💻 AI Coding — pricing, compared
4 tools tracked · prices verified against official pages · last sweep June 11, 2026
💸 Cheapest entry: GitHub Copilot from $10/mo
🆓 Free tiers: GitHub Copilot · Cursor · Windsurf · Lovable
All ai coding tools
| Tool | Paid from | Free tier | G2 | Best for | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub Copilot The incumbent — cheapest entry into AI pair programming | $10/mo | ✅ | — | The lowest-cost serious entry into AI coding — and the default if your team already lives on GitHub. | alternatives → |
| Cursor The AI-native code editor | $16/mo | ✅ | — | Developers who want the deepest AI integration in the editor itself — tab completion through multi-file agents. | alternatives → |
| Windsurf Agentic IDE with a generous free tier | $20/mo | ✅ | — | Developers who want Cursor-style agentic coding but a genuinely usable free tier. | alternatives → |
| Lovable Full-stack apps from prompts — React + Supabase out of the box | $25/mo | ✅ | — | Non-engineers and rapid prototypers shipping real web apps (React + Supabase) without touching an IDE. | alternatives → |