Best AI coding tools that work with GitHub

Updated 16 Oct 2026 · Prices from vendor pages only · How we rank →

The short answer

Each of these tools lists a GitHub integration. GitHub Copilot comes first: works in most major editors and in GitHub itself, from a free plan up to cloud agents and code review. The cheapest verified paid plan here is GitHub Copilot Pro ($10/month). 5 of the 7 have a free plan we could confirm. Every price below is from the vendor’s own page, checked 16 Oct 2026.

Ranked shortlist

GitHub Copilot: Works in most major editors and in GitHub itself, from a free plan up to cloud agents and code review. Plan: Pro: $10/month
Windsurf: Full agentic IDE with a free plan and unlimited Tab completions. Since June 2026 it ships as Devin Desktop, with a Kanban-style Agent Command Center that runs Devin and third-party ACP agents. Plan: Pro: $20/month
Higher quotas, frontier models, Devin Cloud agents, extra usage at API pricing
Devin: Delegates whole tickets to a cloud agent that plans, writes code and opens PRs. It connects to Slack, Linear, Jira and your git host, and since 2026 the self-serve plans start free. Plan: Pro: $20/month
Higher quotas, frontier models, Devin Cloud agents, extra usage at API pricing
Zed: A very fast native editor that's free forever with your own keys or external agents like Claude Agent and Codex CLI. Pro is a low $10/month. Plan: Pro: $10/month
Unlimited edit predictions, $5 tokens included, 14-day trial
OpenHands: MIT-licensed, model-agnostic agent with a web GUI, CLI and SDK. It runs free locally with unlimited conversations, there's a free cloud Individual tier, and the GitHub community is large (about 91K stars). Plan: Open source: free, unlimited local use. Cloud Individual: free, 10 conversations/day, BYOK or at-cost models
CodeRabbit: AI code reviews on pull requests. Plan: Essentials: $24/user/month
Qodo: AI code review and test generation. Plan: Not yet verified

Order follows ToolRank’s editorial ranking in Coding & App Building, filtered to tools that fit this page. Anything we couldn’t confirm on a vendor page says “Not yet verified”.

Side by side

Rank	Tool	Relevant plan	Starting price	Free plan	Best for	Main limitation	Last checked
#1	GitHub Copilot	Pro: $10/month	$10/month (Pro)	Limited chat and agent usage; no code review or cloud agent	Teams already on GitHub who want AI in their existing IDE	Free plan has limited chat and agent usage and no code review or cloud agent.	16 Oct 2026
#2	Windsurf	Pro: $20/month Higher quotas, frontier models, Devin Cloud agents, extra usage at API pricing	$20/month (Pro)	Light agent quota, limited models, unlimited inline edits and Tab completions	Developers who want a VS Code-style IDE that manages several local and cloud agents from one screen	The product has been rebranded and reworked: Windsurf is now Devin Desktop and the Cascade agent was replaced. Paid usage is a daily and weekly quota, and anything over it is billed at model API prices.	16 Oct 2026
#3	Devin	Pro: $20/month Higher quotas, frontier models, Devin Cloud agents, extra usage at API pricing	$20/month (Pro)	Free plan: light quota, limited models (no cloud agents)	Teams that want to hand well-scoped tickets to an agent and review the PRs	Cloud agents (Devin Cloud) need Pro ($20/month) or above, and heavy use draws down quota that is topped up at API prices. You still have to review every PR it opens.	16 Oct 2026
#4	Zed	Pro: $10/month Unlimited edit predictions, $5 tokens included, 14-day trial	$10/month (Pro)	Personal: free forever, unlimited with your own API keys or external agents	Developers who want a fast native editor and a choice of AI (Zed-hosted, own keys or external agents)	Hosted AI beyond Pro's $5 of included tokens is billed at API list price plus 10%. SSO/SAML isn't available yet on Business.	16 Oct 2026
#5	OpenHands	Open source: free, unlimited local use. Cloud Individual: free, 10 conversations/day, BYOK or at-cost models	Not yet verified	Open source: free, unlimited local use. Cloud Individual: free, 10 conversations/day, BYOK or at-cost models	Teams that want an autonomous agent they can self-host and audit	The free cloud tier caps you at 10 conversations a day, and you pay your own LLM costs (BYOK, or OpenHands' provider at cost).	16 Oct 2026
#6	CodeRabbit	Essentials: $24/user/month	$24/user/month	Free trial	AI pull-request reviews	Per-user pricing adds up for large teams	16 Oct 2026
#7	Qodo	Not yet verified	$30 (Pro Team)	14-day free trial; free for qualifying open-source projects	AI code review for teams	No permanent free tier	16 Oct 2026

Prices as listed by each vendor on the last-checked date, USD, before tax. Plans and limits change, so follow the sources below.

Who should pick which

Pick GitHub Copilot for teams already on GitHub who want AI in their existing IDE (Pro: $10/month); think twice if you want an AI-native editor rather than a plugin. Pick Windsurf for developers who want a VS Code-style IDE that manages several local and cloud agents from one screen (Pro: $20/month); think twice if you want a stable, unchanging product, or a flat price with no usage overages. Pick Devin for teams that want to hand well-scoped tickets to an agent and review the PRs (Pro: $20/month); think twice if you want to stay hands-on in your editor, or you can't give an agent repo access. Pick Zed for developers who want a fast native editor and a choice of AI (Zed-hosted, own keys or external agents) (Pro: $10/month); think twice if you depend on the VS Code or JetBrains extension ecosystems. Pick OpenHands for teams that want an autonomous agent they can self-host and audit (free plan: Open source: free, unlimited local use. Cloud Individual: free, 10 conversations/day, BYOK or at-cost models); think twice if you want an inline autocomplete assistant inside your editor. Pick CodeRabbit for AI pull-request reviews (Essentials: $24/user/month). Watch out: per-user pricing adds up for large teams. Pick Qodo for AI code review for teams ($30 (Pro Team)). Watch out: no permanent free tier.

FAQ

Which of these is cheapest?

GitHub Copilot Pro ($10/month) is the lowest paid price we verified on this list (https://github.com/features/copilot/plans, checked 16 Oct 2026). Check the vendor page for tax, billing period and usage limits.

Which of these have a free plan?

GitHub Copilot: Limited chat and agent usage; no code review or cloud agent; Windsurf: Light agent quota, limited models, unlimited inline edits and Tab completions; Devin: Free plan: light quota, limited models (no cloud agents); Zed: Personal: free forever, unlimited with your own API keys or external agents; OpenHands: Open source: free, unlimited local use. Cloud Individual: free, 10 conversations/day, BYOK or at-cost models.

How were these tools chosen?

They are the tools in ToolRank's rankings with GitHub listed as an integration, confirmed on the vendor's own website on 16 Oct 2026. Tools we could not verify are left out rather than guessed, and anything unconfirmed is marked Not yet verified.

Sources

GitHub Copilot: GitHub Copilot plans checked 16 Oct 2026
Windsurf: Devin / Devin Desktop pricing (windsurf.com/pricing redirects here) checked 16 Oct 2026
Windsurf: Cognition: Windsurf is now Devin Desktop (2 Jun 2026) checked 16 Oct 2026
Devin: Devin pricing checked 16 Oct 2026
Zed: Zed pricing checked 16 Oct 2026
OpenHands: OpenHands pricing checked 16 Oct 2026
OpenHands: OpenHands GitHub (MIT) checked 16 Oct 2026
CodeRabbit: CodeRabbit pricing checked 16 Oct 2026
Qodo: Qodo pricing checked 16 Oct 2026

Related comparisons

Profiles: GitHub Copilot · Windsurf · Devin · Zed · OpenHands · CodeRabbit · Qodo

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