Who each engine recommends
Position of every brand named in the latest run.
| Brand | ChatGPT | Perplexity | AI Mode | Mention rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude | #1 | #4 | #4 | |
| GitHub CopilotTop pick | #3 | #1 | #1 | |
| Codex | #2 | #2 | #3 | |
| Cursor | #4 | #3 | #2 | |
| Tabnine | #11 | #11 | #6 | |
| Devin | #7 | #9 | #8 | |
| Replit | #12 | #10 | #7 | |
| Gemini | — | #7 | #5 | |
| Gemini Code Assist | #6 | #5 | — | |
| Looker | #5 | #6 | — | |
| Amazon Q Developer | #8 | #8 | — | |
| Kiro | #9 | #16 | — | |
| Sourcegraph Cody | — | #12 | #10 | |
| Qodo | #15 | #13 | — | |
| Aider | #18 | #14 | — | |
| Cline | #17 | #15 | — | |
| Blackbox AI | — | — | #9 | |
| JetBrains AI Assistant | #10 | — | — | |
| Vercel | #13 | — | — | |
| v0 | #14 | — | — | |
| Zed | #16 | — | — |
Responses
What each engine answered, and how the shortlist moved.
Below is a shortlist of leading AI coding assistant vendors and their official websites, based on the current 2026 AI coding landscape. These include established technology companies and specialist AI coding startups. www.williamblair.comzapier.comagentsthatwork.ai Top AI coding assistant vendors Vendor AI coding product Official website ------------------------ Anthropic Claude Code anthropic.com OpenAI Codex openai.com Microsoft / GitHub GitHub Copilot GitHub Copilot Cursor (Anysphere) Cursor…
- Claude — Claude Code – Anthropic.
- Codex
- GitHub Copilot
- Cursor
- Looker
- Gemini Code Assist
- Devin
- Amazon Q Developer
- Kiro
- JetBrains AI Assistant
- Tabnine
- Replit
- Vercel
- v0
- Qodo
- Zed
- Cline
- Aider
Here are official websites for leading AI coding assistant vendors:
- GitHub Copilot — GitHub Copilot — GitHub: github.com/features/copilot.
- Codex — OpenAI Codex — OpenAI: openai.com/codex.
- Cursor — Cursor — Cursor: cursor.com.
- Claude — Claude Code — Anthropic: claude.ai/code.
- Gemini Code Assist — Gemini Code Assist — Google Cloud: cloud.google.com/products/gemini/code-assist.
- Looker — Gemini Code Assist — Google Cloud: cloud.google.com/products/gemini/code-assist.
- Gemini — Gemini Code Assist — Google Cloud: cloud.google.com/products/gemini/code-assist.
- Amazon Q Developer — Amazon Q Developer — AWS: aws.amazon.com/q/developer.
- Devin — Windsurf — Windsurf: windsurf.com.
- Replit — Replit — Replit: replit.com.
- Tabnine — Tabnine — Tabnine: tabnine.com.
- Sourcegraph Cody — Sourcegraph Cody — Sourcegraph: sourcegraph.com/cody.
- Qodo — Qodo — Qodo: qodo.ai.
- Aider — Aider — Aider: aider.chat.
- Cline — Cline — Cline: cline.bot.
- Kiro — Kiro — AWS: kiro.dev.
The official websites for the leading AI coding assistant and agentic development vendors are organized below by platform style:
- GitHub Copilot — GitHub Copilot — The gold standard for integrated editor completion and multi-file agent workflows, deeply embedded across VS Code, JetBrains, and GitHub.[](https://sourcegraph.com/blog/best-ai-coding-assistant).
- Cursor — Cursor — A popular AI-first code editor built on top of VS Code supporting multi-model flexibility (OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini) and advanced cloud agent…
- Codex — Cursor — A popular AI-first code editor built on top of VS Code supporting multi-model flexibility (OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini) and advanced cloud agent…
- Claude — Cursor — A popular AI-first code editor built on top of VS Code supporting multi-model flexibility (OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini) and advanced cloud agent…
- Gemini — Cursor — A popular AI-first code editor built on top of VS Code supporting multi-model flexibility (OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini) and advanced cloud agent…
- Tabnine — Tabnine — An enterprise-grade assistant focused on privacy, offering air-gapped, on-premises, and private cloud deployments for sensitive codebases.[](https://www.tabnine.com/contact-us-defense/).
- Replit — Replit — A browser-based development platform featuring the Replit Agent for instant prompt-to-app building and complete cloud deployment without local setup.[](https://replit.com/).
- Devin — Devin AI — Developed by Cognition AI, known as a fully autonomous software engineer capable of running terminal commands, browsing web documentation, and opening pull requests.
- Blackbox AI — Blackbox AI — An assistant providing real-time code search, web-connected generation, and chat tools tailored for rapid code assembly.[](https://www.blackbox.ai/).
Citations
Sources the engines cited for this prompt.
| Source | Type | Citations | Cited by |
|---|---|---|---|
| cursor.com | Brand site · Cursor | 3 | ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Mode |
| openai.com | Web | 3 | ChatGPT, Perplexity |
| amazon.com | Web | 2 | ChatGPT, Perplexity |
| anthropic.com | Web | 2 | ChatGPT |
| replit.com | Brand site · Replit | 2 | ChatGPT, Google AI Mode |
| superblocks.com | Web | 2 | Perplexity |
| tabnine.com | Brand site · Tabnine | 2 | ChatGPT, Google AI Mode |
| agentsthatwork.ai | Web | 1 | ChatGPT |
| aider.chat | Brand site · Aider | 1 | ChatGPT |
| blackbox.ai | Brand site · Blackbox AI | 1 | Google AI Mode |
| cline.bot | Brand site · Cline | 1 | ChatGPT |
| codeassist.google | Brand site · Gemini Code Assist | 1 | ChatGPT |
| coder.com | Web | 1 | Perplexity |
| cognition.ai | Web | 1 | ChatGPT |
| devin.ai | Brand site · Devin | 1 | ChatGPT |
| github.com | Web | 1 | ChatGPT |
| huggingface.co | Web | 1 | Perplexity |
| jetbrains.com | Brand site · JetBrains AI Assistant | 1 | ChatGPT |
| microsoft.com | Web | 1 | Perplexity |
| openrouter.ai | Web | 1 | Perplexity |
| qodo.ai | Brand site · Qodo | 1 | ChatGPT |
| sourcegraph.com | Brand site · Sourcegraph Cody | 1 | Google AI Mode |
| spacelift.io | Web | 1 | Perplexity |
| v0.app | Brand site · v0 | 1 | ChatGPT |
| williamblair.com | Web | 1 | ChatGPT |