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Free alternatives to GitHub Copilot

4 alternatives verifiably meet “Verified free tier”. 0 more are not verified either way.

Qualifying4
Self-hosting verified1
Free tier4
ReplacingGitHub Copilot
Entry price$10/mo
Free tierYes
Open source · self-hostingNot verified Not verified
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Free alternatives

Listed alphabetically. ToolMarketCap does not rank alternatives: each card states why it appears, with the first-party page behind every reading. Offers are shown beside the record and never change which tools appear or their order.

Amazon Q DeveloperAmazon Web Services · IDE assistants
Why it appears
  • Meets: Verified free tierYes — perpetual Free Tier with monthly limitsaws.amazon.com ↗
  • Meets: Same use caseIDE assistants
  • Meets: Different deployment modelIDE plugins and CLI — GitHub Copilot: Editor extensionaws.amazon.com ↗github.com ↗
Entry price$19/mo
Free tierYes
Open sourceNot verified
Self-hostingNot verified
0 verified changes in 30 days · latest Availability · 30 Apr 2026AWS announces Amazon Q Developer end of support and halts new sign-ups from May 15
Compare with GitHub Copilot2 differences →Pricing · 2 plansAdd to stack
ClineCline Bot · IDE assistants
Why it appears
  • Meets: Verified free tierYes — free open-source extension; pay only for AI inferencecline.bot ↗
  • Meets: Same use caseIDE assistants
  • Meets: Self-hostingYes — Enterprise: VPC, on-prem, or air-gapped deploymentcline.bot ↗
  • Meets: Open sourceYes — Apache-2.0, the Cline extension, CLI, and SDK on GitHubgithub.com ↗
  • Meets: SSO and an enterprise planSSO: Enterprise tier only — SSOcline.bot ↗
  • Meets: Recent verified changes1 verified change in 30 days
Entry priceCustom pricing
Free tierYes
Open sourceYes
Self-hostingYes
1 verified change in 30 days · latest Release · 16 Oct 2026Cline begins rolling out Cline Cloud sessions
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CursorAnysphere · AI code editors
Why it appears
  • Meets: Verified free tierYes — Hobby plan, limited Agent requests, no credit card requiredcursor.com ↗
  • Meets: Editorial peerAssigned as an editorial peer of GitHub Copilot
  • Meets: SSO and an enterprise planSSO: Team tier and above — SAML/OIDC SSO on Teamscursor.com ↗
  • Meets: Different deployment modelDesktop editor — GitHub Copilot: Editor extensioncursor.com ↗cursor.com ↗github.com ↗
  • Meets: Recent verified changes2 verified changes in 30 days
Entry price$20/mo
Free tierYes
Open sourceNot verified
Self-hostingNo
2 verified changes in 30 days · latest Release · 20 Oct 2026Cursor's Agent SDK becomes generally available
Compare with GitHub Copilot2 differences →Pricing · 5 plansAdd to stack
Devin DesktopCognition · AI code editors
Why it appears
  • Meets: Verified free tierYes — Free plan, light agent quota and unlimited Tab completionsdevin.ai ↗
  • Meets: Editorial peerAssigned as an editorial peer of GitHub Copilot
  • Meets: SSO and an enterprise planSSO: Enterprise tier only — SAML/OIDC SSOdevin.ai ↗
  • Meets: Different deployment modelDesktop editor — GitHub Copilot: Editor extensiondevin.ai ↗github.com ↗
  • Meets: Recent verified changes2 verified changes in 30 days
Entry price$20/mo
Free tierYes
Open sourceNot verified
Self-hostingNot verified
2 verified changes in 30 days · latest Release · 23 Oct 2026Devin Desktop 3.11 rebuilds the Agent Window on the Devin web app interface
Compare with GitHub Copilot3 differences →Pricing · 4 plansAdd to stack

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Switch from GitHub Copilot — by your requirements→Screen IDE assistants→GitHub Copilot pricing$10/mo entryGitHub Copilot change history20 changes
Alternatives are tools in GitHub Copilot's editorial segment or assigned as its peers. A reading is “not verified” when no first-party page states it — never assumed either way. Oldest record verified 1 Oct 2026. How alternatives work