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TOP 5 RANKED • DEC 2025

Agentic Coding Tools

AI-powered coding assistants ranked by capability, autonomy, and developer experience.

#1 CLI Agent

Claude Code

Anthropic
Pro $20 | Max $100-200 | Team $30/user

Agentic CLI that lives in your terminal. Maps entire codebases in seconds, handles multi-file edits, integrates with GitHub/GitLab for full workflow automation. VS Code & JetBrains extensions available.

#2 IDE

Cursor

Cursor Inc
Free | Pro $20 | Pro+ $60 | Ultra $200

AI-first code editor built on VS Code. Features agentic Composer mode, multi-file Tab completions, and background agents that run in parallel. Supports GPT-4, Claude, Gemini models.

#3 IDE

Windsurf

Codeium
Free | Pro $15 | Teams $30 | Ent $60

The first agentic IDE with Cascade - combines deep codebase understanding, advanced tools, and real-time awareness. Auto-fixes linter errors and tracks IDE state changes.

#4 Plugin

GitHub Copilot

GitHub
Free | Pro $10 | Pro+ $39 | Biz $19/user

Industry standard AI pair programmer with Chat, agent mode, code review, and coding agent. Available in VS Code, JetBrains, Eclipse, Xcode. Enterprise-grade with SSO.

#5 CLI Agent

Codex CLI

OpenAI
Plus $20 | Pro $200 | API ~$1-10/1M tok

Open-source terminal coding agent. Supports multimodal input (screenshots), web search, MCP integration. Configurable automation levels with sandboxing for security.