-10-13 (source https://developers.openai.com/codex/pricing)
- Best for: [terminal coding](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/terminal-coding), [cloud agents](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/cloud-agents), [pull request automation](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/pull-request-automation)
- Setup example: npm install -g @openai/codex && cd my-repo && codex

## Gemini CLI

- Page: https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/agents/gemini-cli
- Official link: https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli
- Good at: Open-source terminal agent from Google powered by Gemini.
- Pricing: Free and open source (you pay your own LLM API costs)
- Pricing checked: 2026-10-13 (source https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli)
- Best for: [terminal coding](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/terminal-coding), [open source](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/open-source)
- Setup example: npm install -g @google/gemini-cli && gemini

# Browser agents

## Browser Use

- Page: https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/agents/browser-use
- Official link: https://browser-use.com
- Good at: Open-source library and cloud for letting AI agents control a web browser.
- Pricing: Open-source library free; Cloud is pay-as-you-go per model token (e.g. BU 2.0 $0.60 input / $3.50 output per 1M tokens)
- Pricing checked: 2026-10-13 (source https://browser-use.com/pricing)
- Best for: [web automation](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/web-automation), [scraping](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/scraping), [open source](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/open-source)
- Setup example: pip install browser-use, then create an Agent(task='Find the cheapest flight to NYC', llm=...) and await agent.run()

## Browserbase

- Page: https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/agents/browserbase
- Official link: https://www.browserbase.com
- Good at: Headless browser infrastructure for AI agents.
- Pricing: Free; Developer $20/mo; Startup $99/mo; Custom
- Pricing checked: 2026-10-13 (source https://www.browserbase.com/pricing)
- Best for: [web automation](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/web-automation), [scraping](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/scraping)
- Setup example: npm i @browserbasehq/sdk, create a session with your API key, and connect Playwright to it.

## Stagehand

- Page: https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/agents/stagehand
- Official link: https://github.com/browserbase/stagehand
- Good at: Open-source SDK from Browserbase for natural-language browser actions (act, extract, observe).
- Pricing: Free and open source (you pay your own LLM API costs)
- Pricing checked: 2026-10-13 (source https://github.com/browserbase/stagehand)
- Best for: [web automation](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/web-automation), [scraping](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/scraping), [open source](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/open-source)
- Setup example: npx create-browser-app, then call page.act('click the sign in button') in the generated project.

## Manus

- Page: https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/agents/manus
- Official link: https://manus.im
- Good at: General-purpose autonomous agent that browses, researches and builds deliverables.
- Pricing: See site (Pricing page could not be read automatically on 2026-10-13; check the official site.)
- Pricing checked: 2026-10-13 (source https://manus.im/pricing)
- Best for: [research reports](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/research-reports), [web automation](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/web-automation)
- Setup example: Sign in at manus.im and describe a multi-step task, such as researching and compiling a report.

# Voice agents

## ElevenLabs Agents

- Page: https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/agents/elevenlabs-agents
- Official link: https://elevenlabs.io
- Good at: Voice AI platform with realistic TTS and conversational voice agents.
- Pricing: Free; Starter $6/mo; Creator $22/mo; Pro $99/mo; Scale $299/mo; Business $990/mo
- Pricing checked: 2026-10-13 (source https://elevenlabs.io/pricing)
- Best for: [voice agents](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/voice-agents), [text to speech](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/text-to-speech), [phone agents](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/phone-agents)
- Setup example: In the ElevenLabs dashboard, open Agents, create an agent from a template, pick a voice, and test it in the browser.

## Vapi

- Page: https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/agents/vapi
- Official link: https://vapi.ai
- Good at: Developer platform for building phone and web voice agents.
- Pricing: Pay-as-you-go from $0.05/min plus provider costs; $5 free credits to start
- Pricing checked: 2026-10-13 (source https://vapi.ai/pricing)
- Best for: [phone agents](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/phone-agents), [voice agents](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/voice-agents)
- Setup example: Create an assistant in the Vapi dashboard, attach a phone number, then npm i @vapi-ai/web to embed it on a site.

## Retell AI

- Page: https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/agents/retell-ai
- Official link: https://www.retellai.com
- Good at: Platform for building and deploying AI phone call agents.
- Pricing: Usage-based per minute (voice engine, LLM and telephony billed separately)
- Pricing checked: 2026-10-13 (source https://www.retellai.com/pricing)
- Best for: [phone agents](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/phone-agents), [customer support](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/customer-support)
- Setup example: Create an agent in the Retell dashboard, write its prompt, buy or import a number, and place a test call.

## Bland AI

- Page: https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/agents/bland-ai
- Official link: https://www.bland.ai
- Good at: Enterprise AI phone calling platform with an API for outbound and inbound calls.
- Pricing: Starts at $0.14/min with no platform fee; higher tiers lower the per-minute rate
- Pricing checked: 2026-10-13 (source https://www.bland.ai/pricing)
- Best for: [phone agents](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/phone-agents), [customer support](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/customer-support)
- Setup example: Get an API key, then POST to https://api.bland.ai/v1/calls with a phone number and task prompt.

## LiveKit Agents

- Page: https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/agents/livekit-agents
- Official link: https://livekit.io
- Good at: Open-source framework and cloud for realtime voice and video AI agents.
- Pricing: Open-source framework free; LiveKit Cloud usage billed per minute
- Pricing checked: 2026-10-13 (source https://livekit.io/pricing)
- Best for: [voice agents](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/voice-agents), [realtime video](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/realtime-video), [open source](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/open-source)
- Setup example: pip install livekit-agents, then run the voice agent quickstart from docs.livekit.io.

## Pipecat

- Page: https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/agents/pipecat
- Official link: https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat
- Good at: Open-source Python framework for voice and multimodal conversational agents, maintained by Daily.
- Pricing: Free and open source (you pay your own LLM API costs)
- Pricing checked: 2026-10-13 (source https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat)
- Best for: [voice agents](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/voice-agents), [open source](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/open-source)
- Setup example: pip install pipecat-ai, then run one of the examples in the repo's examples folder.

# Research agents

## Perplexity

- Page: https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/agents/perplexity
- Official link: https://www.perplexity.ai
- Good at: AI answer engine with cited sources and deep research mode.
- Pricing: See site (Pricing page could not be read automatically on 2026-10-13; check the official site.)
- Pricing checked: 2026-10-13 (source https://www.perplexity.ai/pro)
- Best for: [research reports](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/research-reports), [web search](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/web-search)
- Setup example: Go to perplexity.ai, choose Research, and ask a question; every answer links its sources.

## Elicit

- Page: https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/agents/elicit
- Official link: https://elicit.com
- Good at: AI research assistant for finding and extracting data from academic papers.
- Pricing: Free tier; Pro $49/user/mo billed annually; higher tiers available
- Pricing checked: 2026-10-13 (source https://elicit.com/pricing)
- Best for: [academic research](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/academic-research), [literature review](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/literature-review)
- Setup example: Sign in at elicit.com, type a research question, and add columns to extract findings from papers.

## GPT Researcher

- Page: https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/agents/gpt-researcher
- Official link: https://github.com/assafelovic/gpt-researcher
- Good at: Open-source autonomous agent that writes cited research reports.
- Pricing: Free and open source (you pay your own LLM API costs)
- Pricing checked: 2026-10-13 (source https://github.com/assafelovic/gpt-researcher)
- Best for: [research reports](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/research-reports), [open source](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/open-source)
- Setup example: pip install gpt-researcher, set OPENAI_API_KEY and TAVILY_API_KEY, then run GPTResearcher(query=...).conduct_research().

# Agent frameworks

## LangGraph

- Page: https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/agents/langgraph
- Official link: https://www.langchain.com/langgraph
- Good at: Framework from LangChain for building stateful, controllable agent graphs.
- Pricing: Library free and open source; LangSmith Developer $0/seat, Plus $39/seat/mo
- Pricing checked: 2026-10-13 (source https://www.langchain.com/pricing)
- Best for: [build your own agent](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/build-your-own-agent), [multi agent](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/multi-agent), [open source](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/open-source)
- Setup example: pip install -U langgraph, then build a StateGraph with nodes and edges and call graph.invoke().

## CrewAI

- Page: https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/agents/crewai
- Official link: https://www.crewai.com
- Good at: Python framework for orchestrating role-playing multi-agent crews.
- Pricing: See site (Pricing page could not be read automatically on 2026-10-13; check the official site.)
- Pricing checked: 2026-10-13 (source https://www.crewai.com/pricing)
- Best for: [multi agent](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/multi-agent), [build your own agent](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/build-your-own-agent), [open source](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/open-source)
- Setup example: pip install crewai && crewai create crew my_crew && cd my_crew && crewai run

## AutoGen

- Page: https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/agents/autogen
- Official link: https://github.com/microsoft/autogen
- Good at: Microsoft's open-source framework for multi-agent conversations.
- Pricing: Free and open source (you pay your own LLM API costs)
- Pricing checked: 2026-10-13 (source https://github.com/microsoft/autogen)
- Best for: [multi agent](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/multi-agent), [build your own agent](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/build-your-own-agent), [open source](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/open-source)
- Setup example: pip install -U "autogen-agentchat" "autogen-ext[openai]", then create an AssistantAgent and run a task.

## OpenAI Agents SDK

- Page: https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/agents/openai-agents-sdk
- Official link: https://github.com/openai/openai-agents-python
- Good at: Lightweight Python framework from OpenAI for multi-agent workflows with handoffs and guardrails.
- Pricing: Free and open source (you pay your own LLM API costs)
- Pricing checked: 2026-10-13 (source https://github.com/openai/openai-agents-python)
- Best for: [build your own agent](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/build-your-own-agent), [multi agent](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/multi-agent), [open source](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/open-source)
- Setup example: pip install openai-agents, then Runner.run_sync(Agent(name='Assistant', instructions='...'), 'Hello').

## Pydantic AI

- Page: https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/agents/pydantic-ai
- Official link: https://ai.pydantic.dev
- Good at: Type-safe Python agent framework from the Pydantic team.
- Pricing: Free and open source (you pay your own LLM API costs)
- Pricing checked: 2026-10-13 (source https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic-ai)
- Best for: [build your own agent](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/build-your-own-agent), [open source](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/open-source)
- Setup example: pip install pydantic-ai, then Agent('openai:gpt-4o').run_sync('your prompt').

## n8n

- Page: https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/agents/n8n
- Official link: https://n8n.io
- Good at: Workflow automation platform with AI agent nodes; self-hostable.
- Pricing: See site (Pricing page could not be read automatically on 2026-10-13; check the official site.)
- Pricing checked: 2026-10-13 (source https://n8n.io/pricing/)
- Best for: [workflow automation](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/workflow-automation), [build your own agent](https://whichagentshouldiuse.com/best/build-your-own-agent)
- Setup example: npx n8n, open http://localhost:5678, and add an AI Agent node to a workflow.