CODING & APP BUILDERS · 8 TOOLS COMPARED
GitHub Copilot: ongoing free plan. 2,000 code completions and 50 chat or agent requests each month; no credit card required. Below, 7 other coding & app builders tools are compared on what their free access actually includes; 7 of them have an ongoing free plan or free local software.
| Detail | GitHub Copilot | Bolt.new | Cursor | Emergent | Lovable | MindStudio | Replit | Windsurf (Devin Desktop) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Access | Ongoing free plan | Ongoing free plan | Ongoing free plan | Ongoing free plan | Ongoing free plan | Ongoing free plan | Ongoing free plan | Ongoing free plan |
| Free allowance | 2,000 code completions and 50 chat or agent requests each month; no credit card required. | One million tokens monthly with a 300,000-token daily limit, hosting, databases, and public or private projects. | Hobby includes limited Agent requests, Chat, Tab completions, and Composer with no credit card required. | Free plan with 10 credits per month and access to the core platform features for building web and mobile apps. | Five build credits daily, capped at 30 monthly, plus monthly Cloud and in-app AI grants. | Free plan with one agent and 1,000 runs per month; AI model usage is billed separately on a pay-per-use basis, or you can bring your own API keys. | Starter provides daily Agent credits, built-in databases, and publishing for one project. | Free desktop plan with unlimited access to the included coding model and a full IDE. |
| Download on free | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not confirmed | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Watermark on free | Not applicable | Yes | Not applicable | Not applicable | Yes | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Commercial use on free | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Card required | No | No | No | Not confirmed | No | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Paid plan | Pro: $10 per user monthly, with unlimited completions and $15 of AI credits each month. | Pro: $25 monthly with 10 million tokens, no daily token limit, custom domains, and branding removal. | Pro: $20 monthly; adds extended Agent limits, frontier-model access, cloud agents, skills, hooks, and MCP support. | Standard: $17/month billed annually or $20 monthly; Pro: $167/month annually or $200 monthly. | Pro starts at $25 monthly with 100 monthly credits; annual billing may reduce the effective monthly price. | Individual: $16/month billed yearly or $20 monthly, plus model usage; Business by quote. | Core: $18/month when billed annually, or $20 month-to-month; includes $20 in monthly credits toward the most powerful models. | Pro: $20 monthly; Max: $200 monthly. See provider pricing for the current allowance and feature comparison. |
| Sources reviewed | Oct 4, 2026 | Oct 4, 2026 | Oct 4, 2026 | Oct 4, 2026 | Oct 4, 2026 | Oct 4, 2026 | Oct 4, 2026 | Oct 4, 2026 |
“Not confirmed” means the reviewed sources did not answer it; it is not a yes. Follow each tool page for its sources.
Browser AI app builder that generates, runs, and hosts full-stack projects from conversational prompts.
One million tokens monthly with a 300,000-token daily limit, hosting, databases, and public or private projects.
Keep in mindFree sites carry Bolt branding, uploads are capped at 10 MB, and large projects can consume tokens quickly.
AI-first code editor with repository chat, tab completion, Composer, agents, and multi-file editing.
Hobby includes limited Agent requests, Chat, Tab completions, and Composer with no credit card required.
Keep in mindThe free allowance is unpublished and limited; cloud agents and access to frontier models require Pro.
AI app builder that creates full-stack web and mobile applications from plain-language prompts, with one-click LLM integration.
Free plan with 10 credits per month and access to the core platform features for building web and mobile apps.
Keep in mind10 free credits a month is a small allowance, and free-plan deployment and code-export terms were not stated on the pricing page.
Prompt-based builder for web apps and sites with code generation, hosting, databases, and AI features.
Five build credits daily, capped at 30 monthly, plus monthly Cloud and in-app AI grants.
Keep in mindDaily build credits expire without rollover, the monthly build cap is 30, and free published projects retain Lovable branding.
No-code builder for AI agents and automated workflows with access to 200+ AI models without managing API keys.
Free plan with one agent and 1,000 runs per month; AI model usage is billed separately on a pay-per-use basis, or you can bring your own API keys.
Keep in mindOnly one agent on the free plan, and model usage is charged separately even on $0 — check token costs before running agents at volume.
Browser development platform where AI agents build, run, collaborate on, and publish full-stack projects.
Starter provides daily Agent credits, built-in databases, and publishing for one project.
Keep in mindDaily Agent credits are not quantified publicly, Agent intelligence is limited, and Starter publishes only one project.
Desktop IDE and command center for coding agents, autocomplete, debugging, review, and local-to-cloud handoffs.
Free desktop plan with unlimited access to the included coding model and a full IDE.
Keep in mindWindsurf is now branded Devin Desktop; quotas beyond the included unlimited model are not fully published.