Cloud IDE

Amazon Q Developer

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Agentic AWS-aware coding assistant with IDE, CLI, and console coverage

Amazon Q Developer (formerly CodeWhisperer) is AWS’s generative AI assistant for coding, application upgrades, and cloud operations. It provides agentic chat in IDEs, the AWS Console, chat apps, and the CLI (upgradeable to the Kiro CLI) to accelerate coding, run secure code scans and tests, and transform Java/.NET applications with guided upgrade workflows. The perpetual Free tier includes 50 agentic requests and 1,000 lines of code transformations per month; Pro is $19/user/month with higher limits, pooled upgrade quotas, admin controls, and IP indemnity.

• ●Agentic chat and coding in IDEs with inline suggestions and repository-aware context
• ●CLI command completions and agentic workflows (Q Developer CLI users can upgrade to Kiro CLI)
• ●AWS Console assistant for troubleshooting, cost optimization, and architecture guidance

Anthropic Claude API

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Build with Claude Opus 4.6, Sonnet 4.6, and Haiku via the Anthropic API with MCP and adaptive thinking

The Anthropic Claude API provides pay-per-use access to the full Claude model lineup: Opus 4.6 (released Feb 5, 2026) for highest-depth reasoning at $5/$25 per MTok, Sonnet 4.6 (Feb 17, 2026) as the balanced default at $3/$15, and Haiku 4.5 for speed-optimized budget workloads at $1/$5. The API supports the Model Context Protocol (MCP) with 75+ enterprise connectors, adaptive thinking for extended reasoning, context compaction for efficient long conversations, tool use, prompt caching (write/read discounts), batch processing (50% savings), and deployment across Anthropic, AWS Bedrock, Google Vertex AI, and Azure AI Foundry.

• ●Claude model lineup: Opus 4.6 ($5/$25), Sonnet 4.6 ($3/$15), Haiku 4.5 ($1/$5)
• ●Model Context Protocol (MCP): open standard with 75+ enterprise connectors
• ●Adaptive thinking: extended reasoning mode for complex problem-solving

Google Gemini API

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Access Gemini 3 Flash (~78% SWE-bench at $0.50/$3), 3.1 Pro, and the full Gemini model family

The Gemini API exposes Google's full model lineup including Gemini 3 Flash (~78% SWE-bench at $0.50/$3 per MTok, the best price-performance coding model available), Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview (released Feb 19, 2026, at $2/$12), Gemini 2.5 Pro ($1.25/$10), and Gemini 2.5 Flash ($0.30/$2.50). All models support 1M token context windows, multimodal inputs (text, image, audio, video), and tools including function calling, code execution, Google Search grounding ($14 per 1K queries), URL context, and computer use. Google AI Studio provides free prototyping with Build Mode for rapid app development.

• ●Gemini 3 Flash: ~78% SWE-bench at $0.50/$3 per MTok (best price-performance)
• ●Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview: latest flagship (Feb 19, 2026)
• ●1M token context windows across all models (largest in the industry)

Google Antigravity

Agentic development platform powered by Gemini for autonomous coding

Google Antigravity is an agentic development platform powered by Gemini 3, designed for an agent-first era where AI agents handle complex development tasks. It offers an Editor View for hands-on coding and a Manager Surface for orchestrating multiple agents asynchronously. Agents can plan and execute tasks across editor, terminal, and browser, with an artifacts system for deliverables like task lists, screenshots, and browser recordings. Antigravity connects to Google Cloud via MCP for data sources like BigQuery, Spanner, Cloud SQL, and AlloyDB.

• ●Autonomous agents that plan and execute across editor, terminal, browser
• ●Editor View for hands-on coding
• ●Manager Surface for orchestrating multiple agents asynchronously

Gemini Code Assist

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Google's AI coding assistant with Agent Mode, 1M token context, MCP support, and free individual tier

Gemini Code Assist is Google's AI coding assistant for VS Code and JetBrains IDEs. It features Agent Mode (launched July 2025) for autonomous multi-step coding within the IDE, 1M token context for understanding entire codebases, and MCP support for connecting to external tools. The free individual tier offers 6,000 code requests and 240 chat requests per day. Individual Pro pricing is $19.99/month, with Enterprise plans at $19/user/month through Google Cloud for governance, customization, and IP indemnification.

• ●Agent Mode (July 2025): autonomous multi-step coding within the IDE
• ●1M token context window for understanding entire codebases
• ●MCP support for connecting to external tools and data sources

Ollama

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Run AI models locally with Docker-like simplicity, 200+ model families, and full API compatibility

Ollama is the open-source standard for running AI models locally. With 155K+ GitHub stars and 2.5M weekly downloads, it provides Docker-like commands (pull, run, create) to manage 200+ model families on your own hardware. Ollama offers full OpenAI and Anthropic API compatibility as a drop-in replacement, GPU acceleration across Apple Metal, NVIDIA CUDA, AMD ROCm, and Vulkan, plus features like vision support, structured JSON outputs, tool calling, embeddings, and experimental image generation. Ollama Turbo ($20/month) adds optional cloud inference for users who want both local and hosted options.

• ●200+ model families: Qwen2.5-Coder, DeepSeek-Coder V2, Codestral, Qwen3-Coder, GPT-OSS, Llama 4, and more
• ●Docker-like CLI: ollama pull, ollama run, ollama create with Modelfile customization
• ●OpenAI and Anthropic API compatibility as a drop-in endpoint replacement

OpenAI API

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API access to GPT-5.2, Codex models, Responses API, Agents SDK, and the full OpenAI platform

The OpenAI API provides pay-per-use access to the GPT-5 family (GPT-5.2 flagship at $1.75/$14 per MTok, GPT-5 at $1.25/$10, GPT-5 Mini at $0.25/$2, GPT-5 Nano at $0.05/$0.40), Codex-oriented models for agentic coding, reasoning models (o3, o4-mini), and GPT-4.1 with 1M token context. The Responses API (launched March 2025) replaces the older Assistants API with built-in tools including web_search, file_search, and computer_use. The Agents SDK provides a Python framework for building multi-agent systems with handoffs, guardrails, and tracing. Also includes image generation (DALL-E), audio (TTS/STT), embeddings, and the Sora 2 video generation API.

• ●GPT-5.2 flagship (71.8% SWE-bench), GPT-5, GPT-4.1 (1M context), o3/o4-mini reasoning
• ●Responses API with built-in web_search, file_search, and computer_use tools
• ●Agents SDK: Python framework for multi-agent systems with handoffs and guardrails

OpenAI Codex

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Cloud coding agent with 1M+ developers, Desktop App, and parallel sandboxed environments

OpenAI Codex is a cloud-based software engineering agent platform used by over 1M developers. Launched in May 2025 with a Desktop App added in February 2026, Codex spins up parallel sandboxed environments, reads your codebase, writes code, runs tests, and submits PRs autonomously. Powered by dedicated models including GPT-5.2-Codex and GPT-5.3-Codex optimized for code generation, it supports multi-file editing, automated testing, PR generation, and parallel task execution. The platform includes a macOS Desktop App with Xcode integration for Apple developers.

• ●1M+ developers using Codex for software engineering
• ●Parallel sandboxed environments: reads codebase, writes code, runs tests, submits PRs
• ●Desktop App for macOS with Xcode integration (February 2026)

Firebase Studio (formerly Project IDX)

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Firebase Studio cloud IDE with Gemini-assisted development

Project IDX has been folded into Firebase Studio, an agentic browser IDE with Gemini in Firebase for coding, debugging, testing, and refactoring. The preview is no-cost with 3 workspaces per user; Google Developer Program members get 10 (Standard) or 30 (Premium). App Prototyping and Code Assist agents, built-in previews/emulators, Git imports, and App Hosting deployments are included; some Firebase services bill separately once linked to Cloud Billing.

• ●Agentic browser workspace with Gemini in Firebase chat and code actions
• ●App Prototyping agent to scaffold apps from text, sketches, or templates
• ●Import from GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket or local; customize via Nix

Replit

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AI-first cloud IDE with Replit Agent, Core/Teams credits, and one-click app hosting

Replit is a browser-based IDE with Replit Agent for autonomous edits, chat, and code generation. Core and Teams plans bundle monthly credits for compute, databases, and AI. Build and deploy full-stack apps with connectors, auth, storage, and security scanning straight from the workspace—no setup required.

• ●Browser-based workspace with app hosting, DB, auth, storage, and security scanner
• ●Replit Agent for autonomous edits, chat, tests, and deploys
• ●One-click publish with bundled credits for compute and bandwidth