GitHub Copilot alternatives, honestly compared, with prices

Updated 18 Oct 2026Prices checked 18 Oct 2026How we check prices

  • Best budget

    Cursor

    Free plan; Plus $8/mo (Grok models only); Premium $30/mo; Super $100/mo; Ultra $200/mo; Teams from $30/user/mo

    Lowest paid starting price here: $8/mo billed monthly, vs $10/mo billed monthly for GitHub Copilot (checked 18 Oct 2026), tied with OpenAI Codex

    Visit Cursor ↗ (opens in a new tab)

  • Best free

    Cursor

    Free plan; Plus $8/mo (Grok models only); Premium $30/mo; Super $100/mo; Ultra $200/mo; Teams from $30/user/mo

    Our top pick with a $0 plan (checked 18 Oct 2026)

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  • Best open source

    Cline

    Free and open source

    Most GitHub stars (70.5k) of the OSI-licensed options (Apache-2.0) · setup 2/5

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The alternatives

How we order

6 alternatives

  2. Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)

    AI code editor

    Best for: Developers wanting an agentic IDE

    Cognition's agentic AI IDE, formerly Windsurf, with the Devin Local agent and an Agent Command Center for local and cloud agents.

    Renamed (was Windsurf)Free plan

    From $20/mo billed monthly · free plan

    Checked 18 Oct 2026 · source (Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf) pricing source, opens in a new tab)

    All plans

    Free plan; Pro $20/mo; Max $200/mo; Teams $80/mo plus $40/mo per full user

    Visit Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf) ↗ (opens in a new tab)

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How we picked

  • Prices come from each vendor's official pricing page, in US dollars, never converted. Every price shows the date we checked it and links to its source. Each price must match a stored copy (snapshot) of the vendor's page, or it isn't published. We re-check twice a week (Mon and Thu); prices older than 14 days show as not yet verified, and those tools aren't ranked or badged until they're re-checked.
  • Order: "Our pick order" is our hand-curated list of the closest alternatives. It isn't a numbered ranking. "Lowest starting price" sorts by the cheapest paid plan we list; some starting prices are billed annually and are labelled that way.
  • "Best for" badges follow fixed rules: Best free is our top pick with a $0 plan; Best budget is the lowest verified paid price that is cheaper than the tool you're replacing on the same billing basis; Best open source needs an OSI-approved licence. An editor can choose a different tool only with a written reason, and only if it passes the same test. If no tool passes, the badge isn't shown.
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FAQ

What are the alternatives to GitHub Copilot?

This page lists 7: Cursor, Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf), Tabnine, Cline, Aider, Claude Code, OpenAI Codex.

Is there a free alternative to GitHub Copilot?

Yes. Cursor, Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf), Cline, Aider, OpenAI Codex offer a free plan or free version.

Is there an open-source alternative to GitHub Copilot?

Yes: Cline, Aider.

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