AI‑Powered Coding Tools Comparison (April 2025)

A one‑page overview of popular AI coding assistants, IDEs, CLI agents and low‑code builders.
Key: Free = free plan available; Trial = length or type of free trial; MCP = Model Context Protocol integration.

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Low‑Code / No‑Code Tools

Tool	Summary	Pricing	Free	Trial	Free Limitations	MCP	Observations	Link
Lovable.dev	AI builder for full‑stack apps	Starter $20/mo; Launch $50; Scale $100	Yes	No	5 AI reqs/day	No	Quick MVPs
Bolt.new	StackBlitz AI Node.js app builder	Free 1M tokens/mo; Pro $20/mo	Yes	No	Token‑limited	No	Generous free tokens
v0 by Vercel	Chat‑driven UI generator for Next.js	Free tier; Premium $20/mo; Ultra $200/mo	Yes	No	Daily/monthly msg caps	No	Seamless Vercel deploy
Firebase Studio	Agentic cloud-based development environment for full-stack apps from Google					?		#
Tempo	Visual React builder with AI	Free 30 prompts/mo; Pro $30/mo	Yes	No	5 prompts/day	No	Collaborative design‑dev
Debuild	AI low‑code (beta) for React + SQL	Free (beta)	Yes	N/A	Generous in beta	No	Free during beta

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Full IDEs

Tool	Summary	Pricing	Free	Trial	Free Limitations	MCP	Observations	Link
Cursor	Y Combinator‑backed VS Code fork; AI agent	Hobby Free; Pro $20/mo; Business $40/user/mo	Yes	Yes – 2‑week	2 000 completions & 50 GPT‑4/Claude reqs/mo	Yes	Agentic mode; closed‑source fork
Windsurf (Codeium)	VS Code fork with AI agent integration	Free; Pro $15/mo; Ultimate $60/mo	Yes	One‑time credits		Yes
Trae	ByteDance VS Code fork with Claude 3.7 & DeepSeek, currently free	Free (beta)	Yes	N/A	None at launch	No	Unlimited Claude usage now
Replit (Ghostwriter)	Browser IDE + AI "Ghostwriter" assistant	IDE Free; Core $30/mo; Teams $35/user/mo	Yes	Limited trial	One‑time AI credits	Yes	Strong free IDE, paid AI
Zed	High‑perf collaborative editor with experimental AI	Free beta	Yes	N/A	Beta rate limits	Yes	Focus on speed & collaboration
JetBrains IDEs	Popular IDE suite for professional developers with AI integrated	Baked into the cost of the IDE	No	30-day trial	N/A	Yes		#

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IDE Extensions

Tool	Summary	Pricing	Free	Trial	Free Limitations	MCP	Observations
GitHub Copilot	OpenAI‑powered code completion & chat	Free; Pro $10/mo; Pro+ $39/mo; Biz $19; Ent $39	Yes	30‑day	2 000 completions & 50 chats/mo	Yes	Free for students/OSS
Amazon Q	AWS coding assistant with chat & scans	Free Tier; Pro $19/user/mo	Yes	Monthly quotas	50 chats & 5 gens/mo	Yes	Great for AWS APIs
Augment Code	Agentic extension for large codebases	Community Free; Dev $30/mo	Yes	14‑day	~3 000 msgs/mo	Yes	Open‑source core
Sourcegraph Cody	AI chat & autocomplete with code search	Free; Pro $9/mo; Teams $19; Ent $59	Yes	Pro trial	200 chats/mo	Yes	Excellent for multi‑repo
Codeium (Extension)	100% free AI autocomplete plugin	Free (individuals)	Yes	N/A	None	Yes	Top free alternative
Tabnine	Cloud/on‑prem AI completion tool	Pro $12/mo; Ent $39/mo	No	30‑day	n/a	No	Free plan discontinued

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CLI Tools

Tool	Popularity	Summary	Pricing	Free	Trial	Free Limitations	MCP	Observations	Link
OpenAI Codex CLI		CLI agent to generate/run code & cmds	Free (uses your API key)	Yes	N/A	API quota only	No	Open‑source	#
Claude Code		CLI agent to generate/run code & cmds	Free (uses your API key)	Yes	N/A	API quota only	No		#
Amazon Q					N/A		No
Cline		Open‑source VS Code agent executing cmds	Free	Yes	N/A	Depends on API keys	Yes	MCP tools marketplace
Aider		CLI chat tool editing local code	Free	Yes	N/A	API limits	No	Great for refactors
GitHub Copilot CLI		Shell assistant (Copilot X)	Included with Copilot sub	N/A	Copilot trial	Follows Copilot caps	No	Tech preview

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Last updated: 18 April 2025.

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