# Best AI Coding Tools for vibe coders

> Compare AI app builders, code editors, and coding agents in one ranking.

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- Tracked: 40 · Tested: 27 · Updated: 2026-11-12
- Scores are agent tests (outcome 40%, speed/cost/DX/reliability 15% each). Untested tools have no score.

## Ranked tools

1. [Kiro](https://vibetoolrank.com/tools/kiro/) — **9.7/10** (tested 2026-11-02, 3 runs, Free CLI / AWS Builder ID). Free: Yes: perpetual Free with 50 credits/mo — Auto, Claude Sonnet 4.5/4.0, and open-weight models (DeepSeek 3.2, MiniMax M2.5/M2.1, GLM-5, Qwen3 Coder Next); flagship Claude Opus / Sonnet 5.5 / GPT-5.6 need a paid plan. Price: Free $0 (50 credits/mo); Pro $20/user/mo (1,000 credits); Pro+ $40 (2,000); Pro Max $100 (5,000); Power $200 (10,000); add-on credits $0.04 each.
   - Three Free CLI T3 runs on 2026-11-02: each fixed the seeded cart.js discount bug so node --test passed 4/4 in 17–18s, leaving cart.test.js untouched and self-running the tests. Used about 0.80 of 50 monthly Free credits 
2. [Aider](https://vibetoolrank.com/tools/aider/) — **9.3/10** (tested 2026-10-16, 3 runs, CLI, free model). Free: Yes: free tool, BYO API key or local models. Price: Free open source (Apache 2.0); pay your LLM provider.
   - 3/3 runs fixed our seeded cart bug (4/4 tests pass) in 9-13s with a free OpenRouter model, without touching the test file. Install needed uv because pip was blocked on the system Python.
3. [Claude Code](https://vibetoolrank.com/tools/claude-code/) — **9.3/10** (tested 2026-11-01, 3 runs, Anthropic Sonnet 5.5 API). Free: No (not included in Claude Free). Price: Included in Claude Pro $20/mo ($17/mo annual, $200 upfront); Max from $100/mo (5x or 20x); or API pay-as-you-go.
   - Anthropic Sonnet 5.5 edition (headline): Claude Code CLI fixed our seeded cart bug in 3 of 3 runs (5.7–7.1s, 5 turns each). Test file untouched. Real API spend ~$0.035 for smoke + 3 runs at Sonnet 5.5 list prices ($2/$10
4. [Cline](https://vibetoolrank.com/tools/cline/) — **9.2/10** (tested 2026-10-16, 3 runs, CLI, free model). Free: Yes: free for individuals, pay inference only. Price: Extension free; Teams $20/user/mo (first 10 seats free); Enterprise custom.
   - 3/3 headless CLI runs fixed our seeded cart bug (4/4 tests pass) in 24-35s with a free OpenRouter model, without editing the test file.
5. [GitHub Copilot CLI](https://vibetoolrank.com/tools/copilot-cli/) — **9.2/10** (tested 2026-10-17, 3 runs, Copilot Free CLI). Free: Yes: Copilot Free includes the CLI with a monthly AI Credits allowance, Auto model only. Price: Copilot Free $0 (monthly AI Credits allowance); Pro $10/mo (1,500 credits); Pro+ $39/mo; Max $100/mo.
   - 3/3 runs fixed our seeded cart bug (4/4 tests pass) in 22-26s on Copilot Free, using 0.16-0.27 AI Credits each. It used our existing gh login with no browser step and never touched the test file.
6. [OpenCode](https://vibetoolrank.com/tools/opencode/) — **9.2/10** (tested 2026-10-16, 3 runs, CLI, free model). Free: Yes: open-source agent free with own keys; some free Zen models. Price: Go $10/mo; Go Plus $40/mo; Zen pay-as-you-go ($20 prepaid).
   - 3/3 runs: fixed a seeded cart-discount bug (2 failing tests) in 18-22s with a free Zen model and no account or API key, without touching the tests. Only task T3 was run. In scripts, opencode run hangs silently if stdin i
7. [Memdoor](https://vibetoolrank.com/tools/memdoor/) — **9.1/10** (tested 2026-11-04, 3 runs, CLI, BYOK). Free: Yes: the CLI, decision model and workflows are free; bring your own model key (for example OpenRouter) or run a local model with memdoor connect local. No account needed. Price: Free and open source (Apache 2.0): the agent, the decision model and workflows. Pro is $10/month for phone remote control and workflow state kept on memdoor.ai. Every model call runs on your own key.
   - Memdoor fixed our seeded cart discount bug in 3 of 3 headless runs (35–47s each) with a free OpenRouter model, never touched the test file, and printed its own test receipt. Cost $0. Overall 9.1 (outcome 10, speed 8, cos
8. [OpenHands](https://vibetoolrank.com/tools/openhands/) — **9.1/10** (tested 2026-11-04, 3 runs, headless CLI, BYOK). Free: Yes: self-host Agent Canvas / CLI / SDK free with your own model key; Cloud free BYOK tier for individuals with usage limits. No card required for local BYOK. Price: Agent Canvas free to self-host (MIT, BYOK, single shared identity). Teams $500/mo up to 10 users (+$50/seat), self-hosted with RBAC. Enterprise custom. OpenHands Cloud: free BYOK tier with daily/parallel conversation limits; hosted models at provider cost with no markup.
   - OpenHands CLI headless fixed our seeded cart discount bug in 3 of 3 runs (42–51s each) with a free Gemini key, never touched the test file. Cost $0. Overall 9.1 (outcome 10, speed 8, cost 10, DX 6, reliability 10). DX lo
9. [Zerg Client](https://vibetoolrank.com/tools/zerg-client/) — **9.1/10** (tested 2026-11-11, 3 runs, Headless CLI, BYOK). Free: Yes: free evaluation of the CLI/desktop under the source-available license; bring your own model keys or use Zerg Router billing. Commercial use requires a license (official product page, verified 2026-11-06). Price: Free to evaluate under the Zerg Source Available License; commercial use needs a paid license. Model usage is billed separately (Zerg Router or your own provider keys). No Zerg account required if you use local API keys.
   - Zerg Client fixed our seeded cart discount bug in 3 of 3 headless runs (17–33s each) with a free OpenRouter model, ran the tests itself, and never touched the test file. Cost $0. Overall 9.1 (outcome 10, speed 9, cost 9,
10. [Amp](https://vibetoolrank.com/tools/amp/) — **9/10** (tested 2026-11-06, run count not recorded, cloud free plan). Free: Yes (Hobby): all features, local runners, BYOK; ad-supported Amp Free discontinued. Price: Individual $20/mo (45,000 orb minutes).
   - 2026-11-06 cross-check: Amp fixed our seeded cart discount bug in 3 of 3 headless Hobby Free runs (62–136s) with a free OpenRouter model and never touched the test file. Cost $0 on OpenRouter (49 free requests). Overall 
11. [TRAE](https://vibetoolrank.com/tools/trae/) — **9/10** (tested 2026-11-04, 3 runs, OSS CLI). Free: Yes: TRAE IDE has limited monthly Auto-mode usage (no card claimed on docs). trae-agent OSS is free to self-host with your own model key.. Price: Pro $20/mo ($200/yr); Pro+ $60/mo; Ultra $200/mo; Lite $8/mo in select countries only.
   - trae-agent OSS CLI fixed our seeded cart discount bug in 3 of 3 runs (19–42s each) with a free Gemini key, never touched the test file. Cost $0. Overall 9.0 (outcome 10, speed 8, cost 10, DX 5, reliability 10). DX lost p
12. [Bolt.new](https://vibetoolrank.com/tools/bolt/) — **8.7/10** (tested 2026-10-16, 1 (single run), cloud free plan). Free: Yes: Free forever, no card — 300K tokens/day and 1M tokens/month; unused Free tokens do not roll over; public and private projects; website hosting with Bolt branding and up to 333k web requests; 10MB upload limit (bolt.new/pricing, 2026-11-12).. Price: Official pricing page read 2026-11-12: Pro from $25 (the page advertises saving up to 28% with yearly billing; confirm the annual total on the page before paying); Teams $30 per member, billed monthly; Enterprise custom. Pro adds no daily token cap, starts at 10M tokens/month, unused-token rollover while paid (up to two months per the FAQ), custom domain, and badge removal..
   - Our T1 todo prompt gave a working preview in about 68s. Add, complete, delete, filters and localStorage persistence all passed with zero fixes, and it added an unrequested 'Clear done' button. The build used about 52K of
13. [Reason](https://vibetoolrank.com/tools/reason/) — **8.6/10** (tested 2026-10-18, 3 runs, cloud free plan). Free: Partly: the Free plan includes no agent runs (our API check showed the quota exhausted at zero usage); you can bring your own model API key. Reason Network is free.. Price: Free plan (no included agent quota; bring your own model key or buy credits); Pro $20/mo with a 7-day trial; Max $200/mo (seen in the app, 2026-10-17).
   - 3/3 runs fixed our seeded cart bug (4/4 tests pass) in 20-36s of agent time with a free OpenRouter model, $0. On the Free plan the agent's cloud computer doesn't start, so it can't run tests or edit a repo itself; it ret
14. [Alysis Code](https://vibetoolrank.com/tools/alysis-code/) — **8.4/10** (tested 2026-11-11, 3 runs, CLI, BYOK). Free: Yes: open-source CLI/engine free; 50 free Alysis credits/30 days with no card; BYOK and local models supported (official site, verified 2026-11-07). Price: Engine/CLI free under Apache-2.0. Model usage via (a) 50 free Alysis credits every 30 days with no card, (b) your own API key / AI subscription paid to the provider, or (c) local models (Ollama/LM Studio) with no Alysis credits. Paid Alysis plans add more credits..
   - Alysis Code made the correct fix to our seeded cart discount bug in 3 of 3 one-shot runs (21–78s) with a free Gemini key and never touched the test file, but every run exited with an error: in one-shot mode it refused to
15. [Cursor](https://vibetoolrank.com/tools/cursor/) — **8.4/10** (tested 2026-10-16, 1 (single run), desktop app, free plan). Free: Yes: ongoing Free ($0) — limited Agent, Chat, and Tab with Cursor models (Grok and Composer); not a trial. Price: Via The X Subscription (prices exclude tax; checked 2026-11-06): Free $0 (limited); Plus $8/mo (Cursor models only; no third-party models; no own API keys); Premium $30/mo (4× Plus usage; third-party models at API list price from prepaid credit); Super $100/mo (15×); Ultra $200/mo (50×); Teams $30/$100/$200 per seat/mo. Annual: Plus $80/yr, Premium $300/yr, Super $1,000/yr, Ultra $2,000/yr. Legacy Pro $20/mo for existing subscribers only. Grok API on paid plans is billed separately and does not draw from the weekly Cursor-model pool..
   - In one agent turn with no follow-ups, Cursor built our T1 todo app as a single index.html in about 2.5 minutes and tested it in its built-in browser. We verified it ourselves in headless Chrome: add, complete, delete, fi
16. [Harness (Autonomous)](https://vibetoolrank.com/tools/harness/) — **8.4/10** (tested 2026-10-17, 3 runs, CLI, free model). Free: Yes: the Harness app is a free download and open source (MIT). Price: App free (open source, MIT); optional Harness Device $149 and Harness Pro $299 desk hardware.
   - Harness started OpenCode 3 times on our seeded cart bug and each run fixed it (4/4 tests pass) in 19-38s, at $0 with a free model. Before that, the first attempt picked a paid Claude model because Harness passed our shel
17. [v0](https://vibetoolrank.com/tools/v0/) — **8.3/10** (tested 2026-10-16, 1 (single run), cloud free plan). Free: Yes: 7 messages/day; new users get one-time $5 credits. Price: Plus $30/user/mo; Business $100/user/mo; Enterprise custom.
   - Our T1 todo prompt was done in about 94s, with a preview link at 25s. v0 tested its own work in its browser, found a missing lib/utils file and fixed it. Add, complete, delete, filters and reload persistence all passed w
18. [Base44](https://vibetoolrank.com/tools/base44/) — **8.2/10** (tested 2026-10-16, 1 (single run), cloud free plan). Free: Yes: Free plan with 25 message credits/mo, up to 5 message credits/day within that monthly total (official docs, 2026-11-12), 100 integration credits/mo, and up to 5 apps. Only the personal signup workspace gets free message credits; other Free workspaces get integration credits only.. Price: Official pricing page read 2026-11-12 (annual view): Starter $16/mo, Builder $40/mo, Pro $80/mo, Elite $160/mo, billed annually. The page FAQ says annual billing saves 20% (monthly price × 12, charged once a year), which implies monthly prices of $20/$50/$100/$200; those monthly figures were not shown as numbers on the annual view we read. Enterprise custom. Free $0..
   - Our T1 todo prompt gave a working preview in about 3.4 minutes. Add, complete, delete, All/Active/Done filters and reload persistence all passed with no manual fixes. Its own verifier failed 3 times on a leftover placeho
19. [Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)](https://vibetoolrank.com/tools/windsurf/) — **8.1/10** (tested 2026-10-16, 1 (single run), desktop app, free plan). Free: Yes: light agent quota, limited models, unlimited Tab completions and inline edits. Price: Free $0; Pro $20/mo (full model availability, Devin Cloud agents, extra usage at API pricing); Max $200/mo; Teams $80/mo + $40/mo per full dev seat (up to 200 users); Enterprise custom.
   - Devin Desktop, Cognition's renamed Windsurf editor, built our T1 todo app in about 1 minute with no follow-ups and previewed it after one 'Failed to start browser preview' error. We verified it in headless Chrome: add, c
20. [GitHub Copilot](https://vibetoolrank.com/tools/github-copilot/) — **8/10** (tested 2026-10-16, 1 (single run), desktop app, free plan). Free: Yes: Copilot Free with an allowance of GitHub AI Credits, 2,000 completions/mo, Auto model only (CLI and agent mode included). Price: Free $0; Pro $10/mo (1,500 GitHub AI Credits/mo incl. flex); Pro+ $39/mo (7,000); Max $100/mo (20,000); Business $19/seat; Enterprise $39/seat.
   - Our first chat (Auto routed to GPT-5 mini) failed 3 times with 'Sorry, no response was returned'. A new chat in Copilot mode, where Auto picked gpt-6-luna, built the T1 todo app in 1m50s over 14 steps and tested it itsel
21. [Jules](https://vibetoolrank.com/tools/jules/) — **8/10** (tested 2026-10-16, 1 (single run), cloud free tier). Free: Yes: 15 tasks/24h, 3 concurrent. Price: Jules in Pro via Google AI Pro (100 tasks/day); Jules in Ultra via Google AI Ultra (300/day). Google AI plan prices not on this page (search excerpt: $19.99 / $99.99).
   - Jules is an async coding agent: it delivered our T1 todo app as a GitHub pull request after about 14 minutes, about 5 of which it appeared stuck. It wrote and ran its own Playwright test. We cloned the PR, built it and v
22. [Lovable](https://vibetoolrank.com/tools/lovable/) — **8/10** (tested 2026-10-16, 1 (single run), cloud free plan). Free: Yes: ongoing Free — 5 build credits/day (30/month grant cap), 20 Cloud + 4 AI + 1 connector credit/month, plus a daily chat allowance. Price: Pro from $25/mo (100 credits; $250/yr, about $21/mo); higher Pro credit tiers available; Business from $50/mo (100 credits); Enterprise custom. Checked 2026-11-06.
   - Our T1 todo prompt gave a working preview in about 90s and used 0.70 credits. In the editor preview, add, complete, delete, filters and reload persistence all passed. At the direct preview URL adding a task did nothing (
23. [Replit Agent](https://vibetoolrank.com/tools/replit/) — **7.6/10** (tested 2026-10-16, 1 (single run), cloud free plan). Free: Yes (Starter): daily Agent allowance, Lite build only, 1 published app (30 days). Price: Core: $20 monthly credits included, $204/yr annual (~$17/mo) per docs; Pro $100/mo. (Core $20/mo monthly price from search excerpt of pricing page).
   - Our T1 todo prompt gave a working preview in about 6-9 minutes. Replit built an Expo mobile app shown in a web phone preview rather than a plain web page. Add, complete, delete, filters and reload persistence all passed,
24. [Google AI Studio](https://vibetoolrank.com/tools/google-ai-studio/) — **7.5/10** (tested 2026-10-16, 1 (single run), in browser, free). Free: Yes: free with a Google login, within per-model free-tier rate limits; free-tier content may be used to improve Google products. Price: AI Studio use is free unless you link a paid Gemini API key; paid tiers need a linked Cloud Billing account (new users may be required to prepay credits).
   - Our T1 todo prompt gave a usable preview in about 3 minutes. All features passed, including reload persistence. It heavily over-delivered features we didn't ask for, including priorities, due dates, categories, search, s
25. [OpenAI Codex](https://vibetoolrank.com/tools/codex/) — **7.4/10** (tested 2026-10-16, 3 runs, CLI, free model). Free: Yes: Codex CLI, IDE extension and app on ChatGPT Free and Go with plan usage limits (no Codex Cloud). Price: Included in every ChatGPT plan (Free, Go, Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise, Edu); usage limits vary by plan. Codex Cloud needs Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu. Plus/Pro buyers can add credits. Plan prices on chatgpt.com/pricing.
   - Using a custom OpenRouter provider and a small free model, Codex CLI fixed our seeded cart bug in 2 of 3 runs (19-76s). In the failed run the model issued an apply_patch call that Codex rejected. Token use was high (33K-
26. [Zed](https://vibetoolrank.com/tools/zed/) — **6.8/10** (tested 2026-10-17, 1 (single run), Desktop, BYOK free). Free: Yes (Personal): free forever, unlimited with your own API keys or external agents. Price: Pro $10/mo (unlimited edit predictions, $5 tokens incl.); Business $30/seat/mo.
   - We ran Zed's Agent on the free Personal plan with our own OpenRouter key pointed at the free model cohere/north-mini-code:free (Pro trial was refused because the GitHub account was under 30 days). In about 3 minutes it w
27. [Gemini CLI](https://vibetoolrank.com/tools/gemini-cli/) — **6.1/10** (tested 2026-10-17, 3 runs, CLI, free API tier). Free: No longer via Google sign-in (consumer users moved to Antigravity CLI June 18, 2026); free API-key quota unclear. Price: Requires paid Gemini API key, Vertex AI, or Gemini Code Assist Standard/Enterprise.
   - Google-account login for individuals no longer works (the CLI says to migrate to Antigravity), so we used a free-tier API key. Run 1 (16 Oct 2026) wrote a complete todo app in about 5 minutes, then hit the free tier's 20
28. [Agent Manager](https://vibetoolrank.com/tools/agent-manager/) — not yet tested. Free: Yes: Apache-2.0 CLI/TUI free via Homebrew, binaries, or go install; no Agent Manager account or card (official site + GitHub, verified 2026-11-08). Price: Free and open source under Apache-2.0. Uses the coding-agent subscriptions and API keys you already have; Agent Manager itself has no paid plan..
29. [Anything](https://vibetoolrank.com/tools/anything/) — not yet tested. Free: No usable free tier: in our 2026-10-16 test the first build hit a paywall (Pro $19/mo, Max $199/mo). Price: Pro $24/mo ($19 annual, 20K credits); Max from $239/mo ($199 annual).
30. [Conducted](https://vibetoolrank.com/tools/conducted/) — not yet tested. Free: Yes: MIT desktop app free to download; no Conducted account or card claimed (GitHub README + Releases, verified 2026-11-08). Price: Free and open source under MIT. macOS Apple silicon .dmg from GitHub Releases; uses the agent subscriptions/keys you already pay for. No Conducted cloud plan..
31. [Crewplane](https://vibetoolrank.com/tools/crewplane/) — not yet tested. Free: Yes: Apache-2.0 open source (GitHub API licence field, verified 2026-11-11). Price: Free and open source (Apache-2.0) per the GitHub repository; install with uv tool install crewplane. The README says the first run can be tried without API keys. Underlying agent CLIs have their own pricing..
32. [Devin](https://vibetoolrank.com/tools/devin/) — not yet tested. Free: Yes: light agent quota. Price: Pro $20/mo; Max $200/mo; Teams $80/mo + $40/seat; Enterprise custom.
33. [Mirror (Reflection)](https://vibetoolrank.com/tools/mirror/) — not yet tested. Free: Yes: the CLI is free and open source; Reflection's API has a free daily allowance during the Beta, but needs card verification before keys work. Price: Free and open source (Apache-2.0). Its default Beam model runs on Reflection's API, which is free during the public Beta with a daily token allowance (per-token prices not published); API keys require credit-card verification in Billing. Or bring your own OpenRouter, OpenAI or Anthropic key, a ChatGPT plan, or a local model.
34. [Parallax (Conifer)](https://vibetoolrank.com/tools/parallax/) — not yet tested. Free: Yes: $50 of Conifer credit and 5 free reviews when you sign up with GitHub. Price: Free to start; agents run on your own Claude/Codex subscriptions or on Conifer credit.
35. [psi](https://vibetoolrank.com/tools/psi/) — not yet tested. Free: Yes: MIT open-source binary, no psi account or card claimed (psicode.ai + GitHub, verified 2026-11-09). Price: Free and open source (MIT). Bring your own model provider key or a local Ollama model; no psi paid plan listed..
36. [Roomote (formerly Roo Code)](https://vibetoolrank.com/tools/roo-code/) — not yet tested. Free: Yes: self-hosted free up to 10 users; you pay infrastructure and model providers. No credit card for the Roomote license itself.. Price: Self-hosted: Free for up to 10 users (you pay host + inference). 11–50 users $249/mo; 51–100 $499/mo; 100+ talk to them. No per-seat charge on the free tier..
37. [Ski](https://vibetoolrank.com/tools/ski/) — not yet tested. Free: Yes: unlimited free text chats; free monthly voice credits on Free (no card claimed on the marketing site). Pro/Enterprise for higher concurrent voice (official site + Show HN, verified 2026-11-06). Price: Free forever for unlimited text chats with every agent (no subscription). Voice: free tier with monthly voice credits (Show HN: 300 credits/month); Pro unlocks more concurrent voice sessions; Enterprise for teams. macOS only today; Windows/Linux waitlist.
38. [T3 Code](https://vibetoolrank.com/tools/t3-code/) — not yet tested. Free: Yes: the app is free and open source; you need at least one installed and signed-in coding agent. Price: Free and open source (MIT); T3 Code sells nothing itself. You bring your own subscription to a supported agent (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Grok Build, OpenCode or Antigravity).
39. [ThinkRail (JetBrains)](https://vibetoolrank.com/tools/thinkrail/) — not yet tested. Free: Yes: the app is free and open source; you need a model provider (JetBrains AI or your own credentials). Price: Free and open source (Apache-2.0); ThinkRail has no accounts of its own. Model usage is paid to whichever provider you connect: sign in with JetBrains AI or bring your own provider credentials through pi.
40. [Wonder](https://vibetoolrank.com/tools/wonder/) — not yet tested. Free: Yes: Free plan $0 for one editor, no card claimed for Free; uses your Claude Code/Codex subscriptions (official changelog + Product Hunt, verified 2026-11-07). Price: Free $0 for one editor: use your own agent subscriptions, multiple parallel agents, 3,000 AI-generated layers/week, live app on canvas, unlimited private files. Pro $20/editor/month ($16/mo yearly): unlimited layers, AI image/vector, publish Preview link, full team collab, priority support. Agent subscriptions billed separately..

## See also

- Methodology: https://vibetoolrank.com/methodology/
- All rankings: https://vibetoolrank.com/best/
- Releases: https://vibetoolrank.com/releases/