AI coding tools: 21 tools for office work

Updated October 13, 2026 · By Robert Breen

AI has made small software jobs possible for people who do not code, and made developers much faster. Coding assistants and agents write, explain and fix code, and developer platforms give you API access to the models themselves. This category also covers the helper tools automations rely on, such as webhook testers and search APIs.

21 tools15 free or with a free plan2 with a free trial4 paid only

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Litescrape Webhook.site OpenRouter Claude Developer Platform OpenAI API Platform Google AI Studio Hugging Face Postman Warp Aider Cline Tabnine+ 9 more

21 AI coding tools

Each card says what the tool does for a working professional and whether it is free, has a free plan or trial, or is paid. 3 have a free Stepthrough lesson where you practice it step by step.

GitHub Copilot: Free plan. An AI pair programmer in your editor that suggests code, explains it and fixes bugs.
Cursor: Free plan. An AI code editor that writes and edits code across your whole project from chat.
Claude Code: Paid. Anthropic’s coding agent that works in your terminal and editor to build, fix and explain code. Free lesson: Install Skills in Claude Code: the Skills Folder and a Plugin…
OpenAI Codex: Paid. OpenAI’s coding agent that writes features, fixes bugs and reviews pull requests. Included with ChatGPT plans.
Windsurf: Free plan. An AI-native code editor with an agent that understands your codebase.
Replit: Free plan. Build and host apps in the browser, with an AI agent that writes the code from a description.
Kiro: Free plan. An AI code editor from AWS that turns specs into working code with agents.
Gemini Code Assist: Free plan. Google’s AI coding assistant for editors, free for individuals.
JetBrains AI: Free plan. AI assistant and Junie coding agent inside JetBrains IDEs.
Tabnine: Free trial. A private AI coding assistant that can run on your own servers.
Cline: Free. An open-source AI coding agent in VS Code that plans and makes changes with your approval.
Aider: Free. An open-source AI pair programmer that edits code in your terminal and commits to git.
Warp: Free plan. A modern terminal with built-in AI agents for commands and coding.
Postman: Free plan. Design, test and document APIs, with an AI agent to build requests and tests.
Hugging Face: Free plan. The home of open AI models and datasets, with hosting for demos and apps.
Google AI Studio: Free. Try Gemini models for free and get an API key to build with them.
OpenAI API Platform: Paid. Build apps and agents with OpenAI’s models by API, paid per use.
Claude Developer Platform: Paid. Build with Claude models by API, with tools for agents and long documents.
OpenRouter: Free plan. One API for hundreds of AI models, with price and speed comparisons.
Webhook.site: Free plan. Get a test URL that shows every webhook request sent to it. The easiest way to see what an app sends. Free lesson: What Is a Webhook? Send a Test and Watch the Data Arrive
Litescrape: Free trial. A low-cost search and scraping API you can call from n8n and other automations. Free lesson: Litescrape in n8n: Swap SerpApi for a Cheaper Search API