Coding agents

An agent takes the whole task: it reads your project, edits files, runs tests and opens a pull request. That is what separates it from an in-editor assistant that completes the line you are typing. Plans here meter agent work — tasks, credits or hours — and that is what to compare. Three neighbouring shelves sit alongside: AI-native IDEs, in-editor assistants and app builders.

How to choose in this section

The first question is what the plan meters: tasks, credits or agent hours. The second is where the agent runs — in the vendor cloud or on your own machine — because that decides where your source code ends up. A subscription issued to your own email is calmer than a ready account here: the agent gets access to your code repository, so the account should stay yours.