Terminal / CLI: which coding agent?

AI code editor + agents

Price: Free $0/mo; Plus $8/mo; Premium $30/mo; Super $100/mo; Ultra $200/mo (as listed on the official pricing page).

Verdict: Pick it when you want one editor that also runs cloud agents. Check which models your plan includes before buying: the page says third-party models are billed separately.

Source: cursor.com · verified 2026-10-16

Terminal/IDE coding agent

Price: Included with Claude Pro ($17/mo annual, $20 monthly) and Max (from $100/mo); Team/Enterprise and API pricing listed separately.

Verdict: Strong default for terminal-first developers doing multi-file implementation; usage caps are relative (5x/20x), so heavy users should plan for Max.

Source: www.anthropic.com · verified 2026-10-16

Coding agent (cloud + CLI)

Price: Free $0; Go $8/mo; Plus $20/mo; Pro plans at $100, $200 or $500/mo (official pricing page).

Verdict: Good if you already pay for ChatGPT; the Plus tier is framed for a few sessions a week, so daily heavy use points to Pro.

Source: developers.openai.com · verified 2026-10-16

IDE assistant + coding agent

Price: Individual: Free $0, Pro $10/mo, Pro+ $39/mo, Max $100/mo. The same page also lists Pro $15, Pro+ $70, Max $200/mo in a second table (likely a different billing context); confirm on the page.

Verdict: Lowest-friction choice for teams already on GitHub; the plans page shows two price tables, so confirm which applies to you.

Source: github.com · verified 2026-10-16

Open-source VS Code agent · open source

Price: Open source, free for individual developers; you pay AI inference at cost or bring your own key. Enterprise: contact sales.

Verdict: Best when you want to control model choice and cost per token; budget depends entirely on your provider.

Source: cline.bot · verified 2026-10-16

Terminal pair programmer · open source

Price: Free open-source tool; LLM costs from your provider. Paid plan: not published on the fetched official page.

Verdict: Lightweight git-aware terminal option for developers comfortable managing their own API keys.

Source: aider.chat · verified 2026-10-16

Open-source agent · open source

Price: Free & open source (usage billed separately or BYOK); Teams $15/user/month; credit tiers from $19/mo.

Verdict: Model-agnostic option with many providers; good if you want to avoid vendor lock-in.

Source: kilo.ai · verified 2026-10-16

Context-engine coding agent

Price: Standard $20/month flat; Business $100/month flat (no per-seat charge, up to 50 seats).

Verdict: Flat team pricing is unusual; usage pool is shared, so measure consumption with a pilot.

Source: www.augmentcode.com · verified 2026-10-16

Agent + dev environment

Price: Hobby free (pay-as-you-go for orbs, BYOK); Individual $20/mo (Megawatt) with 45,000 minutes of 'orbin' time'; Teams no extra charge.

Verdict: Interesting if you want long-running background agents and to reuse existing model subscriptions.

Source: ampcode.com · verified 2026-10-16

Open-source terminal agent · open source

Price: Open source; usage tiers depend on Google account/API key (not published on the fetched official page on the repo page fetched).

Verdict: Free-to-start terminal agent for Google ecosystem users; confirm quotas in the README.

Source: github.com · verified 2026-10-16

IDE assistant + agent

Price: Free tier at zero cost; Pro $19/mo per user; code transformation beyond allocation $0.003 per line of code submitted.

Verdict: Natural pick for AWS-heavy stacks and Java/.NET upgrade work.

Source: aws.amazon.com · verified 2026-10-16

Coding agent (IDE + CLI)

Price: Junie Lite free; AI credit plans at $8.33 and $25.00 per user/month (10 and 35 AI credits per 30 days); BYOK at provider rates.

Verdict: Default choice for teams living in IntelliJ/PyCharm.

Source: www.jetbrains.com · verified 2026-10-16

Stacked PRs + AI review

Price: Hobby free; paid tiers $20 and $40 per user/month billed annually (20% off).

Verdict: Best if your team already uses or wants stacked PRs; AI review comes with the workflow.

Source: graphite.dev · verified 2026-10-16

Agent platform

Price: Pro $20/mo; Plus $100/mo; Max $200/mo; Teams $60/mo per team + $40/mo per seat.

Verdict: Agent-first platform with team pricing similar to Devin; evaluate with a pilot project.

Source: factory.ai · verified 2026-10-16

Agentic terminal

Price: Free $0; Build $20/mo; Max $200/mo; Business $50/user/month.

Verdict: For developers whose work is terminal and ops heavy; usage dollars map directly to agent budget.

Source: www.warp.dev · verified 2026-10-16

Open-source agent · open source

Price: Open source; free models included or connect any provider. Paid tiers: not published on the fetched official page.

Verdict: Provider-agnostic terminal agent for people who want to switch models freely.

Source: opencode.ai · verified 2026-10-16

Open-source extensible agent · open source

Price: Open source; any LLM.

Verdict: Extensible local agent with MCP; good for custom workflows beyond coding.

Source: github.com · verified 2026-10-16

Open-source assistant/agents · open source

Price: not published on the fetched official page (docs page; continue.dev/pricing returned 404 on 2026-10-16).

Verdict: Open-source option to customize; pricing page unavailable at verification time.

Source: docs.continue.dev · verified 2026-10-16