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Tabnine

Privacy-focused AI code completion and chat that can run fully on-premises.

+ Air-gapped and on-prem deployment with models not trained on copyleft code.
− Completion quality trails Copilot and Cursor for general use.

PaidDev $9/mo; Enterprise $39/user/movscode-extensionjetbrains-plugin

Open Tabnine ↗ best for: enterprises with strict code-privacy requirements

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1
Zed Open source
Fast Rust-based editor with an agent panel, edit prediction, and bring-your-own-model support.

+ Startup and typing latency are far lower than any Electron-based AI editor.
− Extension ecosystem is small compared with VS Code and Windows support only arrived in 2025.

Editor free; Zed Pro $20/mo for hosted modelsopen sourcemaclinuxwindows
72▲ 107
evidence / 100
2
Cursor Free tier
A VS Code fork with built-in AI autocomplete, chat, and an agent mode that edits across your codebase.

+ Tab autocomplete predicts multi-line edits across files better than any competitor.
− Usage-based pricing changes and request limits on Pro have repeatedly frustrated heavy users.

Pro $20/momacwindowslinux
70▲ 35
evidence / 100
3
GitHub Copilot Free tier
AI pair programmer in your IDE and on GitHub, with completions, chat, code review, and a cloud coding agent.

+ Deepest GitHub integration: assign an issue to Copilot and it opens a PR.
− Completions and agent lag behind Cursor and Claude Code in quality despite more models being offered.

Free tier; Pro $10/mo; Pro+ $39/movscode-extensionjetbrains-plugincliweb
58▲ 37
evidence / 100
4
Continue Open source
Open-source AI code assistant extension that lets you wire any model into VS Code or JetBrains.

+ Works with local Ollama models or any API, with fully customisable config.
− Setup is more fiddly than Copilot and autocomplete quality depends entirely on the model you choose.

Free; optional hosted plansopen sourcevscode-extensionjetbrains-plugincli
53▼ 15
evidence / 100
5
JetBrains AI Assistant & Junie Free tier
AI chat, completions, and the Junie coding agent built into IntelliJ, PyCharm, and other JetBrains IDEs.

+ Uses the IDE's own semantic index and refactorings, so edits respect project structure.
− Quota-based AI credits run out quickly on the lower tiers.

AI Pro $10/mo; included in All Products Packjetbrains-pluginmacwindowslinux
11▲ 2
evidence / 100