AI Coding Assistants AI visibility leaderboard
AI Coding Assistants tools help software teams write, review and fix code faster. Buyers increasingly start this search inside AI assistants, which narrow 46 vendors down to a shortlist of three to five.
- GitHub Copilot leads AI Coding Assistants with an AI visibility score of 76.5 and appears in 86% of AI answers about AI Coding Assistants (SlateIndex, Nov 3, 2026).
- AI engines named 46 AI Coding Assistants brands; GitHub Copilot, Cursor and Claude hold 39% of all mentions.
- GitHub Copilot leads on all 3 engines.
- github.com is the most cited source for AI Coding Assistants, with 7.8% of citations.
Data collected ·ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Mode·coverage 100%·next run
Where vendors stand in AI Coding Assistants
8 brands shown: 3 Consensus Picks and 5 Challengers. No brand clears both lines yet — the Leader position is open.
| Brand | Mention rate | Citation authority | Answers citing own site | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub Copilot | 86.4% | 0% | 0 of 70 | Consensus Pick |
| Cursor | 80.2% | 33.9% | 22 of 65 | Consensus Pick |
| Claude | 66.7% | 3.7% | 2 of 54 | Consensus Pick |
| Devin | 35.8% | 20.7% | 6 of 29 | Challenger |
| Tabnine | 35.8% | 13.8% | 4 of 29 | Challenger |
| Codex | 34.6% | 0% | 0 of 28 | Challenger |
| Amazon Q Developer | 25.9% | 0% | 0 of 21 | Challenger |
| GitLab | 18.5% | 0% | 0 of 15 | Challenger |
Leaderboard
Brands mentioned in AI answers in the weekly run of Nov 3. Every engine ranks GitHub Copilot first.
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Visibility score trend
Weekly runs over the last 60 days, top 8 brands. Click a name to hide or show its line.
GitHub Copilot leads AI Coding Assistants at 76.5%. Changes appear after the second weekly run.
Prompts in AI Coding Assistants
The buyer questions SlateIndex runs for this category every week.
Most cited sources
Where engines get their information when they answer AI Coding Assistants prompts.
| Source | Type | Share of citations | Citations | Prompts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| github.com | Web | 49 | 21 | |
| cursor.com | Brand site | 30 | 18 | |
| superblocks.com | Web | 28 | 18 | |
| amazon.com | Web | 22 | 7 | |
| claude.com | Web | 17 | 5 | |
| anthropic.com | Web | 15 | 10 | |
| openai.com | Web | 15 | 10 | |
| g2.com | Review site | 14 | 8 | |
| sourcegraph.com | Brand site | 14 | 10 | |
| dev.to | Web | 13 | 13 | |
| dupple.com | Web | 13 | 10 | |
| gartner.com | Analyst | 13 | 4 | |
| ibm.com | Web | 11 | 6 | |
| jetbrains.com | Brand site | 11 | 7 | |
| zapier.com | Web | 10 | 7 | |
| checkmarx.com | Web | 8 | 7 | |
| daily.dev | Web | 6 | 6 | |
| devin.ai | Brand site | 6 | 6 | |
| getorchestra.io | Web | 6 | 6 | |
| kilo.ai | Brand site | 6 | 6 | |
| aider.chat | Brand site | 5 | 3 | |
| google.com | Web | 5 | 4 | |
| jellyfish.co | Web | 5 | 5 | |
| replit.com | Brand site | 5 | 4 | |
| stackoverflow.co | Web | 5 | 3 |
All vendors in AI Coding Assistants
Every AI Coding Assistants brand tracked by SlateIndex.
Compare the leaders
AI Coding Assistants in AI answers: questions
Which AI Coding Assistants software do AI assistants recommend most?
GitHub Copilot, Cursor and Claude are recommended most often. GitHub Copilot leads with an AI visibility score of 76.5 and appears in 86% of answers (data of Nov 3, 2026).
Which AI Coding Assistants tool do ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Mode recommend?
ChatGPT puts GitHub Copilot first (79.1), Perplexity puts GitHub Copilot first (63.7) and Google AI Mode puts GitHub Copilot first (86.8).
Which sources do AI engines cite for AI Coding Assistants?
github.com (7.8%), cursor.com (4.8%) and superblocks.com (4.5%) are cited most often in answers about AI Coding Assistants.
How is the AI Coding Assistants ranking calculated?
SlateIndex asks ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Mode 30 AI Coding Assistants buyer questions every week and scores each brand by how often and how high it appears in their answers. The methodology page has the formulas.
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Cite as: SlateIndex, “AI Coding Assistants AI visibility leaderboard”, https://slateindex.ai/category/ai-coding-assistants, data of Nov 3, 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.