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The 17 best AI coding agents (2026)

Updated 12 November 202616 prices checked 24 October–11 November 2026Reviewed by Team AgentsIndex

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$20 a month

Median first paid plan across the 9 of 17 tools that publish a monthly price. They run from $8 to $500.

$5$10$20$50$100$200$5006 tools at $19–$20$5$10$20$50$100$200$5006 tools at $19–$20

What the 17 offer

YesIn partNo or not listed

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Prices checked
16 of 17 tools, on their own pricing pages
Last checked
11 Nov oldest check 24 Oct
AI coding agents compared
ToolStarting priceMCP serverAPIOpen sourceSelf-host
Hyper+MCP +API ~OPEN -SELF
Free, then $20 a month
  • Yes: yes
  • Yes: yes
  • Partly: partly
  • No: no
Devin~MCP ~API ~OPEN ?SELF
Free, then $20 a month
  • Partly: partly
  • Partly: partly
  • Partly: partly
  • Not stated: not stated
Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)?MCP +API ?OPEN ?SELF
Free, then $20 a month
  • Not stated: not stated
  • Yes: yes
  • Not stated: not stated
  • Not stated: not stated
MetaGPT+MCP +API +OPEN +SELF
Free
  • Yes: yes
  • Yes: yes
  • Yes: yes
  • Yes: yes
BLACKBOX AI?MCP +API ?OPEN ?SELF
On quote
  • Not stated: not stated
  • Yes: yes
  • Not stated: not stated
  • Not stated: not stated
Claude Code+MCP +API -OPEN ?SELF
From $20 a month
  • Yes: yes
  • Yes: yes
  • No: no
  • Not stated: not stated
Augment Code+MCP ~API ~OPEN ?SELF
From $20 a month
  • Yes: yes
  • Partly: partly
  • Partly: partly
  • Not stated: not stated
Amazon Q Developer-MCP +API ?OPEN ?SELF
Free, then $19 a seat a month
  • No: no
  • Yes: yes
  • Not stated: not stated
  • Not stated: not stated
Tabnine?MCP +API ?OPEN +SELF
On quote
  • Not stated: not stated
  • Yes: yes
  • Not stated: not stated
  • Yes: yes
Aider-MCP ~API +OPEN ?SELF
Free
  • No: no
  • Partly: partly
  • Yes: yes
  • Not stated: not stated
SWE-agent?MCP ?API +OPEN +SELF
Free
  • Not stated: not stated
  • Not stated: not stated
  • Yes: yes
  • Yes: yes
Cursor~MCP +API -OPEN ?SELF
Free, then $8 a seat a month
  • Partly: partly
  • Yes: yes
  • No: no
  • Not stated: not stated
Qodo?MCP ?API ?OPEN +SELF
From $0.012 per credit
  • Not stated: not stated
  • Not stated: not stated
  • Not stated: not stated
  • Yes: yes
GitHub Copilot+MCP +API +OPEN ?SELF
Free, then $10 a seat a month
  • Yes: yes
  • Yes: yes
  • Yes: yes
  • Not stated: not stated
Sourcegraph Cody?MCP +API ~OPEN +SELF
From $16,000 a year
  • Not stated: not stated
  • Yes: yes
  • Partly: partly
  • Yes: yes
OpenHands+MCP +API ~OPEN +SELF
Free, then $500 a seat a month
  • Yes: yes
  • Yes: yes
  • Partly: partly
  • Yes: yes
Cline?MCP ?API +OPEN +SELF
Free
  • Not stated: not stated
  • Not stated: not stated
  • Yes: yes
  • Yes: yes

agentsindex.ai · All 17 AI coding agents we list.

How we check

11 of the 17 tools here have a free plan. 5 are open source.

Research on AI coding agents

About coding agents

Can you use coding agents for free?

11 of the 17 have a free plan. 9 of the 17 publish a monthly price: the first paid plan runs from $8 to $500 a month, with a median of $20. The other 8 publish no monthly price.

Which coding agents are open source?

5 of the 17 listed here are open source: Aider (Apache-2.0), Cline (Apache-2.0), GitHub Copilot, MetaGPT (MIT) and SWE-agent (MIT). 5 more are partly open source: Augment Code, Devin, Hyper, OpenHands (MIT) and Sourcegraph Cody.

Which coding agents have an MCP server?

6 of the 17 have an MCP server: Augment Code, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Hyper, MetaGPT and OpenHands. 2 more have one in part: Cursor and Devin.

How fast do coding agents change?

The latest pushes to their public code: OpenHands (15 October 2026), SWE-agent (12 October 2026), Cline (10 October 2026).

Sources and method

Tools rank higher the more we can confirm: a public price, an API and docs, sources, stated limits. How we check

Prices are taken from each vendor's pricing page.

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