7 tools

AI coding tools, compared honestly

No sponsored placements and no partnership claims — just what each tool actually does, who it fits, and where it falls short.

AI-native editors

An AI-native code editor built on VS Code, with deep inline editing, chat, and agent capabilities.

An AI-native code editor with an agentic "Cascade" mode designed for autonomous multi-step coding tasks.

A terminal-based agentic coding tool from Anthropic that reads, edits and runs code in your own repository.

OpenAI's cloud and CLI coding agent that can work on tasks in an isolated sandboxed environment.

GitHub's AI pair programmer, available as an extension across major editors with autocomplete, chat and agent modes.

A cloud development environment with an AI agent that can build and deploy an app from a prompt, entirely in the browser.

Google's AI models, available for coding through a CLI, IDE extensions, and AI Studio.

Start with the AI coding basics — the right tool matters less than understanding how to work with one.