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The 93 best AI agents (2026)

The best AI agents in November 2026 are Cursor, GitHub Copilot and Claude Code. We read the price of all 93 on their own sites.

The Agents Index EditorialUpdated Prices read 2 Sep to 1 NovAI answers 13 Oct
Compare all 93 picksMarkdown
AI agents, first paid plan, November 2026 44 of the 53 agents that publish a monthly price start under $100 a month. The median first paid plan is $20.
  1. Under $252828 of 53
  2. $25 to $991616 of 53
  3. $100 to $29977 of 53
  4. $300 or more22 of 53
93
ranked
$20
median first paid plan
53
of the 93 have a free plan
14
sell only on a quote

theagentsindex.com · First paid plan from each agent's own pricing page, read 2 September–1 November 2026.

How we check

On this page
  1. The short answer
  2. Pick by what you need
  3. All 93 picks at a glance
  4. The ranking
  5. Questions buyers ask
  6. Sources and method

The short answer

Cursor ranks first. It has a free plan, and paid plans start at $8 a month.

GitHub Copilot ranks second with a free plan, then $10 a month, and Claude Code third from $20 a month. Devin and Aider have free plans too.

Half of the 53 agents with a monthly paid plan charge $20 a month or less. 14 of the 93 sell only on a quote.

53 agents here have a free plan to try before you pay. The highest ranked are Cursor, GitHub Copilot and Devin.

Pick by what you need

All 93 picks at a glance

#AgentBest forStarts atFree to try
1CursorCoding agentsvs GitHub CopilotProfessional developers who want a powerful AI agent woven into a familiar VS Code-based editorFree, then $8 a monthits pricing pageFree plan
2GitHub CopilotCoding agentsvs CursorEnterprise and team developers already in GitHub and mainstream IDEs who want governedFree, then $10 a monthits pricing pageFree plan
3Claude CodeCoding agentsvs CursorDevelopers and teams who want a terminal-native, scriptable agent that composes with CIFrom $20 a monthits pricing pageNot stated
4DevinCoding agentsvs Devin DesktopEngineering teams offloading well-scoped migration tasks without adding headcountFree, then $20 a monthits pricing pageFree plan
5AiderCoding agentsDevelopers who want free, model-agnostic AI pair programming in their terminalFreeits pricing pageFree plan
6Devin DesktopCoding agentsvs DevinDevelopers who want a full, agent-native desktop IDE and the freedom to run several coding agentsFree, then $20 a monthits pricing pageFree plan
7Replit AgentCoding agentsNon-technical founders who want a chat prompt to become a deployed, database-backed appFrom $20 a monthits pricing pageNot stated
8FactoryCoding agentsEngineering organizations that want AI agents handling more of the SDLC than code generation aloneFrom $20 a monthits pricing pageNot stated
9Codex CLICoding agentsDevelopers who already pay for a ChatGPT plan and want a terminal-native agent with granularFree, then $8 a monthits pricing pageFree plan
10Google Antigravity CLICoding agentsDevelopers already inside the Google ecosystem (Google AI subscription, GCP billing)Free, then $30 a seat a monthits pricing pageFree plan
11OpenCodeCoding agentsDevelopers who want a genuinely free, fully open-source coding agent that worksFree, then $10 a monthits pricing pageFree plan
12JunieCoding agentsDevelopers and teams already standardized on a JetBrains IDE who want an agentFree, then about $11 a seat a monthits pricing pageFree plan
13OpenHandsCoding agentsOpen source-minded engineering teams and enterprises that want a self-hostable coding agent platformFree, then $0.10 per 1m input tokensits pricing pageFree plan
14ZedCoding agentsDevelopers who want a fast, open-source editorFree, then $10 a monthits pricing pageFree plan
15zotCoding agentsvs JugglerDevelopers who want a fast, free, Go-native coding-agent harness with real session-branching controlFreeits pricing pageFree plan
16BoltCoding agentsFounders, designers and developersFree, then $25 a monthits pricing pageFree plan
17Muse CodeCoding agentsCost-sensitive teams willing to trade code privacy for Contributor tier's roughly 12x cheaper input and 21x cheaper output, or anyone with a large multi-part refactor that benefits from several sub-agents working in parallel isolated worktrees.From $5 a monthits pricing pageNot stated
18JugglerVerified ownerCoding agentsvs zotDevelopers who want hands-on visibility into what an AI coding agent is doing to their codebaseFreeits pricing pageFree plan
19CodeRabbitCoding agentsEngineering teams, using a coding agent or writing code by hand, that want automaticFrom $30 a seat a monthits pricing page14-day free trial
20WarpCoding agentsDevelopers and teams who want one open platform that runs and coordinates multiple coding agentsFree, then $20 a monthits pricing pageFree plan
21Augment CodeCoding agentsEngineering leaders at organizations who want AI agents running full SDLC loops end to endFrom $20 a monthits pricing page14-day free trial
22Kilo CodeCoding agentsDevelopers who want to switch models freely, local ones included, with no lock-inFree, then $15 a seat a monthits pricing pageFree plan
23gooseCoding agentsDevs who want an open source coding agent that reuses an existing Claude or ChatGPT planFreeits pricing pageFree plan
24ClineCoding agentsvs CursorDevelopers and teams who want a transparent, open-source, model-agnostic agent they fully controlQuote onlyFree plan
25Gemini Code AssistCoding agentsvs JugglerTeams standardized on VS Code or JetBrains who are already on Google CloudQuote only30-day free trial
26LangChainAgent frameworks (build your own)vs LlamaIndexEngineering teams building a bespoke, production-grade agentFree, then $39 a seat a monthits pricing pageFree plan
27LlamaIndexAgent frameworks (build your own)vs LangChainEngineers building RAG-heavy or document-heavy agents who want an MIT-licensed OSS coreFree, then $50 a monthits pricing pageFree plan
28OpenAI Agents SDK (Python)Agent frameworks (build your own)vs LangChainDevelopers who want the fastest, lightest way to ship a straightforward agentFreeits pricing pageFree plan
29Pydantic AIAgent frameworks (build your own)vs LangChainPython teams building type-safe agents who also want realtime voice, image generationFreeits pricing pageFree plan
30AutoGenAgent frameworks (build your own)vs Microsoft Agent FrameworkPython or .NET developers and researchers exploring multi-agent orchestrationFreeits pricing pageFree plan
31Microsoft Agent FrameworkAgent frameworks (build your own)vs AutoGen.NET or Python teams already invested in Azure or Microsoft Foundry who want one supported agent SDKFreeits pricing pageFree plan
32MastraAgent frameworks (build your own)vs LangChainFull-stack JavaScript and TypeScript teams, especially those already building in Next.js or NodeFree, then $250 a monthits pricing pageFree plan
33LettaAgent frameworks (build your own)Developers and researchers who specifically need an agent whose memory, skillsFree, then $20 a monthits pricing pageFree plan
34Claude Agent SDKAgent frameworks (build your own)Developers already building on Claude (or Claude Code) who want its exact agent loop, toolsFrom $0.10 per 1m input tokensits pricing pageNot stated
35AgnoAgent frameworks (build your own)Python developers who want an Apache 2.0 SDK with memory, knowledge, learning, guardrailsFree, then $150 a monthits pricing pageFree plan
36AgentsKitVerified ownerAgent frameworks (build your own)JS/TS developers who want an ownable, dependency-light agent toolkitFreeits pricing pageFree plan
37LangGraphAgent frameworks (build your own)vs LangChainEngineering teams building production agents who need cyclical graphs, durable stateFree, then $39 a seat a monthits pricing pageFree plan
38CrewAIAgent frameworks (build your own)vs LangChainDevelopers who want to stand up a role-based, collaborating multi-agent system quickly in PythonQuote onlyFree plan
39Google Agent Development Kit (ADK)Agent frameworks (build your own)vs Microsoft Agent FrameworkTeams that want Google's own official, actively-developed agent SDK, especially polyglot teamsQuote onlyNot stated
40n8nAgent platforms (no-code workflow)vs LindyOps and automation teams who want to build agentic workflows visuallyFrom about $27 a monthits pricing pageNot stated
41LindyAgent platforms (no-code workflow)vs n8nTeams that want an AI teammate embedded in Slack and a no-code app builder under the same planFrom $49.99 a seat a monthits pricing page7-day free trial
42DifyAgent platforms (no-code workflow)vs n8nDevelopers and teams who want an open-source, self-hostable platform to build RAG apps and agentsFree, then $59 a monthits pricing pageFree plan
43Salesforce AgentforceAgent platforms (no-code workflow)Salesforce service, sales, field-service and employee-support teamsFree, then $2 per outcomeits pricing pageFree plan
44MoveworksAgent platforms (no-code workflow)vs GleanLarge, often regulated enterprises (finance, healthcare, government-adjacent)From $150 a seat a yearits pricing pageNot stated
45VecbaseVerified ownerAgent platforms (no-code workflow)Small teams or solo operators who want pre-built AI agent roles, shared filesFrom $19.90 a yearits pricing pageNot stated
46BotpressAgent platforms (no-code workflow)Engineering-led teams building a multi-channel AI support agentFree, then $189 a monthits pricing pageFree plan
47MindStudioAgent platforms (no-code workflow)Non-technical teams automating knowledge work with AI agents they build themselvesFree, then $20 a monthits pricing pageFree plan
48SimVerified ownerAgent platforms (no-code workflow)Dev teams wanting an open-source, API-first workspace to build and deploy AI agentsFree, then $25 a seat a monthits pricing pageFree plan
49Relevance AIAgent platforms (no-code workflow)Revenue, ops, and customer success teams running 5+ agents in productionQuote onlyNot stated
50GleanAgent platforms (no-code workflow)vs MoveworksLarge and mid-market enterprises whose biggest AI-agent blocker is fragmentedQuote onlyNot stated
51ArtisanSales & marketing agentsvs 11xFunded B2B sales and RevOps teams that want to scale outbound volumeFree, then $280 a monthits pricing pageFree plan
52RoxSales & marketing agentsvs UnifyEnterprise sales and revenue-operations teams that want continuousFrom $100 a monthits pricing pageNot stated
53UnifySales & marketing agentsvs RoxSales reps and small-to-mid-size revenue teams that want one chat-based agent to handle prospectingFree, then $20 a seat a monthits pricing pageFree plan
54Lead ScorerSales & marketing agentsA solo founder or small B2B team who wants an autonomous outbound SDRFree, then about $111 a monthits pricing pageFree plan
55WarmlySales & marketing agentsRevOps/GTM teams with meaningful inbound website trafficFrom $10,000 a yearits pricing pageNot stated
56AmplemarketSales & marketing agentsB2B sales teams that want prospecting data, multichannel sequencingFrom $600 a month billed annuallyits pricing page14-day free trial
5711xSales & marketing agentsvs ArtisanMid-market and enterprise sales teams that want autonomous AI SDRs and voice agentsQuote onlyNot stated
58QualifiedSales & marketing agentsvs 11xB2B companies already running Salesforce that get real inbound website trafficQuote onlyNot stated
59PerplexityResearch & data agentsvs GPT ResearcherResearchers, analysts and knowledge workers who want fast, sourced answersFrom $20 a monthits pricing pageNot stated
60ManusResearch & data agentsvs GPT ResearcherIndividuals and teams who want to offload whole multi-step tasksFree, then $20 a monthits pricing pageFree plan
61GensparkResearch & data agentsA consultant, marketer, founder or operations lead who wants research, files, code, slidesFree, then $24.99 a monthits pricing pageFree plan
62GPT ResearcherResearch & data agentsvs PerplexityDevelopers and AI engineersFreeits pricing pageFree plan
63ElicitResearch & data agentsvs ManusAcademic researchers, R&D and policy teamsFree, then $75 a seat a monthits pricing pageFree plan
64GC AIResearch & data agentsIn-house legal teams and corporate counsel who need fast, cited research across US case lawFrom $500 a seat a monthits pricing page14-day free trial
65UndermindResearch & data agentsIndividual researchers, R&D teamsFree, then $20 a monthits pricing pageFree plan
66Julius AIResearch & data agentsKnowledge workers who want to query data in plain language without writing SQLFree, then $20 a monthits pricing pageFree plan
67TinyFishResearch & data agentsDevelopers who need free structured web data plus paid browser automation on one keyFree, then $0.002 per minuteits pricing pageFree plan
68WebhoundResearch & data agentsDevelopers and technical researchers who want an agent-triggered research toolQuote onlyNot stated
69VapiVoice agentsvs Retell AIEngineering teams that want maximum control to build custom voice agents on their own choice of model, voice and telephony.From $0.05 per minuteits pricing pageNot stated
70Retell AIVoice agentsvs VapiProduct and engineering teams that want a low-latency, human-sounding phone agentFrom $0.07 per minuteits pricing pageNot stated
71BlandVoice agentsSecurity-conscious enterprises in regulated industriesFree, then $0.14 per minuteits pricing pageFree plan
72ElevenLabs AgentsVoice agentsDevelopers and product teams who want ElevenLabs' voice qualityFree, then $6 a monthits pricing pageFree plan
73LiveKit AgentsVoice agentsvs PolyAIEngineering teams that want to own their voice-agent stack end to endFree, then $50 a monthits pricing pageFree plan
74PolyAIVoice agentsvs LiveKit AgentsTeams that want a proven, enterprise-scale, compliance-certified voice AI vendorFrom $0.02 per minuteits pricing pageNot stated
75SynthflowVoice agentsOperations and CX teams at mid-market or enterprise companiesFrom $30,000 a yearits pricing pageNot stated
76OpenAI Realtime APIVoice agentsEngineering teams building a voice agent from scratchFrom $10 per 1m input tokensits pricing pageNot stated
77Deepgram Voice Agent APIVoice agentsEngineering teams that want a managed speech pipeline with real LLM-provider choiceFrom $0.05 per minuteits pricing pageNot stated
78CartesiaVoice agentsEngineering teams that want an open-source voice-agent SDK with real LLM choiceFree, then $5 a monthits pricing pageFree plan
79SkipCallsVerified ownerVoice agentsNot statedFrom $29.99 a monthits pricing page7-day free trial
80VoiceAgentsVoice agentsNigerian SMB and mid-market operators who need a no-code phone agentFrom $15 a monthits pricing pageNot stated
81FinSupport agentsvs SierraSupport teams from mid-market to enterpriseFrom $0.99 per outcomeits pricing page14-day free trial
82BotsifyVerified ownerSupport agentsSmall businesses and agencies that want a managed, prompt-based AI agent across chat channelsFrom $149 a monthits pricing pageNot stated
83Auto-RespondSupport agentsLocal service business owners who lose leads to slow follow-up and want phoneFrom $10 a monthits pricing page7-day free trial
84Zendesk AI agentsSupport agentsSupport teams already committed to (or actively evaluating) Zendesk as their core helpdeskFrom about $28 a seat a monthits pricing page14-day free trial
85SierraSupport agentsvs FinLarge enterprises that want branded, autonomous customer agents that resolve issues end to endQuote onlyNot stated
86DecagonSupport agentsvs CrestaLarge enterprises in retail, travel, fintech, health and telecomQuote onlyNot stated
87CrescendoSupport agentsMid-market and enterprise support teams that want a fully outsourcedQuote onlyNot stated
88CrestaSupport agentsvs SierraLarge enterprises running high-volumeQuote onlyNot stated
89AdaSupport agentsvs FinEnterprises that want a long-running, well-capitalized AI support agent vendorQuote onlyNot stated
90OpenClawAgent platforms (assistants)Developers and self-hosters who already run their own infrastructure and want one personal AI agentFreeits pricing pageFree plan
91VellumAgent platforms (assistants)Not statedFree, then $30 a monthits pricing pageFree plan
92SalesTouchVerified ownerAgent tools & infrastructureSales and developer teams already running Claude or Codex through MCPFrom $39 a monthits pricing page7-day free trial
93BrowserbaseAgent tools & infrastructureDevelopers building browser agents who want one API instead of managing browser infraFree, then $20 a monthits pricing pageFree plan

Checked between 2 September 2026 and 1 November 2026. “About” figures are converted at the European Central Bank rate of 30 October 2026.

93 agents, ranked. How we check

About this list

"Best AI agent" is not one question. A developer wiring an autonomous coding agent into CI, a founder who wants a browser-based app factory, and a support team billing per-resolution are all shopping for something different that happens to share the word "agent." So this is not a single top-10. It is every agent in our directory, grouped by the job it actually does, with the strongest fit for that job leading its group.

Every tool below is a live listing on this site: independently researched from primary sources (pricing pages, docs, official announcements), re-verified on a recurring cadence, and honest about what it is not good for, not just what it is good for. Click through to a listing for the full pricing breakdown, sourced pros/cons and FAQ; this page is the map across all of them.

How open each agent is 2 of these 10 are open source, and 1 can be self-hosted.
AgentAPIFreeMCPKeyOpenSelf
Cursor+API +FREE ~MCP +KEY -OPEN ~SELF
  • Yes: yes
  • Yes: yes
  • Partly: partly
  • Yes: yes
  • No: no
  • Partly: partly
GitHub Copilot+API +FREE ~MCP +KEY -OPEN -SELF
  • Yes: yes
  • Yes: yes
  • Partly: partly
  • Yes: yes
  • No: no
  • No: no
Claude Code+API -FREE +MCP +KEY -OPEN ~SELF
  • Yes: yes
  • No: no
  • Yes: yes
  • Yes: yes
  • No: no
  • Partly: partly
Devin+API +FREE +MCP ~KEY ~OPEN ~SELF
  • Yes: yes
  • Yes: yes
  • Yes: yes
  • Partly: partly
  • Partly: partly
  • Partly: partly
Aider~API +FREE -MCP +KEY +OPEN +SELF
  • Partly: partly
  • Yes: yes
  • No: no
  • Yes: yes
  • Yes: yes
  • Yes: yes
Devin Desktop~API +FREE ~MCP -KEY -OPEN ~SELF
  • Partly: partly
  • Yes: yes
  • Partly: partly
  • No: no
  • No: no
  • Partly: partly
Replit Agent~API +FREE +MCP ~KEY ?OPEN -SELF
  • Partly: partly
  • Yes: yes
  • Yes: yes
  • Partly: partly
  • Not stated: not stated
  • No: no
Factory+API -FREE ~MCP +KEY ~OPEN ~SELF
  • Yes: yes
  • No: no
  • Partly: partly
  • Yes: yes
  • Partly: partly
  • Partly: partly
Codex CLI+API +FREE ~MCP +KEY +OPEN ~SELF
  • Yes: yes
  • Yes: yes
  • Partly: partly
  • Yes: yes
  • Yes: yes
  • Partly: partly
Google Antigravity CLI~API +FREE ~MCP -KEY -OPEN -SELF
  • Partly: partly
  • Yes: yes
  • Partly: partly
  • No: no
  • No: no
  • No: no

Each answer is read from the agent's own docs and pricing pages. How we check →

theagentsindex.com · 10 agents in this ranking, sheets checked by 27 October 2026.theagentsindex.com/listings.json

How we check

The ranking

  1. Coding agents

  2. 1

    Cursor

    A free plan before you pay

    VerdictThe category's adoption leader for in-editor agent work: the tradeoff is closed-source lock-in and fast-request limits under heavy use.

    Price
    Free, then $8 a month · source
    Free to try
    Free plan
    Watch for
    No first-class headless or CI mode. Cursor is an interactive editor with a CLI and background agents, not a scriptable terminal agent in the same mould as Claude Code or Codex CLI.
    • MCP serverPartly
    • APIYes
    • Open sourceNo
    • Self-hostPartly
    Visit Cursor ↗Read the review
  3. 2

    GitHub Copilot

    Enterprise and team developers already in GitHub and mainstream IDEs

    VerdictThe safest enterprise default: the widest IDE coverage and the most mature governance, deliberately conservative autonomy.

    Price
    Free, then $10 a month · source
    Free to try
    Free plan
    Watch for
    Autonomy is deliberately conservative: the coding agent drafts a PR for review rather than shipping unattended.
    • MCP serverPartly
    • APIYes
    • Open sourceNo
    • Self-hostNo
    Visit GitHub Copilot ↗Read the review
  4. 3

    Claude Code

    Developers and teams who want a terminal-native, scriptable agent

    VerdictThe strongest command-line-first agent: deep whole-repo reasoning; usage-based cost is the thing to watch on long runs.

    Price
    From $20 a month · source
    Watch for
    Terminal-first. There is no full graphical editor for those who prefer point-and-click.
    • MCP serverYes
    • APIYes
    • Open sourceNo
    • Self-hostPartly
    Visit Claude Code ↗Read the review
  5. 4

    Devin

    VerdictThe boldest bet on full autonomy, now affordable to try: treat its pull requests as drafts, not done work.

    Price
    Free, then $20 a month · source
    Free to try
    Free plan
    Watch for
    Independent real-world testing has found success rates around 15% on a 20-task sample, well below the roughly 45.8% Devin 2.0 reports on SWE-bench Verified, so performance varies significantly by task type and spec quality.
    • MCP serverYes
    • APIYes
    • Open sourcePartly
    • Self-hostPartly
    Visit Devin ↗Read the review
  6. 5

    Aider

    Developers who want free

    VerdictThe terminal purist's choice: free, model-agnostic, and its git-commit discipline makes AI edits genuinely safe to review.

    Price
    Free · source
    Free to try
    Free plan
    Watch for
    Usage numbers like 44K GitHub stars, 6.8M installs, 15B tokens/week and the 88% 'Singularity' metric are self-reported on aider.chat; independent verification of these figures was not found.
    • MCP serverNo
    • APIPartly
    • Open sourceYes
    • Self-hostYes
    Visit Aider ↗Read the review

Questions buyers ask

How much do AI agents cost?

The median first paid plan is $20 a month, across the 53 of the 93 that publish a monthly price. They run from $5 to $600. 14 more give their price only on request.

Which AI agents have a free plan?

53 of the 93 have a free plan.

How current are these figures?

The prices were read 2 September–1 November 2026.

What is the single best AI agent?

There isn't one. It depends on the job. For coding, Cursor, GitHub Copilot and Claude Code lead their group; for building a custom agent, LangChain is the default starting point; for no-code workflow automation, n8n. See the grouped ranking above for the rest.

What is the best AI coding agent?

Cursor leads for in-editor agent work, GitHub Copilot for governed enterprise rollout on GitHub, and Claude Code for a terminal-native, CI-composable agent. Open-source alternatives Cline and Aider trade a managed experience for full control and no lock-in.

Are the agent frameworks (LangChain, CrewAI, etc.) ready-to-use agents?

No. A framework is a toolkit you build an agent with, not a product you sign up for. If you want something to use directly, look at the coding, platform, voice or support groups instead.

How often is this ranking updated?

Every listing carries a "last verified" date on its own page, and pricing/positioning is spot-checked on a rolling cadence rather than a fixed schedule. Each listing shows its own most recent check.

Sources and method

Every price here was read on the maker's own pricing page.

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