AI coding tools compared
Compare leading AI coding tools across 7 dimensions, from planning to security review.
↑ Higher is better
| Claude CodeAn AI engineer in your terminal — excels at long tasks, planning and security review.See details → | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4.6 |
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| CodexOpenAI’s coding agent — runs tasks in parallel across cloud and local.See details → | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4.0 |
| CursorAI built into the editor — edit while you read code; the most intuitive entry.See details → | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4.0 |
| ChatGPTThe most widely used chat AI — great for questions, concepts and brainstorming.See details → | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3.9 |
| GeminiGoogle’s multimodal AI with very long context and tight Google integration.See details → | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3.7 |
※ Scores are a relative 1 (weak) to 5 (strong) rating, meant as a beginner selection guide only.
※ Lower cost scores higher (5 = cheapest); lower learning/deploy difficulty scores higher (5 = easiest).