Best LLM for coding: which tools use which models (2026)
We list 30 tools here. We verified pricing for 29; 24 of those have a free plan, and the lowest published paid entry price is Cursor at $8/month. Data checked Oct 26, 2026 on each vendor's own site.
How this list is built: Coding tools and the model families their own pages name. The evidence column quotes the vendor page we matched. A mention is not a test or an endorsement. Listed A–Z by name. Membership comes from our category, verified pricing or a phrase on the vendor's own page. No vendor pays for placement.
| Tool | Type | Free plan | Paid from | Evidence (vendor page) | Vendor site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aider | CLI coding agents | Yes | Free | Claude: “…88% Features Cloud and local LLMs Aider works best with Claude 3.7 Sonnet, DeepSeek R1 & Chat V3, OpenAI o1, o3-mini & GPT…” source OpenAI GPT: “…r works best with Claude 3.7 Sonnet, DeepSeek R1 & Chat V3, OpenAI o1, o3-mini & GPT-4o, but can connect to almost any LLM, in…” source | Visit |
| Amazon Q Developer | IDE assistants | Yes | $19/mo | Claude: “…Summary Limited agentic requests per month Access latest Claude models Use in the IDE or CLI Everything included in the F…” source | Visit |
| Amp | CLI coding agents | Yes | $20/mo | Claude: “…unners for free Use tokens from anywhere Use your ChatGPT, Claude & other subs Bring your own keys (BYOK) No Amp token fees…” source OpenAI GPT: “…his. So while this is working here, we using High, which is GPT-6. No big science behind this decision. The only thing is, I'…” source | Visit |
| Augment Code | IDE agent extensions | Not verified yet | $20/mo | Claude: “…a timeline doc updated every 15 min. 1/wk + C G Prism (Claude + Gemini) ✦ ↑ acme-monorepo Private Routing C G…” source Gemini: “…e doc updated every 15 min. 1/wk + C G Prism (Claude + Gemini) ✦ ↑ acme-monorepo Private Routing C G Prism (Cl…” source | Visit |
| Claude Code | CLI coding agents | No | $20/mo | Claude: “…Claude Code by Anthropic | AI Coding Agent, Terminal, IDE Skip t…” source | Visit |
| Cline | IDE agent extensions | Yes | Free | Claude: “…flip auto-approve for autopilot. Every model, your choice Claude, GPT, Gemini, local Ollama / LM Studio, or any OpenAI-compa…” source OpenAI GPT: “…oice Claude, GPT, Gemini, local Ollama / LM Studio, or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint. Bring your own key or your own weights…” source | Visit |
| Crush | CLI coding agents | Yes | Free | Claude: “…loud VertexAI (Gemini) AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID Amazon Bedrock (Claude) AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY Amazon Bedrock (Claude) AWS_REGI…” source OpenAI GPT: “…Model: choose from a wide range of LLMs or add your own via OpenAI- or Anthropic-compatible APIs Flexible: switch LLMs mid-se…” source | Visit |
| Cursor | AI IDEs | Yes | $8/mo | OpenAI GPT: “…anysphere/research · main → Plan, search, build anything GPT-5.6 Sol Extra High Fast / commands · @ files · ! shell Han…” source Gemini: “…se between every cutting-edge model from OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, SpaceXAI, and Cursor. Explore models ↗ Ask Cursor to pl…” source | Visit |
| Devin | Autonomous coding agents | Yes | $20/mo | Claude: “…s frontier intelligence with cost-efficient execution Lead Claude Fable 5.1 Effort High Sidekick SWE-2 Medium Fast mode…” source OpenAI GPT: “…n Ultra Normal Lite All models SWE-2 Fable 5.1 GPT-6 Astra Grok 4.7 Gemini 3.8 Flash Fusion Pairs frontie…” source | Visit |
| Factory | Autonomous coding agents | No | $20/mo | Claude: “…open-weight models, including the latest versions of GPT-5, Claude Opus and Sonnet, Gemini, and more. The full list is in Mode…” source OpenAI GPT: “…er and open-weight models, including the latest versions of GPT-5, Claude Opus and Sonnet, Gemini, and more. The full list is…” source | Visit |
| Gemini CLI | CLI coding agents | Yes | Free | Gemini: “…Build, debug & deploy with AI | Gemini CLI Skip to content Unpaid tier and Google One users: Ge…” source | Visit |
| Gemini Code AssistService changed | IDE assistants | No | Not published | Gemini: “…Gemini Code Assist consumer accounts | Google for Developers S…” source | Visit |
| Google Antigravity | AI IDEs | Yes | $30/mo | Gemini: “…hangelog Newsletter Support Press Releases Download New Gemini 4 Argon available for Google AI Pro and Ultra in Google Ant…” source | Visit |
| goose | CLI coding agents | Yes | Free | Claude: “…er, Azure, Bedrock, and more. Use API keys or your existing Claude, ChatGPT, or Gemini subscriptions via ACP . 📋 Recipes Ca…” source OpenAI GPT: “…g your subscriptions Works with 15+ providers — Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Ollama, OpenRouter, Azure, Bedrock, and more. Use…” source | Visit |
| JetBrains AI | IDE assistants | Yes | $8.33/mo | Claude: “…ftware with agents Works with the agents you already use Claude Agent Codex Junie Copilot OpenCode and any you can connect…” source OpenAI GPT: “…. Use any vendor Bring your own keys from Amazon Bedrock, OpenAI, Anthropic, or any other provider. Add your key once to giv…” source | Visit |
| Junie | IDE agent extensions | Yes | $8.33/mo | Claude: “…ty, fraction of the cost. Top performing models supported Claude Opus 5.5 Claude Sonnet 5.5 Claude Fable 5.1 Gemini 3.1 Pro…” source OpenAI GPT: “…Sonnet 5.5 Claude Fable 5.1 Gemini 3.1 Pro Gemini 3.8 Flash GPT-6 ASTRA GPT-6.1 SOL Grok 4.7 Junie CLI works with Terminal…” source | Visit |
| Kilo Code | IDE agent extensions | Yes | $15/mo | Claude: “…rsor vs Devin Desktop (Windsurf) vs GitHub Copilot vs Claude Code vs Cline vs Tabnine vs Replit vs Lovable vs…” source OpenAI GPT: “…Source AI Coding Agent in IDE, CLI and Cloud Cursor loses OpenAI on November 12. Keep GPT and 500+ models on Kilo Enterprise…” source | Visit |
| Kiro | AI IDEs | Yes | $20/mo | Claude: “…ite models Choose the best model for every task: Anthropic Claude, OpenAI GPT, open-weight models like DeepSeek and Qwen, or…” source OpenAI GPT: “…-5.6-luna 0.6x the credit cost of Auto Fastest, lowest-cost GPT-5.6 tier for high-frequency tasks claude-fable-5.1 6.0x the c…” source | Visit |
| Kombai | IDE agent extensions | Yes | $20/mo | Claude: “…nge 0.62 GPT-5.6 Sol Originality 0.59 · Creative Range 0.51 Claude Opus 5.5 Originality 0.56 · Creative Range 0.57 Claude Fabl…” source OpenAI GPT: “…Creative Range 0.50 0.55 0.60 0.65 0.70 0.55 0.60 0.65 0.70 GPT-6 Astra Originality 0.65 · Creative Range 0.47 GPT-6.1 Sol Or…” source | Visit |
| OpenAI Codex | CLI coding agents | Yes | $8/mo | Claude: “…pec Guides UI guidelines Optimize Metadata Submit a Claude Code plugin Security & Privacy Troubleshooting Resour…” source OpenAI GPT: “…Try ChatGPT Home API Overview Get started with the OpenAI API Models Explore models and compare capabilities Ag…” source | Visit |
| OpenCode | CLI coding agents | Yes | $10/mo | Claude: “…included or connect any model from any provider, including Claude, GPT, Gemini and more. curl npm bun brew paru yay curl…” source OpenAI GPT: “…use your Copilot account [*] ChatGPT Plus/Pro Log in with OpenAI to use your ChatGPT Plus or Pro account [*] Any model 75+…” source | Visit |
| OpenHands | Autonomous coding agents | Yes | $499/mo | Claude: “…kflows run without standardizing on one agent or model. Use Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, OpenHands, or your own stack. Open…” source Gemini: “…tandardizing on one agent or model. Use Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, OpenHands, or your own stack. OpenHands runs both clos…” source | Visit |
| Qwen Code | CLI coding agents | Yes | Free | Claude: “…— Set up native MCP tools or Node REPL + SDK in Qwen Code, Claude Code, or Codex. SDK example (Python) import asyncio fr…” source OpenAI GPT: “…lve together. No vendor lock-in. Multi-protocol — Supports OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, and Qwen APIs. Any third-party provider…” source | Visit |
| Refact.aiService changed | IDE agent extensions | Not verified yet | Not verified yet | Claude: “…mously, mimicking your workflow. Choose the best model Use Claude 4, GPT-4o, or GPT-4o mini with AI Agent or for chat queries…” source OpenAI GPT: “…micking your workflow. Choose the best model Use Claude 4, GPT-4o, or GPT-4o mini with AI Agent or for chat queries. Bring y…” source | Visit |
| Roomote | Autonomous coding agents | Yes | $49/mo | Claude: “…rom your actual mission. What about first-party tools like Claude Tag? Those are genuinely good, and if you don't mind being…” source | Visit |
| Void | AI IDEs | Yes | Free | Claude: “…rectly connect to any provider. Use models like Gemini 2.5, Claude 3.7, Grok 3, o4-mini, and Qwen 3. The Latest Features. C…” source Gemini: “…ain. Host any open source model with Void: DeepSeek, Llama, Gemini, Qwen, and more. Frontier LLMs Directly connect to any pr…” source | Visit |
| Warp | CLI coding agents | Yes | $18/mo | Claude: “…pass 0.8 BENCH best Benchmarks across models 1.00x Claude Fable 5 pass 1.00x GPT-5.6 Sol pass 0.94x Gemini 3.6 Fl…” source OpenAI GPT: “…hmarks across models 1.00x Claude Fable 5 pass 1.00x GPT-5.6 Sol pass 0.94x Gemini 3.6 Flash fail 0.89x LOOP auto-…” source | Visit |
| WindsurfRenamed | AI IDEs | Yes | $20/mo | Claude: “…2 Max SWE-2 Fable 5.1 GPT-6 Astra Grok 4.7 Gemini 3.8 Flash Claude Opus 5 GPT-5.6 Sol SWE-1.7 Devin Local Local microgra…” source OpenAI GPT: “…e-6. Code SWE-2 Max Adaptive SWE-2 Max SWE-2 Fable 5.1 GPT-6 Astra Grok 4.7 Gemini 3.8 Flash Claude Opus 5 GPT-5.6 Sol S…” source | Visit |
| Z.ai GLM Coding Plan | Coding model plans | No | $12.60/mo | open-weight models (Qwen, DeepSeek, Llama, Kimi, GLM): “…GLM Coding Plan — AI Coding Powered by GLM-5.3, GLM-5.3-Flash,…” source | Visit |
| Zed | AI IDEs | Yes | $10/mo | Claude: “…. Unlimited use with your API keys or external agents like Claude Agent, Codex CLI, and more Download Now Pro Free Trial…” source OpenAI GPT: “…ard usage rates, or bring your own API keys from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, and others – in which case spend goes directly to…” source | Visit |
FAQ
Which LLM for coding have a free plan?
Of the 29 LLM for coding whose pricing we have verified, 24 have a free plan: Aider, Amazon Q Developer, Amp, Cline, Crush, Cursor, Devin, Gemini CLI, Google Antigravity, goose and 14 more. We have not verified the other 1 yet.
What is the cheapest paid plan among these LLM for coding?
Among verified tools, the lowest published paid price is Cursor at $8/month, then OpenAI Codex at $8/month. Prices are from each vendor's own pricing page.
How are these 30 LLM for coding ordered?
Alphabetically by name (A–Z). Membership comes from our category, verified pricing or a phrase on the vendor's own page. No vendor pays for placement or for a better position.
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Head-to-head comparisons
Claude Code vs CursorClaude Code vs OpenAI CodexCursor vs OpenAI CodexCursor vs WindsurfCursor vs Google AntigravityClaude Code vs OpenCodeClaude Code vs Google AntigravityClaude Code vs Gemini CLIGoogle Antigravity vs Gemini CLIClaude Code vs WindsurfClaude Code vs KiroOpenCode vs OpenAI CodexGoogle Antigravity vs OpenAI CodexOpenCode vs ClineClaude Code vs ClineOpenCode vs Aider
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