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Claude Code alternatives compared by price

Claude Code starts at $20 per month, billed monthly ($17 billed annually) for Pro (USD per person per month, billed annually where offered). Claude Code last cut a list price in Apr 2026: Team premium seat went from $150 to $100 (-33%), first seen on its pricing page that month. Below are 10 alternatives with their current plans and price history; 2 list a lower entry price and 10 have a free plan.

10 Claude Code alternatives at a glance

Entry price is each product's cheapest paid plan as last read from its pricing page. Check the unit: some charge per user, others per account or per use.

ProductStarts atFree planPriced byLatest price change
Claude Code(the one you are replacing)$20 per month, billed monthly ($17 billed annually)NoFlat per accountTeam premium seat went from $150 to $100 (-33%)
OpenAI Codex$8 per month, GPT-6 Luna model in the desktop app onlyYesFlat per accountPro from $200 to $100 (-50%), Sep 2026.
Cursor$20 per monthYesFlat per accountnone recorded
GitHub Copilot$10 per user per month, $15 of AI creditsYesPer seatnone recorded
Windsurf$20 per monthYesFlat per accountnone recorded
Devin$20 per monthYesFlat per accountnone recorded
Replit$20 per month, $18 billed annuallyYesFlat per accountPro from $95 to $90 (-5%), Sep 2026.
Lovable€25 per month incl. VAT, 100 creditsYesCreditsBusiness from $30 to $50 (+67%), Sep 2025.
WebGeny$25 per month, or $240 a yearYesFlat per accountnone recorded
Bolt$25 per month, billed monthlyYesFlat per accountnone recorded
v0 by Vercel$30 per user per month, $30 of creditsYesPer seatnone recorded

Exhibit 1

Claude Code and its alternatives over time

Each product's cheapest paid plan by default. Click a legend entry to add or hide a plan.

$5$10$20$5020252026$20 OpenAI Codex Plus$20 Cursor Pro$17 Claude Code Pro$10 GitHub Copilot Pro
Note: Claude Code: USD per person per month, billed annually where offered. OpenAI Codex: USD per person per month, billed monthly. Cursor: USD per month for individual plans, per user per month for Teams. GitHub Copilot: USD per user per month. Windsurf: USD per month, billed monthly. Click a legend entry to add or hide a plan. Log scale.Source: live and archived pricing pages; SaaS Pricing Tracker analysis.
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ObservedClaude Code ProOpenAI Codex PlusCursor ProGitHub Copilot Pro
Jun 5, 2024$20
Dec 4, 2024$20
Jul 2, 2025$20
Jul 29, 2025$20
Sep 17, 2025$17
Jan 2, 2026$20
Jul 1, 2026$17
Sep 2, 2026$20
Sep 20, 2026$20$20
Sep 21, 2026$10
Oct 3, 2026$20$10
Oct 9, 2026$17$20

OpenAI Codex

Codex is included even on the free and $8 Go tiers, though only with the small GPT-6 Luna model, while cloud features such as automatic code review start at the $20 Plus plan. Pro is now split into $100, $200 and $500 tiers, a wider ladder than Claude's $100 and $200 Max plans.

OpenAI Codex starts at $8 per month, GPT-6 Luna model in the desktop app only for Go (USD per person per month, billed monthly), goes up to $500 per month, adds Ultrafast mode for Pro $500, has a free plan. Latest change: Pro from $200 to $100 (-50%), Sep 2026.

OpenAI Codex pricing and price historyClaude Code vs OpenAI Codex pricing

Cursor

Cursor is the AI code editor that made agentic coding mainstream. Individuals pay a flat monthly price that includes a usage allowance, with higher tiers buying more model usage, and teams pay per user.

Cursor starts at $20 per month for Pro (USD per month for individual plans, per user per month for Teams), goes up to $200 per month for Ultra, has a free plan.

Cursor pricing and price historyClaude Code vs Cursor pricing

GitHub Copilot

GitHub Copilot is the AI coding assistant sold on top of GitHub. Every paid tier is a flat price per user per month whose main difference is the monthly AI credit allowance, from $15 on Pro to $200 on Max, while Business and Enterprise pool credits for an organisation.

GitHub Copilot starts at $10 per user per month, $15 of AI credits for Pro (USD per user per month), goes up to $100 per user per month, $200 of AI credits for Max, has a free plan.

GitHub Copilot pricing and price historyClaude Code vs GitHub Copilot pricing

Windsurf

Windsurf was an AI code editor sold as flat monthly plans that bought a quota of agent usage, from a free tier to a $200 Max plan. Since October 2026 windsurf.com redirects to Devin, and Windsurf no longer has a pricing page of its own.

Windsurf starts at $20 per month for Pro (USD per month, billed monthly), goes up to $200 per month for Max, has a free plan.

Windsurf pricing and price historyClaude Code vs Windsurf pricing

Devin

Devin is Cognition's autonomous software engineer, the agent that started the AI coding agent race in 2024. It launched at $500 a month for teams, then moved to $20 pay as you go in 2025 and now to flat $20 and $200 tiers plus a Teams plan with a base fee.

Devin starts at $20 per month for Pro (USD per month), goes up to $200 per month for Max, has a free plan.

Devin pricing and price historyClaude Code vs Devin pricing

Replit

Replit started as a browser IDE and became an AI app builder. Its individual plans are flat monthly subscriptions that include a monthly amount of AI usage, with annual billing knocking ten percent off.

Replit starts at $20 per month, $18 billed annually for Core (USD per month, billed annually where offered (Teams per user per month)), goes up to $100 per month, $90 billed annually for Pro, has a free plan. Latest change: Pro from $95 to $90 (-5%), Sep 2026.

Replit pricing and price historyClaude Code vs Replit pricing

Lovable

Lovable generates full web apps from a description. It sells flat monthly plans that include a fixed number of credits, and shows European visitors prices in euros with VAT included.

Lovable starts at €25 per month incl. VAT, 100 credits for Pro (USD per month, with a monthly credit allowance (shown as EUR including VAT to European visitors)), goes up to €50 per month incl. VAT, 100 credits for Business, has a free plan. Latest change: Business from $30 to $50 (+67%), Sep 2025.

Lovable pricing and price historyClaude Code vs Lovable pricing

WebGeny

WebGeny turns a one-line prompt into a working website, web app or online store, complete with checkout, user accounts and an admin dashboard, and lets you edit the result visually or in code. It prices per account in flat monthly tiers that raise the project and regeneration limits rather than charging per seat.

WebGeny starts at $25 per month, or $240 a year for Starter (USD per month, billed monthly; yearly billing is about 20 percent less), goes up to $1899 per month, or $18,240 a year for Enterprise, has a free plan.

WebGeny pricing and price historyClaude Code vs WebGeny pricing

Bolt

Bolt builds and hosts web apps from prompts. Plans are flat monthly subscriptions with a token allowance, and the Teams plan is priced per member; yearly billing is up to 28 percent cheaper.

Bolt starts at $25 per month, billed monthly for Pro (USD per month, billed monthly), goes up to $30 per member per month, billed monthly for Teams, has a free plan.

Bolt pricing and price historyClaude Code vs Bolt pricing

v0 by Vercel

v0 is Vercel's AI app builder, generating React and Next.js interfaces from a prompt and deploying them on Vercel. It is priced per user with a monthly credit allowance on each plan, the same shape as Lovable and Bolt.

v0 by Vercel starts at $30 per user per month, $30 of credits for Plus (USD per user per month), goes up to $100 per user per month, $30 of credits for Business, has a free plan.

v0 by Vercel pricing and price historyClaude Code vs v0 by Vercel pricing

Claude Code alternatives: questions

What is the cheapest alternative to Claude Code?
Of the alternatives we track, OpenAI Codex has the lowest listed entry price: $8 per month, GPT-6 Luna model in the desktop app only for Go (USD per person per month, billed monthly). Claude Code starts at $20 per month, billed monthly ($17 billed annually). Check the unit, since some products charge per user and others per account.
Is there a free alternative to Claude Code?
Yes. OpenAI Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf, Devin, Replit, Lovable, WebGeny, Bolt, v0 by Vercel list a free plan next to paid plans.
Has Claude Code raised its prices?
Claude Code last cut a list price in Apr 2026: Team premium seat went from $150 to $100 (-33%), first seen on its pricing page that month.
Which Claude Code alternatives raised their prices?
Lovable. Lovable: Business from $30 to $50 (+67%), Sep 2025.

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