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| Criterion | Tabnine | GitHub Copilot | JetBrains AI | Amazon Q Developer | Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf) |
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| Provider | Tabnine (acquired by Tricentis, July 2026) | GitHub | JetBrains | Amazon Web Services | Cognition |
| What it is for | A private, organisation-aware AI coding agent designed to run inside a company's own environment. | An AI pair programmer and coding agent that works in your editor, terminal and on GitHub itself. | AI Assistant, the Junie agent and JetBrains Air for building software with agents in JetBrains IDEs. | AWS's AI coding assistant, whose IDE plugins reach end of support on April 30, 2027 with Kiro as the recommended replacement. | The renamed Windsurf editor, rebuilt around managing local and cloud coding agents. |
| Latest confirmed model | — | — | — | — | SWE-2 Sep 10, 2026 |
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| Free plan | No | Yes 2,000 inline suggestions per month; 50 chat requests; limited chat and agent usage | Yes 3 AI credits per 30 days; unlimited code completion | Yes 50 agentic requests per month; 1,000 LOC transformation per user per month | Yes Light agent quota; unlimited Tab completions and inline edits |
| Cheapest paid plan | No monthly list price | Pro: $10/mo | 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 Tier: $19/mo Per user; first month prorated | Pro: $20/mo |
| API access | No | No · docs (opens in a new tab) | No | No | Limited |
| 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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