Ranked · Coding agents
Best Coding agents with autonomous
16 quality-gated coding agents with autonomous, compared on structured facts · pricing $1.25–$100 · 80% of known offer an API.
The ranking
16 of the 25 coding agents in this index qualify with autonomous — every one a Published, quality-gated listing, not a scraped row.
Across the set: 12 of 15 with known API status (80%) expose a public API, paid plans span $1.25–$100, and 11 offer a free or freemium tier.
16 of 16 carry a fact-verification date; the freshest check is 2026-08-25.
"Autonomous" covers two different products here, not one skill: agents that work unsupervised on an existing codebase and hand back a reviewed pull request (Claude Code, Devin, OpenHands), and prompt-to-app builders that generate a new, deployed application from scratch with no existing repo (Bolt.new, Replit Agent) — decide which job you have before comparing them on the same table.
How we ranked these
Assembled programmatically from the live index: every entry is a Published, quality-gated listing in Coding agents carrying the "Autonomous" tag, ranked by tier then name. The numbers (16 tools, 80% of known with an API, paid plans $1.25–$100) are computed from the structured facts on those listings — this page exists only because the underlying data clears the density gate.
All picks at a glance
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| # | Agent | Best for | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Augment Code | $100/month | |
| 2 | Bolt.new | Zero-setup, browser-only app builds | $0 |
| 3 | Claude Code | Free | |
| 4 | Cline | Free | |
| 5 | Cursor | Free | |
| 6 | Devin | Free | |
| 7 | Factory | $20 / month | |
| 8 | Gemini Code Assist | $19/user/mo billed annually, or $22.80/user/mo billed monthly | |
| 9 | GitHub Copilot | Free | |
| 10 | Junie | Free | |
| 11 | Muse Code | $1.25/M input, $4.25/M output / per token | |
| 12 | OpenAI Codex CLI | Free | |
| 13 | OpenHands | Free (Free) | |
| 14 | Replit Agent | Free | |
| 15 | Warp | Free | |
| 16 | Windsurf (now Devin Desktop) | Free |
The ranking
Editor’s pick
#1
Augment Code
AI agent platform that automates code review, ticket-to-PR delivery, security remediation, and incident response for dev teams.
- #2
Bolt.new
Bolt.new is StackBlitz's browser-native prompt-to-full-stack-app builder. WebContainers runs a real Node environment in the browser tab itself, no remote VM, no local setup.
Best forZero-setup, browser-only app builds
Bolt.new runs a real Node.js environment inside the browser tab itself — the fastest path from a prompt to a deployed, working app with no local setup. One real caveat: the vendor's own support reputation is weak (1.5/5 on Trustpilot from 189 reviews as of our last check), so budget for self-serve troubleshooting rather than vendor support.
- #3
Claude Code
Anthropic’s terminal-native coding agent with full-repository context. Included from the $17/month Claude Pro plan, or billed per token through the API.
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Cline
The open-source coding agent. Bring your own key. Runs in your editor, terminal, and as an SDK, with optional ClinePass for flat-rate open-model access.
- #5
Cursor
The AI-first code editor (a VS Code fork) with a coding agent that reads, plans and edits across your whole codebase. Free Hobby tier, Pro from $20/month.
- #6
Devin
Devin is Cognition's autonomous coding agent: assign a task through Slack, CLI, or the web app, and it plans, edits, tests, and opens a pull request inside its own sandbox.
Choose Devin if the job is delegating a real, scoped engineering ticket on an existing codebase and getting a PR back — not generating a new app from a prompt.
- #7
Factory
Agent-native coding platform that coordinates specialized Droids across the full software development lifecycle, from a $20/mo Pro CLI to sales-gated enterprise deployment.
- #8
Gemini Code Assist
Google's paid AI coding assistant for VS Code, JetBrains, and Cloud IDEs, built on the Gemini 3 model with a 1M-token context window.
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GitHub Copilot
GitHub's AI coding assistant with an issue-to-PR coding agent, multi-agent control plane (Claude Code + OpenAI Codex bundled), and broad IDE coverage. Free tier with 2,000 completions/month; Pro from $10/month.
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Junie
JetBrains' own AI coding agent. Plans before it codes, drives the real IDE debugger, runs across the JetBrains IDE family plus a standalone CLI. Free 30-day Pro trial; Pro from $10/month.
- #11
Muse Code
Meta's terminal coding agent — pay standard rate and it never trains on your code, or opt into Contributor pricing for a steep discount if you let it.
- #12
OpenAI Codex CLI
OpenAI's open-source (Apache-2.0) terminal coding agent, bundled into ChatGPT plans from Free through Pro — Business seats are grandfathered-only.
- #13
OpenHands
Open source platform for cloud coding agents. Free local OSS, free Individual Cloud tier, self-hosted Enterprise with SSO and RBAC.
Choose OpenHands if you want the same unsupervised, hand-back-a-PR workflow as Devin but open-source and self-hostable.
- #14
Replit Agent
AI agent that builds, deploys and fixes full-stack apps from a chat prompt inside Replit's browser IDE.
Choose Replit Agent over Bolt.new if you want the app-generation workflow bundled with Replit's own hosting and deployment, not just a build tool you deploy elsewhere.
- #15
Warp
An open platform for automating development: an open-source terminal, a standalone coding agent, and cloud-agent factories that orchestrate Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI and Warp's own agent across your SDLC.
- #16
Windsurf (now Devin Desktop)
The agentic IDE that began as Codeium, then Windsurf, now Cognition’s Devin Desktop. An open command centre for local and cloud coding agents.
Side by side
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| Feature | Augment Code | Bolt.new | Claude Code | Cline | Cursor | Devin | Factory | Gemini Code Assist | GitHub Copilot | Junie | Muse Code | OpenAI Codex CLI | OpenHands | Replit Agent | Warp | Windsurf (now Devin Desktop) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | AI agent platform that automates code review, ticket-to-PR delivery, security remediation, and incident response for dev teams. | Bolt.new is StackBlitz's browser-native prompt-to-full-stack-app builder. WebContainers runs a real Node environment in the browser tab itself, no remote VM, no local setup. | Anthropic’s terminal-native coding agent with full-repository context. Included from the $17/month Claude Pro plan, or billed per token through the API. | The open-source coding agent. Bring your own key. Runs in your editor, terminal, and as an SDK, with optional ClinePass for flat-rate open-model access. | The AI-first code editor (a VS Code fork) with a coding agent that reads, plans and edits across your whole codebase. Free Hobby tier, Pro from $20/month. | Devin is Cognition's autonomous coding agent: assign a task through Slack, CLI, or the web app, and it plans, edits, tests, and opens a pull request inside its own sandbox. | Agent-native coding platform that coordinates specialized Droids across the full software development lifecycle, from a $20/mo Pro CLI to sales-gated enterprise deployment. | Google's paid AI coding assistant for VS Code, JetBrains, and Cloud IDEs, built on the Gemini 3 model with a 1M-token context window. | GitHub's AI coding assistant with an issue-to-PR coding agent, multi-agent control plane (Claude Code + OpenAI Codex bundled), and broad IDE coverage. Free tier with 2,000 completions/month; Pro from $10/month. | JetBrains' own AI coding agent. Plans before it codes, drives the real IDE debugger, runs across the JetBrains IDE family plus a standalone CLI. Free 30-day Pro trial; Pro from $10/month. | Meta's terminal coding agent — pay standard rate and it never trains on your code, or opt into Contributor pricing for a steep discount if you let it. | OpenAI's open-source (Apache-2.0) terminal coding agent, bundled into ChatGPT plans from Free through Pro — Business seats are grandfathered-only. | Open source platform for cloud coding agents. Free local OSS, free Individual Cloud tier, self-hosted Enterprise with SSO and RBAC. | AI agent that builds, deploys and fixes full-stack apps from a chat prompt inside Replit's browser IDE. | An open platform for automating development: an open-source terminal, a standalone coding agent, and cloud-agent factories that orchestrate Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI and Warp's own agent across your SDLC. | The agentic IDE that began as Codeium, then Windsurf, now Cognition’s Devin Desktop. An open command centre for local and cloud coding agents. |
| Pricing | $100/month | $0 | Free | Free | Free | Free | $20 / month | $19/user/mo billed annually, or $22.80/user/mo billed monthly | Free | Free | $1.25/M input, $4.25/M output / per token | Free | Free (Free) | Free | Free | Free |
| API | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
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- 12 of 15 with known API status offer an API
- paid plans $1.25-$100
- 11 free or freemium
- verified August 25, 2026
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