What each tool says about free access
This is a separate list from the free LLM APIs: these are tools you code with, not hosted model APIs. It is not part of the ranking and no count, score or collection of the site includes it. Each value below is written only when the tool's own page says it, with the sentence and the day it was read; otherwise it reads Not stated, which is never the same as no. Each row shows the day its page was read.
8 tools listed; 16 of 48 values rest on a sentence from the tool's own page.
GitHub Copilot Free · IDE extension
- Free access
- Stated by the tool's page
“This plan includes limited access to a selection of Copilot features allowing you to try AI-powered coding assistance at no cost.”
- Limits
- Stated by the tool's page
“Limited to 2000 completions per month on Copilot Free.”
“On Copilot Free and Copilot Student plans, access to models is available through auto model selection only.”
- Card required
- Not stated
- Commercial use
- Not stated
- Expiry
- Not stated
- What it does with your code
- Not stated
Amazon Q Developer Free Tier · IDE extension
- Free access
- Stated by the tool's page
“Amazon Q Developer offers a perpetual Free Tier with monthly limits available to users logged in as an AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) user or AWS Builder ID user.”
- Limits
- Stated by the tool's page
“Included agentic requests (Q&A chat, agentic coding) 50 agentic requests per month”
“Amazon Q Developer Free Tier users can upgrade 1,000 LOC per month, per user.”
- Card required
- Not stated
- Commercial use
- Not stated
- Expiry
- Not stated
- What it does with your code
- Not stated
JetBrains AI Free · IDE extension
- Free access
- Stated by the tool's page
“AI Free Free 3 AI credits per 30-days”
“The AI Free license tier is not available in Community Editions of PyCharm and IntelliJ IDEA, as well as in PyCharm Unified when used for free.”
- Limits
- Stated by the tool's page
“AI Free Free 3 AI credits per 30-days”
- Card required
- Not stated
- Commercial use
- Not stated
- Expiry
- Not stated
- What it does with your code
- Not stated
Cursor Free · editor
- Free access
- Stated by the tool's page
“Free $0 /month Get started Get started with: Limited AI usage AI Features Limited agent requests Limited Chat requests”
- Limits
- Stated by the tool's page
“Free $0 /month Get started Get started with: Limited AI usage AI Features Limited agent requests Limited Chat requests”
“Your allowance refreshes weekly, so one heavy day never wipes out your whole month.”
- Card required
- Not stated
- Commercial use
- Not stated
- Expiry
- Not stated
- What it does with your code
- Not stated Context quoted from the page:
“Privacy mode can be enabled in settings or by a team admin. When it is enabled, we guarantee that code data is not used for training by us or our model providers.”
Google Antigravity (Individual plan) · editor
- Free access
- Stated by the tool's page
“For Individuals $0/month Experience Antigravity without a subscription plan Get started Plan includes: Access to a variety of agent models”
- Limits
- Stated by the tool's page
“Access to a variety of agent models Unlimited Tab completions Unlimited Command requests Basic weekly rate limits *”
- Card required
- Not stated
- Commercial use
- Not stated
- Expiry
- Not stated
- What it does with your code
- Not stated
Kiro Free · editor
- Free access
- Stated by the tool's page
“New users can start with the perpetual Kiro Free tier, which includes 50 credits.”
- Limits
- Stated by the tool's page
“The Free Tier includes access to open weight models and Claude Sonnet 4.5, with limits.”
“Access is subject to rate limits .”
- Card required
- Not stated
- Commercial use
- Not stated
- Expiry
- Not stated
- What it does with your code
- Not stated
TRAE Free · editor
- Free access
- Stated by the tool's page
“Free $0 Start for free Auto mode only Limited usage Limited Autocomplete”
- Limits
- Stated by the tool's page
“Free $0 Start for free Auto mode only Limited usage Limited Autocomplete”
- Card required
- Not stated
- Commercial use
- Not stated
- Expiry
- Not stated
- What it does with your code
- Not stated
Devin Desktop Free (formerly Windsurf) · editor
- Free access
- Stated by the tool's page
“The Free plan includes a light quota to code with agents, limited model availability, unlimited inline edits, and unlimited Tab completions.”
- Limits
- Stated by the tool's page
“The Free plan includes a light quota to code with agents, limited model availability, unlimited inline edits, and unlimited Tab completions.”
- Card required
- Not stated
- Commercial use
- Not stated
- Expiry
- Not stated
- What it does with your code
- Not stated
Worth knowing
Gemini CLI free tier replaced
Gemini CLI's own quota page (geminicli.com, last updated 2026-06-18) says the unpaid tier was replaced by Antigravity CLI on 2026-06-18, while the Gemini CLI README read the same day still advertises the free tier. Not listed as an entry.
“Unpaid tier (Gemini Code Assist for individuals) and Google One users only : Gemini CLI and Gemini Code Assist IDE extensions were replaced by Antigravity CLI and Antigravity on June 18th 2026.”
“Unpaid tier and Google One users: Gemini CLI was replaced by Antigravity CLI on June 18th, 2026.”
Windsurf renamed
The Windsurf site now says Devin Desktop is the new name for Windsurf; the free plan quoted in the entry is from the Devin pricing page.
“Devin Desktop is the new name for Windsurf.”
Tools you connect your own key to
The tool is free; inference is paid with your own key or a free API. See also: OpenAI-compatible free APIs; the interactive explorer. The same rule holds: a value is written only where the tool's own page says it, and Not stated is never no.
3 tools listed; 4 of 18 values rest on a sentence from the tool's own page.
Zed (Personal plan, own API keys) · editor
- Free access
- Stated by the tool's page
“Personal $0 forever The next-generation code editor. Free forever. Unlimited use with your API keys or external agents like Claude Agent, Codex CLI, and more”
“Since Zed is open source, these controls govern Zed's hosted services specifically.”
- Limits
- Stated by the tool's page
“Unlimited use with your API keys or external agents like Claude Agent, Codex CLI, and more”
- Card required
- Not stated
- Commercial use
- Not stated
- Expiry
- Not stated
- What it does with your code
- Not stated
Cline (open source) · IDE extension
- Free access
- Stated by the tool's page
“The Cline open source extension is completely free for individual developers.”
“You can bring your own API keys or use the Cline provider.”
- Limits
- Not stated
- Card required
- Not stated
- Commercial use
- Not stated
- Expiry
- Not stated
- What it does with your code
- Not stated
goose · command-line tool
- Free access
- Stated by the tool's page
“your native open source AI agent — desktop app, CLI, and API — for code, workflows, and everything in between”
“Use API keys or your existing Claude, ChatGPT, or Gemini subscriptions via [ACP]”
- Limits
- Not stated
- Card required
- Not stated
- Commercial use
- Not stated
- Expiry
- Not stated
- What it does with your code
- Not stated
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