Free AI tools
Free AI coding tools
AI coding assistants and editors with free tiers, with what each free plan allows and the cost of the first paid tier.
Free coding tiers are usually limited by requests per month or by which model handles your prompt, not by features. That makes them genuinely useful for side projects and for evaluating a tool on real code.
Every option below has a free tier in our catalogue, with the paid plan you would upgrade to next.
GitHub Copilot
In-editor AI pair programmer with chat, agent mode and pull request reviews across every major IDE.
See plans and detailsCursor
An AI-first code editor with codebase-wide context, multi-file edits and background agents.
See plans and detailsReplit
Cloud IDE with an agent that builds, runs and deploys full apps straight from the browser.
See plans and detailsWindsurf
Agentic IDE with flows that keep the AI and developer working on the same codebase state.
See plans and detailsThe catch to watch for
Free plans meter premium model requests and often fall back to a weaker model once you run out — the drop in quality mid-month is the real limit, not a hard cutoff.
Common questions
Is there a free AI coding assistant?
Yes. GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf and Claude all have free tiers that are enough for side projects and for evaluating them on your own repository.
Are free AI coding tools safe to use at work?
Check your employer's policy first. Free consumer tiers may use your prompts to improve models, which business and enterprise plans typically exclude.