Ranked · Coding agents
Best Coding agents — Pooled budget
9 of 26 researched coding agents have a confirmed yes for Pooled budget. Qualified, negative, and unknown answers stay distinct.
The ranking
9 of 26 coding agents have a confirmed yes for “Pooled budget”. 8 are qualified or tier-scoped, 4 are confirmed no, and 5 remain not established. Only confirmed yes answers appear in this set; an unknown is never treated as a negative.
How we ranked these
Projected from the live listing datasheets using the tenant’s “Do seats share one balance, or does each get its own?” axis. Membership requires a sourced yes; partial and unknown answers are reported above but excluded from the ranking. Entries retain the directory’s paid-tier ordering, visibly labelled on every promoted card.
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The ranking
Editor’s pick
#1
Augment Code
Agent platform for the software development lifecycle, with IDE agents, the Auggie CLI, and Cosmos agent fleets.
- #2

Cline
Open-source coding agent for IDEs, terminal and CI, running on any model provider or your own keys.
- #3

Devin
Cognition's autonomous AI software engineer: takes a ticket, works in its own workspace, opens a pull request.
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Kilo Code
Open source AI coding agent for VS Code, JetBrains, CLI and cloud, with 500+ models at cost
- #6

OpenHands
Open source software engineering agent with GUI, CLI, SDK and an enterprise control plane
- #7

Replit Agent
Chat-driven agent that builds, tests and publishes web and mobile apps on Replit's cloud
- #9

Zed
Open-source Rust code editor with a native agent panel and ACP support for external coding agents
Side by side
All 9 compared. Scroll the table sideways, the fact column stays pinned →
| Feature | Augment Code | Cline | Devin | Kilo Code | OpenCode | OpenHands | Replit Agent | Warp | Zed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Agent platform for the software development lifecycle, with IDE agents, the Auggie CLI, and Cosmos agent fleets. | Open-source coding agent for IDEs, terminal and CI, running on any model provider or your own keys. | Cognition's autonomous AI software engineer: takes a ticket, works in its own workspace, opens a pull request. | Open source AI coding agent for VS Code, JetBrains, CLI and cloud, with 500+ models at cost | Open source AI coding agent for the terminal, IDE and desktop, running any model provider | Open source software engineering agent with GUI, CLI, SDK and an enterprise control plane | Chat-driven agent that builds, tests and publishes web and mobile apps on Replit's cloud | Terminal and coding agent, plus a platform that runs the same agent as cloud agents | Open-source Rust code editor with a native agent panel and ACP support for external coding agents |
| Pricing | $100/month | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free (Free) | Free | Free | $0 / forever |
| API | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
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- verified August 31, 2026
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