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Coding Assistant
Free tier comparison for AI coding assistants including code completion, review, and testing
15 tools listed, sorted by rating
Coding Assistant Free Available
Huawei-backed open-source terminal AI coding assistant, competing with Claude Code. CodingPlan offers free 30-day access to GLM-4.6, DeepSeek-V4-Flash, Qwen3 series and more, running on Ascend chips with 5-hour rolling window metering.γ
π 30 days (One-time)
Paid from: CodingPlan free, API separate
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Open-source AI coding assistant for VS Code, JetBrains, and CLI. Supports 200+ models including Claude, GPT, Gemini. Launchedγ
π 999999 unlimited ()
Paid from: Free (BYOK)
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Microsoft's AI coding assistant, deeply integrated with VS Code and GitHub. Code completion, Chat, and Agent mode. Free for students and OSS maintainers, $10/month for individuals.γ
π 2000 completions/month (free tier) (Monthly)
π³ Credit card required
Paid from: $10/month
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Established AI coding assistant supporting 70+ languages with broad IDE plugin coverage. Personal tier is completely free with no usage limits. Enterprise tier adds more features.γ
π 999999 unlimited ()
Paid from: Free (Personal)
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Alibaba's AI coding assistant, deeply integrated with VS Code and JetBrains. Uses Qwen models, excellent Chinese coding experience. Free for individuals, enterprise by seat.γ
π 999999 unlimited ()
Paid from: Free (Personal)
View Details Coding Assistant Free Available
AI coding IDE, formerly Codeium. Free plan at $0/month with Light usage. Cascade feature for multi-file editing. Pro at $20/mo.γ
π 0 (One-time)
Paid from: $20/month
View Details Coding Assistant Free Available
Huawei CLI coding assistant with built-in Zhipu GLM-4.6 model, ready to use after login with no manual selection needed. Completely free with no usage limits, trained on Huawei Ascend chips, coding capability reaches 94.6% of Claude Opus 4.6. Rich theme options with dark/light mode switching, great looking interface.γ
π 999999 free tier available ()
Paid from: Free
View Details Coding Assistant Long-term Free
Open-source tool: "Your browser is the API." CLI + MCP server for AI agents to control Chrome with your login state. No separate API keys needed β reuses your existing browser sessions. Perfect for developers who need AI to automate web tasks.γ
π 999999 unlimited ()
Paid from: Completely free
View Details Coding Assistant Free Available
AI coding IDE, #1 market share at 31%. Free Hobby plan with no credit card required. Pro at $20/mo supports GPT-4o, Claude and more.γ
π 0 (One-time)
π³ Credit card required
Paid from: $20/month
View Details Coding Assistant Free Available
Free AI coding agent that edits code via natural language in terminal. Based on paid Codebuff, ad-supported. Uses DeepSeek V4 Flash by default, supports Kimi K2.6, MiniMax M2.7 and other models.γ
π 0 ()
Paid from: Codebuff from $100/mo
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Vercel's AI UI generator. Describe or screenshot a UI and get React component code. Free plan: $5 monthly credits + 7 messages/day.γ
π 5 monthly credits, 7 messages/day (Monthly)
Paid from: $30/month (Team)
View Details Coding Assistant Free Available
Zhipu's AI coding subscription paired with ZCode IDE. Free models available (GLM-4.7-Flash, GLM-4.5-Flash). Paid tiers: Lite ~$10/mo, Pro ~$30/mo, Max ~$80/mo (quarterly billing). Compatible with 20+ coding tools. Subscribers get 1.5x quota in ZCode.γ
π 4.7 ()
Paid from: Lite $30/quarter (~$10/mo)
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Tencent's AI coding assistant, deeply integrated with Tencent Cloud. Supports code completion, chat, and code review. Free for individuals, enterprise plans available.γ
π 0 (One-time)
Paid from: Pay-as-you-go API
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Astron Coding Plan by iFlytek is a monthly AI coding subscription service for developers, integrating Spark X2, GLM, Kimi, MiniMax, DeepSeek, Qwen and other popular open-source models. First purchase only Β₯3.9/month with unlimited requests.γ
π 3.9 (Monthly)
Paid from: First purchase Β₯3.9/month, renewal Β₯19/month
View Details Coding Assistant Free Available
Google's free AI coding tool. Version 1.5 major upgrade: 60x limit increase, 10x speed boost. Completely free, supports code generation, debugging, refactoring. A free alternative to GitHub Copilot.γ
π 60 ()
Paid from: N/A
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