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Every serious coding agent, ranked by a transparent blend of pricing 35% · release cadence 30% · community vibe 35%. Expand any row to see exactly why it sits where it sits — the methodology is public.

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  1. 1
    GitHub CopilotGitHub / Microsoftdata unverified

    IDE assistant and coding agent.

    No votes yet
    73.3/ 100 · provisional
    Why is GitHub Copilot #1?
    Pricing (value)weight 35%33.2/35
    Release cadenceweight 30%22.5/30
    Community vibeweight 35%no data — neutral17.5/35

    Formula v1 — see the public methodology. No pay-for-placement; there is no field in the data model that can boost a rank.

    Full breakdown, pricing log & releases →
  2. 2
    OpenAI CodexOpenAIdata unverified

    Codex web, CLI, and desktop agent from OpenAI.

    No votes yet
    66.5/ 100 · provisional
    Why is OpenAI Codex #2?
    Pricing (value)weight 35%31.5/35
    Release cadenceweight 30%17.5/30
    Community vibeweight 35%no data — neutral17.5
  3. 3
    Gemini CLIGoogledata unverified

    Google's terminal coding agent.

    No votes yet
    64.0/ 100 · provisional
    Why is Gemini CLI #3?
    Pricing (value)weight 35%31.5/35
    Release cadenceweight 30%15.0/30
    Community vibeweight 35%no data — neutral17.5
  4. 4
    KiroAWS

    Amazon's spec-driven agentic IDE.

    No votes yet
    64.0/ 100 · provisional
    Why is Kiro #4?
    Pricing (value)weight 35%31.5/35
    Release cadenceweight 30%15.0/30
    Community vibeweight 35%no data — neutral17.5/35

    Formula v1 — see the . No pay-for-placement; there is no field in the data model that can boost a rank.

  5. 5
    Claude CodeAnthropicdata unverified

    Terminal, mobile, and web agent from Anthropic.

    No votes yet
    61.5/ 100 · provisional
    Why is Claude Code #5?
    Pricing (value)weight 35%31.5/35
    Release cadenceweight 30%12.5/30
    Community vibeweight 35%no data — neutral17.5
  6. 6
    CursorAnysphere

    AI-first code editor.

    No votes yet
    61.5/ 100 · provisional
    Why is Cursor #6?
    Pricing (value)weight 35%31.5/35
    Release cadenceweight 30%12.5/30
    Community vibeweight 35%no data — neutral17.5/35

    Formula v1 — see the . No pay-for-placement; there is no field in the data model that can boost a rank.

  7. 7
    WindsurfCognition

    Agentic editor (formerly Codeium).

    No votes yet
    59.0/ 100 · provisional
    Why is Windsurf #7?
    Pricing (value)weight 35%31.5/35
    Release cadenceweight 30%10.0/30
    Community vibeweight 35%no data — neutral17.5/35
  8. 8
    Kimi CodeMoonshot AIdata unverified

    Moonshot's coding agent.

    No votes yet
    58.3/ 100 · provisional
    Why is Kimi Code #8?
    Pricing (value)weight 35%33.2/35
    Release cadenceweight 30%7.5/30
    Community vibeweight 35%no data — neutral17.5
  9. 9
    AntigravityGoogledata unverified

    Google's agent-first IDE.

    No votes yet
    57.5/ 100 · provisional
    Why is Antigravity #9?
    Pricing (value)weight 35%35.0/35
    Release cadenceweight 30%5.0/30
    Community vibeweight 35%no data — neutral17.5
  10. 10
    DeepSeek V4DeepSeek

    DeepSeek's open-weight coding model.

    No votes yet
    55.0/ 100 · provisional
    Why is DeepSeek V4 #10?
    Pricing (value)weight 35%35.0/35
    Release cadenceweight 30%2.5/30
    Community vibeweight 35%no data — neutral17.5/35
  11. 11
    Qwen 3.6Alibabadata unverified

    Alibaba's open-weight coding models.

    No votes yet
    55.0/ 100 · provisional
    Why is Qwen 3.6 #11?
    Pricing (value)weight 35%35.0/35
    Release cadenceweight 30%2.5/30
    Community vibeweight 35%no data — neutral17.5
  12. 12
    GLM 5.2Zhipu AI

    Zhipu's frontier open model.

    No votes yet
    54.4/ 100 · provisional
    Why is GLM 5.2 #12?
    Pricing (value)weight 35%31.9/35
    Release cadenceweight 30%5.0/30
    Community vibeweight 35%no data — neutral17.5/35
  13. 13
    Grok BuildxAIdata unverified

    xAI's agentic coding surface.

    No votes yet
    49.7/ 100 · provisional
    Why is Grok Build #13?
    Pricing (value)weight 35%29.8/35
    Release cadenceweight 30%2.5/30
    Community vibeweight 35%no data — neutral17.5

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Formula v1 — see the public methodology. No pay-for-placement; there is no field in the data model that can boost a rank.

Full breakdown, pricing log & releases →
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Full breakdown, pricing log & releases →
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Formula v1 — see the public methodology. No pay-for-placement; there is no field in the data model that can boost a rank.

Full breakdown, pricing log & releases →
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Formula v1 — see the public methodology. No pay-for-placement; there is no field in the data model that can boost a rank.

Full breakdown, pricing log & releases →
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Formula v1 — see the public methodology. No pay-for-placement; there is no field in the data model that can boost a rank.

Full breakdown, pricing log & releases →

Formula v1 — see the public methodology. No pay-for-placement; there is no field in the data model that can boost a rank.

Full breakdown, pricing log & releases →
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Formula v1 — see the public methodology. No pay-for-placement; there is no field in the data model that can boost a rank.

Full breakdown, pricing log & releases →

Formula v1 — see the public methodology. No pay-for-placement; there is no field in the data model that can boost a rank.

Full breakdown, pricing log & releases →
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Formula v1 — see the public methodology. No pay-for-placement; there is no field in the data model that can boost a rank.

Full breakdown, pricing log & releases →