AI CodingIDE assistants
IDE assistants
Assistants delivered as extensions inside existing editors. Editorial
Prices in this segmentChanges 36Comparisons 6
- Tools tracked
- 4
- Monthly entry price
- Per plan $10–$22.80/mo3 of 4 tools · per-plan median $19/mo
- Lowest paid plan billed monthly, as a range per price basis (per plan, per seat, per user) — bases are never mixed
- Free tier
- 3of 4 verified
- Changes · 30 days
- 53 tools
- 25 pricing events on record (all time): price moves, plan, and availability changes
- Last 30 days
- This segment logged 5 verified changes in the last 30 days. No comparison with the 30 days before: direct tracking does not cover all of them.
- Last 30 days (evidence for last 30 days)
- Share of changes
- 5 of 71 (7%) verified changes across all tracked tools in the last 30 days came from this segment (3 tools with a change). It holds 4 of 72 tracked tools (6%).
- This segment · 30 days (evidence for share of changes)All · 30 days (evidence for share of changes)Tracked tools (evidence for share of changes)
- Most changes
- GitHub Copilot (3), Cline (1), and Gemini Code Assist (1). Median per tool: 1.
- Last 30 days (evidence for most changes)
- Monthly entry price
- 3 of 4 tools have a verified monthly entry price — 3 per plan: from $10 to $22.80/mo, median $19/mo. Of the other 1: 1 has no verified price.
- Prices (evidence for monthly entry price)
- Free tiers
- 3 of 4 tracked IDE assistants have a verified free tier.
- Free tiers (evidence for free tiers)
- Activity
- Median 39 across 4 tools with a value, below the market median of 44. Observed change activity, not quality.
- Segment (evidence for activity)Market (evidence for activity)
Changes per week · IDE assistants
- Pricing & plans
- Releases
- Availability & platforms
- Ownership & names
| Week starting | Changes |
|---|---|
| 17 Aug 2026 | 1 |
| 24 Aug 2026 | 0 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 2 |
| 7 Sept 2026 | 0 |
| 14 Sept 2026 | 1 |
| 21 Sept 2026 | 1 |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 3 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 1 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 1 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 0 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 3 |
| 2 Nov 2026 | 0 |
Recently active
- GitHub CopilotGitHub Enterprise now includes Copilot for every licensed user
- ClineCline begins rolling out Cline Cloud sessions
- Gemini Code AssistGoogle ends sales of new Gemini Code Assist Standard and Enterprise subscriptions
- Amazon Q DeveloperAWS announces Amazon Q Developer end of support and halts new sign-ups from May 15
ActivityToolMarketCap Activity Index v1
- GitHub Copilot71 / 100Moderate confidence3 verified changes · 30d · 5 active days · 90d
- Cline43 / 100High confidence1 verified change · 30d · 3 active days · 90d
- Gemini Code Assist35 / 100Moderate confidence1 verified change · 30d · 3 active days · 90d
- Amazon Q Developer0 / 100Moderate confidence0 verified changes · 30d · 0 active days · 90d
Recorded change activity, ordered highest first — not quality, adoption, or popularity. Release cadence differs by segment. How it is calculated
Board
4 toolsOrdered by most recent verified change first · no ranking
| Select to compare | Segment | Delivery | The lowest verified paid plan billed monthly, in USD, read from the vendor’s own pricing page. Free plans and custom quotes are not entry prices. | Free tierYes when the vendor’s own pricing shows a plan that costs nothing to start — a verified $0 plan or a sourced free-tier fact. | ActivityThe Activity Index: 0–100 for how much verified, dated change was logged for the tool in the last 90 days. It measures activity — not quality, usage, or popularity.0–100 · 90 days | The most recent change logged from a first-party source — a price, plan, release, platform, availability, or ownership change — and how long ago it happened. | When the oldest current fact or price on this record was last checked against the vendor’s page. Everything in the row is at least this fresh. | How many of the standard profile facts are verified with a source. Gaps read “Not yet verified” — they are never guessed. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GitHub CopilotGitHub | IDE assistants | Editor extension | $10/moPro | Yes | 71 | Plans9 days ago GitHub Enterprise now includes Copilot for every licensed user | 5 weeks ago | 7/9 | IDE assistantsFree tier5 weeks ago | |
ClineCline Bot | IDE assistants | Editor extension | Not yet verified | Yes | 43 | Release3 weeks ago Cline begins rolling out Cline Cloud sessions | 5 weeks ago | 9/9 | IDE assistantsFree tier5 weeks ago | |
Gemini Code AssistGoogle | IDE assistants | Editor extension | $22.80/moStandard (per user) | No | 35 | Availability4 weeks ago Google ends sales of new Gemini Code Assist Standard and Enterprise subscriptions | 5 weeks ago | 5/9 | IDE assistants5 weeks ago | |
Amazon Q DeveloperAmazon Web Services | IDE assistants | IDE plugins and CLI | $19/moPro Tier (per user) | Yes | 0 | Availability6 months ago AWS announces Amazon Q Developer end of support and halts new sign-ups from May 15 | 5 weeks ago | 5/9 | IDE assistantsFree tier5 weeks ago |
Activity is the 0–100 Activity Index: verified change over 90 days, not quality. How it is measured →
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Entry prices & free tiers
Lowest verified paid monthly list price per tool, ordered by price — not a ranking. “—” means not yet verified.
Latest releases
- GitHub CopilotRelease
GitHub Copilot Fusion becomes generally available
Copilot Fusion routes and orchestrates models per task at Standard, High or Max effort, on all Copilot plans, with a limited-time 30% discount on model costs for paid plans.
github.blog
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 28 Oct 2026GitHub — changeloghttps://github.blog/changelog/2026-10-28-route-and-orchestrate-models-with-github-copilot-fusion ↗ - GitHub CopilotRelease
GitHub Agentic Workflows become generally available
Agentic Workflows, which run coding agents inside GitHub Actions from natural-language Markdown definitions, reach general availability; the default Copilot CLI engine requires a Copilot license.
github.blog
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 28 Oct 2026GitHub — changeloghttps://github.blog/changelog/2026-10-28-github-agentic-workflows-generally-available ↗ - ClineRelease
Cline begins rolling out Cline Cloud sessions
Cline 4.1.25 starts a gradual rollout of Cloud sessions: tasks run in a hosted sandbox on a chosen GitHub repo and branch and keep running after the editor closes.
github.com
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 16 Oct 2026Cline — GitHub releaseshttps://github.com/cline/cline/releases/tag/v4.1.25 ↗ - ClineRelease
Cline for Desktop cloud sessions get the same models as Cline on the web
Cloud sessions can use Cline Usage-Billing, ClinePass, and ClineFree models, and a new cloud session waits until a model is ready before sending.
github.com
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 2 Oct 2026Cline — GitHub releaseshttps://github.com/cline/cline/releases/tag/desktop-v0.0.41 ↗ - GitHub CopilotRelease
GPT-6.1 Sol becomes available in GitHub Copilot
OpenAI's GPT-6.1 Sol is added to the models available in Copilot.
github.blog
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 29 Sept 2026GitHub Changelog — Copilothttps://github.blog/changelog/2026-09-29-gpt-6-1-sol-in-github-copilot ↗
Alternatives in IDE assistants
Comparisons in this segment
What changed
- GitHub CopilotPlans
GitHub Enterprise now includes Copilot for every licensed user
Enterprises working with a GitHub or Microsoft account team can get Copilot included with GitHub Enterprise, with AI usage metered against an enterprise budget; users without a GitHub Enterprise license can use Copilot Standalone at $10 per user per month. Self-serve availability is coming in stages.
github.blog
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 28 Oct 2026GitHub — changeloghttps://github.blog/changelog/2026-10-28-github-enterprise-now-includes-access-to-github-copilot ↗ - GitHub CopilotRelease
GitHub Copilot Fusion becomes generally available
Copilot Fusion routes and orchestrates models per task at Standard, High or Max effort, on all Copilot plans, with a limited-time 30% discount on model costs for paid plans.
github.blog
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 28 Oct 2026GitHub — changeloghttps://github.blog/changelog/2026-10-28-route-and-orchestrate-models-with-github-copilot-fusion ↗ - GitHub CopilotRelease
GitHub Agentic Workflows become generally available
Agentic Workflows, which run coding agents inside GitHub Actions from natural-language Markdown definitions, reach general availability; the default Copilot CLI engine requires a Copilot license.
github.blog
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 28 Oct 2026GitHub — changeloghttps://github.blog/changelog/2026-10-28-github-agentic-workflows-generally-available ↗ - ClineRelease
Cline begins rolling out Cline Cloud sessions
Cline 4.1.25 starts a gradual rollout of Cloud sessions: tasks run in a hosted sandbox on a chosen GitHub repo and branch and keep running after the editor closes.
github.com
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 16 Oct 2026Cline — GitHub releaseshttps://github.com/cline/cline/releases/tag/v4.1.25 ↗ - Gemini Code AssistAvailability
Google ends sales of new Gemini Code Assist Standard and Enterprise subscriptions
From October 9, 2026, new Standard and Enterprise subscriptions can no longer be purchased; existing subscriptions auto-renew through 2026, auto-renewal ends in 2027, and Google points customers to Antigravity.
docs.cloud.google.com
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 9 Oct 2026Google Cloud — Gemini Code Assist release noteshttps://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini/docs/codeassist/release-notes ↗ - ClineRelease
Cline for Desktop cloud sessions get the same models as Cline on the web
Cloud sessions can use Cline Usage-Billing, ClinePass, and ClineFree models, and a new cloud session waits until a model is ready before sending.
github.com
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 2 Oct 2026Cline — GitHub releaseshttps://github.com/cline/cline/releases/tag/desktop-v0.0.41 ↗ - GitHub CopilotRelease
GPT-6.1 Sol becomes available in GitHub Copilot
OpenAI's GPT-6.1 Sol is added to the models available in Copilot.
github.blog
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 29 Sept 2026GitHub Changelog — Copilothttps://github.blog/changelog/2026-09-29-gpt-6-1-sol-in-github-copilot ↗ - GitHub CopilotRelease
Claude Sonnet 5.5 becomes available in GitHub Copilot
Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 5.5 is added to the models available in Copilot.
github.blog
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 28 Sept 2026GitHub Changelog — Copilothttps://github.blog/changelog/2026-09-28-claude-sonnet-5-5-in-github-copilot ↗ - GitHub CopilotAvailability
New default policy for Copilot features arrives for Business and Enterprise
Admins can set a global default policy for generally available Copilot features; for 28 days it is configurable without affecting user access.
github.blog
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 24 Sept 2026GitHub Changelog — Copilothttps://github.blog/changelog/2026-09-24-default-enablement-of-copilot-features-for-copilot-business-and-enterprise ↗ - ClineRelease
Cline releases Cline Desktop, an open-source app for open-weight models
Cline releases an early version of Cline Desktop, an open-source desktop app focused on open-weight models, available for Mac with a Windows beta.
cline.bot
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 14 Sept 2026Cline — bloghttps://cline.bot/blog/cline-desktop-an-open-source-app-for-open-weight-models ↗
Pricing in this segment
- GitHub CopilotPlans
GitHub Enterprise now includes Copilot for every licensed user
Enterprises working with a GitHub or Microsoft account team can get Copilot included with GitHub Enterprise, with AI usage metered against an enterprise budget; users without a GitHub Enterprise license can use Copilot Standalone at $10 per user per month. Self-serve availability is coming in stages.
github.blog
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 28 Oct 2026GitHub — changeloghttps://github.blog/changelog/2026-10-28-github-enterprise-now-includes-access-to-github-copilot ↗ - Gemini Code AssistAvailability
Google ends sales of new Gemini Code Assist Standard and Enterprise subscriptions
From October 9, 2026, new Standard and Enterprise subscriptions can no longer be purchased; existing subscriptions auto-renew through 2026, auto-renewal ends in 2027, and Google points customers to Antigravity.
docs.cloud.google.com
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 9 Oct 2026Google Cloud — Gemini Code Assist release noteshttps://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini/docs/codeassist/release-notes ↗ - GitHub CopilotAvailability
New default policy for Copilot features arrives for Business and Enterprise
Admins can set a global default policy for generally available Copilot features; for 28 days it is configurable without affecting user access.
github.blog
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 24 Sept 2026GitHub Changelog — Copilothttps://github.blog/changelog/2026-09-24-default-enablement-of-copilot-features-for-copilot-business-and-enterprise ↗ - Gemini Code AssistAvailability
Gemini Code Assist stops new console purchases for billing accounts without a subscription
New Gemini Code Assist subscriptions can no longer be bought through the Google Cloud console by billing accounts that do not already have an active subscription.
docs.cloud.google.com
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 4 Sept 2026Google Cloud — Gemini Code Assist release noteshttps://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini/docs/codeassist/release-notes ↗ - GitHub CopilotAvailability
Copilot Business and Enterprise sign-ups reopen with upfront seat payment
GitHub began gradually reopening Business and Enterprise sign-ups for card and PayPal customers, now requiring payment per seat before access.
github.blog
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 3 Sept 2026GitHub — changeloghttps://github.blog/changelog/2026-09-03-reopening-copilot-business-and-enterprise-signups/ ↗