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Pick two to five tools. Every cell comes from a verified record; anything unverified says so. There is no overall winner — the right choice depends on your task, budget and technical needs.
| Criterion | JetBrains AI | GitHub Copilot | Claude Code | Tabnine | Cursor |
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| Provider | JetBrains | GitHub | Anthropic | Tabnine (acquired by Tricentis, July 2026) | Anysphere (part of SpaceX since August 2026) |
| What it is for | AI Assistant, the Junie agent and JetBrains Air for building software with agents in JetBrains IDEs. | An AI pair programmer and coding agent that works in your editor, terminal and on GitHub itself. | Anthropic's agentic coding tool that reads your codebase, edits files and runs commands from the terminal, IDE, desktop or browser. | A private, organisation-aware AI coding agent designed to run inside a company's own environment. | An AI-first code editor with local and cloud agents, now sold on a shared Cursor and Grok subscription. |
| Latest confirmed model | — | — | Claude Opus 5.5 Sep 22, 2026 | — | Grok 4.7 Sep 21, 2026 |
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| Free plan | Yes 3 AI credits per 30 days; unlimited code completion | Yes 2,000 inline suggestions per month; 50 chat requests; limited chat and agent usage | No | No | Yes Limited AI usage; limited agent and Chat requests |
| Cheapest paid plan | AI Pro (individual): $10/mo $8.33/mo billed annually $100 per year; included at no extra cost with All Products Pack and dotUltimate (not complimentary student/OSS packs) | Pro: $10/mo | Pro: $20/mo $17/mo billed annually Annual billing is $200 up front | No monthly list price | Plus: $8/mo |
| API access | No | No · docs (opens in a new tab) | Yes · docs (opens in a new tab) | No | Limited · docs (opens in a new tab) |
| Learning curve | Some experience helps | Beginner-friendly | Some experience helps | Some experience helps | Some experience helps |
| Last verified | Oct 19, 2026 | Oct 19, 2026 | Oct 19, 2026 | Oct 19, 2026 | Oct 19, 2026 |
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