2024 Comprehensive Guide to AI Coding Tools: Comparing 8 Tools from GitHub Copilot to Cursor AI

1. GitHub Copilot

• Official website: https://github.com/features/copilot
• AI code auto-completion tool based on OpenAI's Codex model
• Supported IDEs: Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio, JetBrains IDEs, Neovim, etc.
• Features:
  • Real-time code suggestions and auto-completion
  • Code generation based on natural language comments
  • Code refactoring, documentation comment generation, unit test creation
  • Code error detection and correction suggestions
  • Code translation between programming languages (GitHub Copilot Labs)
• Pricing:
  • Individual: $10/month or $100/year
  • Copilot Business: $19/user/month
  • Copilot Enterprise: $39/user/month
• Demo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0PorpN6SQM

2. Amazon CodeWhisperer

• Official website: https://aws.amazon.com/codewhisperer/
• AI coding assistant developed by AWS
• Supported IDEs: VS Code, IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, WebStorm, AWS Cloud9
• Features:
  • Real-time code auto-completion and suggestions
  • Function generation based on natural language prompts
  • Code security vulnerability scanning
  • Open-source code tracking and license information provision
  • Code translation between programming languages
  • Automatic generation of code explanation comments
  • AI chatbot functionality
• Pricing:
  • Individual users: Free
  • Professional: $19/user/month
• Demo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrWAaLKxJsE

3. Tabnine

• Official website: https://www.tabnine.com/
• AI-based code auto-completion and prediction tool
• Supported IDEs: VS Code, IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, WebStorm, and many others
• Features:
  • Personalized code suggestions
  • Function completion capability
  • Conversion of natural language prompts to code blocks
  • Offline mode and private model support
• Pricing:
  • Free: Basic AI code generation features
  • Pro: $12/user/month
  • Enterprise: $39/user/month (with 1-year commitment)
• Demo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbH9usJzVIA (Comparison of GitHub Copilot, Tabnine, and Cursor AI)

4. Cody by Sourcegraph

• Official website: https://sourcegraph.com/cody
• AI-based code understanding and generation tool
• Supported IDEs: VSCode, JetBrains IDEs (IntelliJ, PyCharm, etc.)
• Features:
  • Question-answering capability for entire codebases
  • Code generation and editing using natural language
  • Bug fixing and code improvement suggestions
  • Code explanation and documentation support
• Pricing: Free for individual users and open-source projects
• Demo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sa4n65hzrsc

5. Mintlify

• Official website: https://www.mintlify.com/
• AI-based automatic code documentation tool
• Supported IDEs: VSCode, JetBrains IDEs
• Features:
  • Automatic document generation through code analysis
  • Improvement and updating of existing documentation
  • Support for various document formats (Markdown, JSDoc, OpenAPI, etc.)
  • Document sharing and version control for team collaboration
• Pricing:
  • Free: Basic features for individual users
  • Startup: $120/user/month (advanced features for small teams)
  • Enterprise: Custom pricing (for large teams and corporations)
• Demo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmoveFAiGPU

6. What The Diff

• Official website: https://whatthediff.ai/
• AI-based code review and quality improvement tool
• Supported platforms: Integrates with GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket
• Features:
  • Automatic code review and improvement suggestions
  • Security vulnerability detection
  • Code style and consistency checking
  • Performance optimization suggestions
• Pricing:
  • Free Plan: Free trial (limited features)
  • Pro Plan: Tiered pricing based on analyzed code volume
    • Up to 200k tokens: $19/month
    • Up to 500k tokens: $49/month
    • Up to 1.5M tokens: $99/month
    • Unlimited tokens: $199/month

7. Replit Ghostwriter

• Official website: https://replit.com/site/ghostwriter
• Replit's AI-based code writing and completion tool
• Fully integrated with Replit's online IDE
• Features:
  • Real-time code auto-completion
  • Code generation through natural language prompts
  • Code explanation and documentation support
  • Bug fixing and code optimization suggestions
• Pricing: Available for an additional $10/month on top of the Replit plan ($20/month), totaling $30/month
• Demo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6-eFp-3qs4

8. Cursor AI

• Official website: https://www.cursor.com/
• AI-based code editor integrating advanced AI models like GPT-4 and Claude 3.5 Sonnet
• Features:
  • AI-based code auto-completion
  • Code generation and editing
  • Debugging support
  • Real-time code explanation
  • Code modification using natural language
  • Codebase understanding and analysis
• Pricing:
  • Hobby (Free):
    • 2000 code completions
    • 50 slow premium requests
    • 2-week Pro trial
  • Pro ($20/month):
    • Unlimited code completions
    • 500 fast premium requests per month
    • Unlimited slow premium requests
    • 10 Claude Opus uses per day
  • Business ($40/user/month):
    • All Pro plan features
    • Centralized billing
    • Admin usage dashboard
    • Privacy mode
    • Zero data retention
• Features:
  • Easy adaptation with VSCode-like interface
  • Support for existing extensions, themes, and key bindings
  • Security verified with SOC 2 certification
  • Use of user-specific API keys
• Demo videos:
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTVNxdHI2H8 (Code Like a PRO with Cursor AI)
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjrKz4KAJQ0 (How to use Cursor AI)