Cursor Alternatives (2026): Claude Code, Codex, Copilot, Devin Desktop, and Aider

Free: $0/month, limited Agent and Chat usage (Source: https://cursor.com/pricing, Checked: 2026-10-15) · Plus: $8/month. Grok models only. One weekly usage pool shared across Cursor and Grok (Source: https://cursor.com/pricing, Checked: 2026-10-15) · Premium: $30/month. Third-party models are not included in the monthly price and are billed at API list price (Source: https://cursor.com/pricing, Checked: 2026-10-15) · On Premium and above, third-party models are billed at API list price from the first request (Source: https://cursor.com/docs/models-and-pricing, Checked: 2026-10-15) · Super: $100/month (Source: https://cursor.com/pricing, Checked: 2026-10-15) · Ultra: $200/month (Source: https://cursor.com/pricing, Checked: 2026-10-15) · Teams: from $30/user/month (Source: https://cursor.com/pricing, Checked: 2026-10-15) · Legacy Hobby, Pro, Pro+, Ultra, and Teams plans continue for existing subscribers until they switch or cancel (Source: https://cursor.com/docs/account/pricing/legacy-cursor-plans, Checked: 2026-10-15)

Free tier (Source: https://claude.com/pricing, Checked: 2026-10-11) · Pro: $20/month billed monthly, or $17/month with annual billing ($200 up front) (Source: https://claude.com/pricing, Checked: 2026-10-11) · Max 5x: $100/month, 5x Pro usage per 5-hour session, monthly only. Web price; mobile checkout can differ (Source: https://support.claude.com/en/articles/11049741-what-is-the-max-plan, Checked: 2026-10-11) · Max 20x: $200/month, 20x Pro usage per 5-hour session, monthly only (Source: https://support.claude.com/en/articles/11049741-what-is-the-max-plan, Checked: 2026-10-11) · Max Platform API credits: $100/month on Max 5x, $200/month on Max 20x. Pro does not include them (Source: https://claude.com/pricing, Checked: 2026-10-15) · Team standard seat: $25/seat/month billed monthly, or $20/seat/month billed annually. Teams of 2 to 150 (Source: https://claude.com/pricing, Checked: 2026-10-11) · Team premium seat: $125/seat/month billed monthly, or $100/seat/month billed annually (Source: https://claude.com/pricing, Checked: 2026-10-11) · Claude Design: included on Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise; no separate price (Source: https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-design-anthropic-labs, Checked: 2026-10-13)

Free tier (Source: https://openai.com/chatgpt/pricing/, Checked: 2026-10-02) · Go: $8/month in the US; localized in some markets. No annual plan (Source: https://openai.com/index/introducing-chatgpt-go/, Checked: 2026-10-02) · Plus: $20/month, monthly only (Source: https://openai.com/index/introducing-chatgpt-go/, Checked: 2026-10-02) · Pro 100: $100/month, monthly only. Ultrafast is not included (Source: https://help.openai.com/en/articles/9793128-about-chatgpt-pro-tiers, Checked: 2026-10-11) · Pro 200: $200/month, monthly only. More included usage than Pro 100. Ultrafast is not included. New subscriptions that are not grandfathered include a lower usage allowance than the previous Pro 200 offer. An active Pro 200 subscription at any point from September 22, 2026 through 10 a.m. Pacific Time on September 29, 2026 keeps the previous allowance through October 29, 2026, then moves to the lower allowance at the same $200 price (Source: https://help.openai.com/en/articles/9793128-about-chatgpt-pro-tiers, Checked: 2026-10-11) · Pro 500: $500/month, monthly only. Highest included usage of the three Pro plans, and the only Pro plan with Ultrafast (Source: https://help.openai.com/en/articles/9793128-about-chatgpt-pro-tiers, Checked: 2026-10-11) · Business Standard seat: $25/user/month billed monthly, or $20/user/month billed annually; workspace minimum 2 paid seats (Source: https://openai.com/business/pricing/, Checked: 2026-10-11) · Business Premium seat: $125/user/month billed monthly, or $100/user/month billed annually (Source: https://openai.com/business/pricing/, Checked: 2026-10-11)

Free: 2,000 completions/month, plus a limited allowance of chat and agent usage (Source: https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/about-github-copilot/plans-for-github-copilot, Checked: 2026-10-12) · Pro: $10/month, 1,500 GitHub AI credits (1,000 base plus 500 flex). Paid plans include unlimited code completions (Source: https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/about-github-copilot/plans-for-github-copilot, Checked: 2026-10-12) · Pro+: $39/month, 7,000 GitHub AI credits (3,900 base plus 3,100 flex) (Source: https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/about-github-copilot/plans-for-github-copilot, Checked: 2026-10-12) · Max: $100/month, 20,000 GitHub AI credits (10,000 base plus 10,000 flex) (Source: https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/about-github-copilot/plans-for-github-copilot, Checked: 2026-10-12) · Business: $19 per seat per month, 1,900 GitHub AI credits per user (Source: https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/about-github-copilot/plans-for-github-copilot, Checked: 2026-10-12) · Enterprise: $39 per seat per month, 3,900 GitHub AI credits per user (Source: https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/about-github-copilot/plans-for-github-copilot, Checked: 2026-10-12)

Formerly Windsurf. Free: light quota, unlimited Tab completions (Source: https://devin.ai/pricing, Checked: 2026-10-09) · Pro: $20/month (Source: https://devin.ai/pricing, Checked: 2026-10-09) · Max: $200/month (Source: https://devin.ai/pricing, Checked: 2026-10-09) · Teams: $80/month plus $40/month per full seat. Paid plans use a daily and weekly quota (Source: https://devin.ai/pricing, Checked: 2026-10-09)

Free and open source (Apache 2.0). aider.chat lists no Aider subscription price (Source: https://aider.chat/docs/faq.html, Checked: 2026-10-12) · You pay your model provider's API usage. Setup takes that provider's API key. Local models, including Ollama, are supported (Source: https://aider.chat/docs/llms.html, Checked: 2026-10-12)