Coding agents compared: GitHub Copilot vs Claude Code vs Codex vs Gemini CLI vs Cursor vs Devin

✓ Last verified October 15, 2026

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Quick verdict

GitHub (Microsoft)

GitHub Copilot (agent mode, cloud agent & CLI)

Choose it if: teams whose code already lives on github.

Anthropic

Claude Code

Choose it if: developers who live in the terminal.

OpenAI

OpenAI Codex

Choose it if: people who already pay for chatgpt.

Google

Gemini CLI & Jules

Choose it if: a free, capable terminal agent.

Cursor

Cursor

Choose it if: developers who want ai inside their editor.

Cognition

Devin & Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)

Choose it if: engineering teams with a backlog of well-defined tickets.

Amazon (AWS)

Kiro & Amazon Q Developer

Choose it if: teams building on aws.

Side by side

AgentPricingBest forPrivacySkill
GitHub Copilot (agent mode, cloud agent & CLI)
GitHub (Microsoft)
Free $0 (limited chat and agent use); Pro $10/mo; Pro+ $39/mo; Max $100/mo; Business $19/seat/mo; Enterprise $39/seat/mo. Chat, agents, code review and CLI use GitHub AI Credits (1 credit = $0.01), and each plan includes a monthly allowance. Code completions don't use credits on paid plans.Teams whose code already lives on GitHub; Developers who want one assistant across many editors; Assigning issues to an agent that opens pull requestsCloud. GitHub says it doesn't train on Business or Enterprise data. Free, Pro and Pro+ interactions may be used for training unless you opt out in settings.Beginner
Claude Code
Anthropic
Included with Claude Pro ($20/mo, or $17/mo billed annually) and Max (from $100/mo), and shares the plan's usage limits. Team Standard seats are $20/seat/mo annually ($25 monthly). You can also pay per token through the API.Developers who live in the terminal; Repo-wide changes with testsCloud model; your code stays on your machine except what's sent as context. Also available through Amazon Bedrock and Google Cloud Vertex AI.Intermediate
OpenAI Codex
OpenAI
Included in ChatGPT Free and Go (limited trial access), Plus, Pro, Business and Enterprise. Pro comes in $100 and $200 tiers, and Business in $20 and $100 tiers, per OpenAI's Codex pricing page. Usage per 5-hour window depends on the model. You can also pay through an API key.People who already pay for ChatGPT; Running several cloud coding tasks in parallelCloud. Business and Enterprise have separate data controls.Intermediate
Gemini CLI & Jules
Google
Gemini CLI is free with a Google account: up to 1,000 requests a day (Google AI Pro 1,500, Ultra 2,000). Jules allows 15 tasks a day free, 100 on Pro and 300 on Ultra. Google AI Pro is $19.99/mo.A free, capable terminal agent; Background tasks on GitHub reposCloud. Workspace and Code Assist Enterprise editions add admin controls.Intermediate
Cursor
Cursor
Free; Plus $8/mo; Premium $30/mo; Super $100/mo; Ultra $200/mo; Teams $30, $100 or $200 per seat. Legacy Pro ($20) plans continue for existing subscribers.Developers who want AI inside their editor; Teams standardizing on one coding toolCloud; enterprise admin controls.Intermediate
Devin & Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
Cognition
Free $0; Pro $20/mo; Max $200/mo; Teams $80/mo plus $40/mo per full dev seat (up to 200 users); Enterprise custom. Existing Windsurf plans carried over unchanged.Engineering teams with a backlog of well-defined ticketsCloud.Advanced
Kiro & Amazon Q Developer
Amazon (AWS)
Kiro: Free (50 credits); Pro $20/user/mo; Pro+ $40; Pro Max $100; Power $200. Extra credits cost $0.04 each. Amazon Q Developer: Free tier (50 agentic requests a month); Pro $19/user/mo.Teams building on AWS; Developers who want a spec and plan before any codeCloud. Q Developer Pro opts you out of data collection automatically.Intermediate

Sources (official pages, checked October 15, 2026)

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