Best free AI coding tools

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Free plans compared side by side (limits, watermarks, commercial use), checked 2026-10-22: Free plan limits →

8 free AI coding tools with a free plan confirmed on the official pricing page (each shows its own checked date): GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf, Claude, Bolt. They do different main jobs, so pick by the job you need.

1. GitHub Copilot

   AI pair programmer in VS Code, JetBrains and GitHub.

   Main job: AI coding assistant

   🆓 Free plan: $0

   💲 Paid: Pro $10/mo; Pro+ $39/mo; Max $100/mo

   checked 2026-10-27

2. Cursor

   AI-first code editor with agents.

   Main job: AI coding assistant

   🆓 Free: $0 with limited agent requests

   💲 Paid: Plus $8/mo; Premium $30/mo; Super $100; Ultra $200; Teams $30/user

   checked 2026-10-19

3. Windsurf

   Agentic AI IDE.

   Main job: AI coding assistant

   🆓 Free: $0

   💲 Paid: Pro $20/mo; Max $200/mo; Teams $80/mo + $40/seat

   checked 2026-10-19

4. Claude

   Strong long-form writing, editing and analysis assistant.

   Main job: general AI chatbot

   🆓 Free plan: $0

   💲 Paid: Pro $20/mo ($17/mo billed yearly); Max $100/mo; Ultra $200/mo

   checked 2026-11-06

5. Bolt

   Build full-stack web apps from a prompt in the browser.

   Main job: app builder

   🆓 Free: 300K tokens/day, 1M/month

   💲 Paid: Pro $25/mo ($18/mo billed yearly, $216/yr); Teams $30/member/mo ($27/member/mo billed yearly)

   checked 2026-10-31

6. v0

   Vercel's AI app/UI builder, deploys to Vercel.

   Main job: app builder

   🆓 Free: $0/mo, 7 messages/day (new users also get $5 in starter credits)

   💲 Paid: Plus $30/user/mo (page shows $90 struck through); Business $100/user/mo

   checked 2026-10-31

7. Lovable

   Prompt-to-app builder for non-developers.

   Main job: app builder

   🆓 Free: $0 (no card; free grants; unlimited collaborators; 5 lovable.app domains)

   💲 Paid: Pro $25/mo ($21/mo billed annually, 100 credits/mo); Business $50/mo ($42 annually, 100 credits/mo)

   checked 2026-11-05

8. Warp

   AI-powered terminal with coding agents.

   Main job: AI coding assistant

   🆓 Free: $0

   💲 Paid: $20/mo (includes $20 of agent usage)

   checked 2026-11-02

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