Compare AI Coding Tools

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Comparison	Claude Opus 4.6✓ Anthropic's frontier reasoning model: 80.9% SWE-bench record, 1M token beta context, and adaptive thinking Pay-per-use	Cursor✓ The AI-native code editor with $1B+ ARR, 25+ models, and background agents on dedicated VMs Freemium	GitHub Copilot✓ AI pair programmer built into GitHub and popular IDEs Freemium
Category	AI Model	AI-Powered IDE	VS Code Extension
Pricing	API on-demand: $5 per 1M input tokens; $25 per 1M output tokens	Hobby: $0/month Pro: $20/month Pro+: $60/month Ultra: $200/month Teams: $40/user/month	Free: $0/month Pro: $10/month Pro+: $39/month Business: $19/user/month Enterprise: $39/user/month
AI Models	claude-opus-4-6	Claude Opus 4.5Claude Sonnet 4.5Claude Sonnet 4.6GPT-5GPT-5.2+4 more	GitHub-managed frontier model routingOpenAI model families (plan and feature dependent)Anthropic model families including Opus/Sonnet tiers on supported plansAdditional premium model options on paid plans
Context Window	200,000 tokens (1M beta)	Up to 272K tokens (codebase-wide context via RAG indexing)	Context-aware suggestions based on open files, tabs, and indexed repositories; token limits not publicly documented
Capabilities	Code Completion Code Generation Code Review Debugging Refactoring Testing Documentation Chat Agentic Mode Multi File	Code Completion Code Generation Code Review Debugging Refactoring Testing Documentation Chat Agentic Mode Multi File Voice Input	Code Completion Code Generation Code Review Debugging Refactoring Testing Documentation Chat Multi File
Platforms	APIWebDesktopiOSAndroid	macOSWindowsLinux	macOSLinuxWindowsWeb
Languages	Any (via API)	All languages supported by VS Code	JavaScriptTypeScriptPythonJavaC++C#+7 more
Open Source	No	No	No
GitHub Stars	N/A	N/A	N/A
Users	N/A	1M+ daily active users	Not disclosed
Rating	N/A	N/A	N/A
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