Cursor alternatives
10 tools that do a similar job to Cursor in code & dev.
Alternatives listed
10
Free options
2
Open source
3
Free picks: Continue, Aider. Open source: Continue, Zed, Aider.
The alternatives
Amazon Q Developer
Free plan
AWS-flavoured coding assistant with upgrade and migration agents.
Codeium
Free plan
Free-tier code completion across most editors and languages.
Cody
Free plan
Code assistant with whole-repo search behind its answers.
Continue
Free
Open-source IDE assistant you point at any model, including local.
GitHub Copilot
Free plan
Inline completion, chat and agents inside your editor and PRs.
Windsurf
Free plan
Agentic IDE that keeps context across your whole codebase.
Zed
Free plan
Very fast native editor with agentic editing built in.
Aider
Free
Pair programming in your terminal that commits as it goes.
Bolt
Free plan
Full-stack app generation and deploy from a single prompt.
Braintrust
Free plan
Eval harness for proving a prompt change actually helped.
Side by side
| Tool | Pricing | What it's for |
|---|---|---|
| Cursor (current) | Free plan | VS Code fork built around multi-file AI editing. |
| Amazon Q Developer | Free plan | AWS-flavoured coding assistant with upgrade and migration agents. |
| Codeium | Free plan | Free-tier code completion across most editors and languages. |
| Cody | Free plan | Code assistant with whole-repo search behind its answers. |
| Continue | Free | Open-source IDE assistant you point at any model, including local. |
| GitHub Copilot | Free plan | Inline completion, chat and agents inside your editor and PRs. |
| Windsurf | Free plan | Agentic IDE that keeps context across your whole codebase. |
| Zed | Free plan | Very fast native editor with agentic editing built in. |
| Aider | Free | Pair programming in your terminal that commits as it goes. |
| Bolt | Free plan | Full-stack app generation and deploy from a single prompt. |
| Braintrust | Free plan | Eval harness for proving a prompt change actually helped. |
Head to head
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