Ranked · Coding agents
Best Coding agents — Seat model
16 of 26 researched coding agents have a confirmed yes for Seat model. Qualified, negative, and unknown answers stay distinct.
The ranking
16 of 26 coding agents have a confirmed yes for “Seat model”. 5 are qualified or tier-scoped, 1 are confirmed no, and 4 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 “Per seat, and is there a floor or a ceiling?” 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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| # | Agent | Best for | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Augment Code | $100/month | |
| 2 | Bolt | $0 | |
| 3 | Claude Code | Free | |
| 4 | CodeRabbit | $0 / month | |
| 5 | Codex CLI | Free | |
| 6 | Cursor | Free | |
| 7 | Devin | Free | |
| 8 | Devin Desktop | Free | |
| 9 | Factory | $20 / month | |
| 10 | Gemini Code Assist | $19/user/mo billed annually, or $22.80/user/mo billed monthly | |
| 11 | Junie | Free | |
| 12 | Kilo Code | Free | |
| 13 | Letta | $0 / month | |
| 14 | Replit Agent | Free | |
| 15 | Warp | Free | |
| 16 | Zed | $0 / forever |
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.
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CodeRabbit
AI code review agent for pull requests, IDE and CLI, with security scanning and pre-merge checks
- #5
Codex CLI
OpenAI's terminal client for Codex: inspect, edit and run a local repository from the command line.
- #7
Devin
Cognition's autonomous AI software engineer: takes a ticket, works in its own workspace, opens a pull request.
- #8
Devin Desktop
Desktop IDE, formerly Windsurf, that runs fleets of local and cloud coding agents from one Kanban command center.
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Gemini Code Assist
Google Cloud's AI coding assistant and agent mode for VS Code, JetBrains IDEs and the terminal
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Kilo Code
Open source AI coding agent for VS Code, JetBrains, CLI and cloud, with 500+ models at cost
- #14
Replit Agent
Chat-driven agent that builds, tests and publishes web and mobile apps on Replit's cloud
- #16
Zed
Open-source Rust code editor with a native agent panel and ACP support for external coding agents
Side by side
All 16 compared. Scroll the table sideways, the fact column stays pinned →
| Feature | Augment Code | Bolt | Claude Code | CodeRabbit | Codex CLI | Cursor | Devin | Devin Desktop | Factory | Gemini Code Assist | Junie | Kilo Code | Letta | Replit Agent | Warp | Zed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Agent platform for the software development lifecycle, with IDE agents, the Auggie CLI, and Cosmos agent fleets. | Browser-based AI agent that builds, hosts and publishes websites and apps from prompts | Anthropic's agentic coding tool for the terminal, IDEs, desktop, web, CI and Slack | AI code review agent for pull requests, IDE and CLI, with security scanning and pre-merge checks | OpenAI's terminal client for Codex: inspect, edit and run a local repository from the command line. | AI coding agent in a desktop editor, CLI, web and cloud VMs | Cognition's autonomous AI software engineer: takes a ticket, works in its own workspace, opens a pull request. | Desktop IDE, formerly Windsurf, that runs fleets of local and cloud coding agents from one Kanban command center. | Droid coding agents for desktop, CLI, IDE, CI and cloud, with enterprise governance | Google Cloud's AI coding assistant and agent mode for VS Code, JetBrains IDEs and the terminal | JetBrains' coding agent for JetBrains IDEs, the terminal and CI/CD pipelines | Open source AI coding agent for VS Code, JetBrains, CLI and cloud, with 500+ models at cost | Stateful agent harness with git-backed memory, run from a CLI, desktop app, web, or SDK | 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 |
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| Pricing | $100/month | $0 | Free | $0 / month | Free | Free | Free | Free | $20 / month | $19/user/mo billed annually, or $22.80/user/mo billed monthly | Free | Free | $0 / month | Free | Free | $0 / forever |
| API | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
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- verified August 31, 2026
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