How we stack up, tool by tool
Anthropic's terminal coding agent, tied to Claude models and Claude subscription tiers.
OpenAI's coding agent: an open-source CLI plus a cloud sandbox inside ChatGPT.
A VS Code fork with built-in AI chat, tab completion and background agents.
Open-source terminal coding agent, bring your own keys, any provider.
Open-source VS Code agent extension, bring your own keys, plan and act modes.
The original open-source pair-programming CLI, git-native, any model.
Open-source autonomous software agent with a self-hosted or cloud workspace.
Anthropic's agentic mode: hand Claude a multi-step task and it works on its own, including scheduled runs in the cloud.
The default AI assistant, with agent mode, deep research and connectors bolted onto the chat product.
No-code AI teammates for business workflows: email, CRM, meetings and support, built from triggers and steps.
A general-purpose cloud agent that browses, researches and produces documents.
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