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What AI coding plans cost per month, for real
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$4.99 is the cheapest paid plan we track, $500 the priciest. 8 plans sit between $15 and $25. 11 tools give you a $0 plan. Biggest annual discount in our data: Cursor Super, 17% off.
Prices below are what the vendor page said on the verified date. No affiliate math, no rounding up to make a point. If a vendor doesn't publish a number, we don't guess one.
Every tier at a glance
Free
$0 · 11 plans- $0 Amp Hobby
- $0 Bolt Free
- $0 Claude Code Free
- $0 Cline Open Source
- $0 Cursor Free
- $0 Copilot Free
- $0 Kiro Free
- $0 Codex Free
- $0 Replit Starter
- $0 Devin Desktop Free
- $0 Zed Personal
Pocket money
under $15 · 6 plans- $4.99 Google AI Plus
- $8 Cursor Plus
- $8 Codex Go
- $10 Copilot Pro
- $10 OpenCode Go Go
- $10 Zed Pro
The $20 club
$15 to $25 · 8 plans- $19.99 Google AI Pro
- $20 Amp Individual
- $20 Claude Code Pro
- $20 Kiro Pro
- $20 Codex Plus
- $20 Replit Core
- $20 Devin Desktop Pro
- $25 Bolt Pro
Middle
$26 to $60 · 4 plans- $30 Cursor Premium
- $39 Copilot Pro+
- $40 Kiro Pro+
- $40 OpenCode Go Go Plus
Heavy use
$61 to $150 · 7 plans- $99.99 Google AI Ultra 5x
- $100 Claude Code Max 5x
- $100 Cursor Super
- $100 Copilot Max
- $100 Kiro Pro Max
- $100 Codex Pro 100
- $100 Replit Pro
All in
$151 to $250 · 6 plans- $199.99 Google AI Ultra 20x
- $200 Claude Code Max 20x
- $200 Cursor Ultra
- $200 Kiro Power
- $200 Codex Pro 200
- $200 Devin Desktop Max
Top shelf
over $250 · 1 plan- $500 Codex Pro 500
43 current individual plans across 13 tools. Legacy plans that new customers can't buy are left out.
The $20 club, side by side
Most tools park their main plan here, so this is where the real comparison happens. Same-ish price, very different allowances.
Annual vs monthly billing
Only 7 plans in our data publish an annual price. The rest are monthly, or the vendor page doesn't show an annual rate.
| Plan | Monthly | Annual, per month | You save | Vendor note | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cursor Plus | $6.67 | 17% | $80/yr billed annually | source | |
| Claude Code Pro | $17 | 15% | $17/mo billed annually ($200/yr) | source | |
| Replit Core | $18 | 10% | per vendor pricing page | source | |
| Cursor Premium | $25 | 17% | $300/yr billed annually | source | |
| Cursor Super | $83.33 | 17% | $1,000/yr billed annually | source | |
| Replit Pro | $90 | 10% | per vendor pricing page | source | |
| Cursor Ultra | $166.67 | 17% | $2,000/yr billed annually | source |
Monthly only: Claude Code Max 5x, Claude Code Max 20x can't be billed annually, so there's no discount to chase there.
What the money buys: usage limits
The sticker price is half the story. How a plan meters you decides whether you hit a wall on day three or never notice.
- Cursor: Shared AI usage pool across Cursor and Grok; allowance refreshes weekly; third-party models billed separately at API list price; top-offs available.
- Claude Code: Rolling 5-hour session window plus weekly limits on paid plans; Claude Code shares the pool with Claude chat; no fixed message count published; optional usage credits at API rates.
- OpenAI Codex: Included in ChatGPT plans. Plus: estimated local messages per 5-hour window (e.g. GPT-6.1 Sol 15-160, GPT-6 Astra 5-45), weekly limits may apply. Pro: no 5-hour limit currently. Credits extend usage.
- GitHub Copilot: Monthly GitHub AI Credits (1 credit = $0.01) = base + variable flex allotment; resets monthly; completions unlimited on paid plans; overage at $0.01/credit with a budget.
- Windsurf (now Devin Desktop): Quota allowance refreshing daily and weekly; extra usage at API pricing. windsurf.com/pricing now redirects to devin.ai/pricing (checked 2026-10-14 18:15 CT).
- Google AI (Jules, Antigravity, Gemini Code Assist): Consumer Google AI plans set tiered limits (Limited/Expanded/Higher/Highest) for Jules tasks and Antigravity agent requests; exact numbers not published. Gemini Code Assist Standard/Enterprise are per-user business licenses.
- Kiro: Monthly credits that reset each billing month (no rollover); a credit is a unit of work and models consume credits at different rates; add-on credits $0.04 each.
- Zed: Pro includes $5 of hosted-model tokens a month, then usage billing at API list price +10%; Personal is free with your own API keys or external agents.
- OpenCode Go: Per-model estimated requests per 5 hours plus a monthly usage cap; top-ups available.
- Amp: Plans pay for hosted runner (orb) minutes; model tokens come from your own ChatGPT/Claude subscriptions or API keys with no Amp token fees.
- Cline: No subscription: the open-source extension is free and you pay model providers directly (BYOK) or buy inference credits at cost.
- Replit: Starter gets daily Agent credits up to a monthly cap; paid plans include monthly credits toward models, then pay-as-you-go.
- Bolt: Monthly token allowance; free plan also has a daily cap; paid tokens roll over for one extra month.
Every current plan, cheapest first
| Tool | Plan | Price | Usage / limits | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amp | Hobby | $0 | Pay-as-you-go orbs or your own runners; bring your own keys/subscriptions | source |
| Bolt | Free | $0 | 300K tokens/day, 1M tokens/month | source |
| Claude Code | Free | $0 | No Claude Code | source |
| Cline | Open Source | $0 | Free; pay only for model inference (your keys or Cline credits at cost) | source |
| Cursor | Free | $0 | Limited agent and chat requests | source |
| GitHub Copilot | Free | $0 | FAQ: 2,000 completions + 50 chat requests/month | source |
| Kiro | Free | $0 | 50 credits; open-weight models and Claude Sonnet 4.5 with rate limits | source |
| OpenAI Codex | Free | $0 | Limited Codex | source |
| Replit | Starter | $0 | Daily Agent credits up to a monthly cap; Lite build only; 1 published app | source |
| Windsurf (now Devin Desktop) | Free | $0 | Light agent quota, limited models, unlimited Tab | source |
| Zed | Personal | $0 | Unlimited use with your own API keys or external agents (Claude Agent, Codex CLI) | source |
| Google AI (Jules, Antigravity, Gemini Code Assist) | Google AI Plus | $4.99/mo | Limited Jules tasks and Antigravity agent requests | source |
| Cursor | Plus | $8/mo $6.67/mo annual | Basic shared pool; Grok models only | source |
| OpenAI Codex | Go | $8/mo | Limited Codex; may include ads | source |
| GitHub Copilot | Pro | $10/mo | $15/mo of AI credits ($10 base + $5 flex); unlimited completions | source |
| OpenCode Go | Go | $10/mo | Open-source and low-cost models; per-model 5-hour request estimates and monthly caps | source |
| Zed | Pro | $10/mo | Unlimited edit predictions; $5 of tokens included; then API list price +10% | source |
| Google AI (Jules, Antigravity, Gemini Code Assist) | Google AI Pro | $19.99/mo | Expanded Jules and Antigravity limits; $10/mo Google Cloud credits | source |
| Amp | Individual | $20/mo | 45,000 orb minutes; bring your own keys/subscriptions | source |
| Claude Code | Pro | $20/mo $17/mo annual | At least 5x Free per 5-hour session; exact tokens unknown 5× Free | source |
| Kiro | Pro | $20/mo | Monthly credits; premium models incl. Claude Opus 5; add-on credits $0.04 | source |
| OpenAI Codex | Plus | $20/mo | Expanded Codex; 5-hour message estimates by model | source |
| Replit | Core | $20/mo $18/mo annual | $20 toward more powerful models; up to 30 hours of chat on Free Mode; $18/mo billed annually | source |
| Windsurf (now Devin Desktop) | Pro | $20/mo | Increased quotas, all frontier models; exact quota unknown | source |
| Bolt | Pro | $25/mo | Starts at 10M tokens/month; no daily limit; unused tokens roll over | source |
| Cursor | Premium | $30/mo $25/mo annual | 4x Plus; third-party models at API list price; cloud agents 4× Plus | source |
| GitHub Copilot | Pro+ | $39/mo | $70/mo of AI credits ($39 base + $31 flex) | source |
| Kiro | Pro+ | $40/mo | More monthly credits than Pro | source |
| OpenCode Go | Go Plus | $40/mo | Higher 5-hour and monthly limits than Go | source |
| Google AI (Jules, Antigravity, Gemini Code Assist) | Google AI Ultra 5x | $99.99/mo | 5x Pro plan; higher Jules and Antigravity limits; $40/mo Cloud credits 5× Pro | source |
| Claude Code | Max 5x | $100/mo | 5x Pro per 5-hour session; weekly limit; $100/mo API credits; monthly billing only 5× Pro | source |
| Cursor | Super | $100/mo $83.33/mo annual | 15x Plus; priority access at peak 15× Plus | source |
| GitHub Copilot | Max | $100/mo | $200/mo total AI credits ($100 base; flex amount not shown) | source |
| Kiro | Pro Max | $100/mo | More monthly credits than Pro+ | source |
| OpenAI Codex | Pro 100 | $100/mo | No 5-hour limit currently; exact allowance unknown | source |
| Replit | Pro | $100/mo $90/mo annual | $100 toward most powerful models; up to 15 collaborators; $90/mo billed annually | source |
| Google AI (Jules, Antigravity, Gemini Code Assist) | Google AI Ultra 20x | $199.99/mo | 20x Pro plan; highest Jules and Antigravity limits; $100/mo Cloud credits 20× Pro | source |
| Claude Code | Max 20x | $200/mo | 20x Pro per 5-hour session; weekly limit; $200/mo API credits; monthly billing only 20× Pro | source |
| Cursor | Ultra | $200/mo $166.67/mo annual | 50x Plus 50× Plus | source |
| Kiro | Power | $200/mo | Highest monthly credits | source |
| OpenAI Codex | Pro 200 | $200/mo | More than Pro 100; new subs get lower allowance than before (grandfathering to 2026-10-29) | source |
| Windsurf (now Devin Desktop) | Max | $200/mo | Significantly higher quotas; exact quota unknown | source |
| OpenAI Codex | Pro 500 | $500/mo | Highest allowance; Ultrafast mode | source |
FAQ
What is the cheapest paid AI coding plan?
Google AI (Jules, Antigravity, Gemini Code Assist) Google AI Plus at $4.99/mo (Limited Jules tasks and Antigravity agent requests). Verified 2026-10-14.
How much does a typical AI coding plan cost per month?
Most main plans cost $15 to $25 a month: Google AI Pro $19.99, Claude Code Pro $20, Codex Plus $20, Devin Desktop Pro $20, Kiro Pro $20, Amp Individual $20, Replit Core $20, Bolt Pro $25.
Is annual billing cheaper?
Where the vendor offers it, yes: Cursor Plus is $6.67/mo annual vs $8 monthly; Cursor Premium is $25/mo annual vs $30 monthly; Cursor Super is $83.33/mo annual vs $100 monthly; Cursor Ultra is $166.67/mo annual vs $200 monthly; Claude Code Pro is $17/mo annual vs $20 monthly; Replit Core is $18/mo annual vs $20 monthly; Replit Pro is $90/mo annual vs $100 monthly.
Which plans have no annual option?
Claude Code Max 5x, Claude Code Max 20x are billed monthly only, per the vendor.
What does the most expensive plan cost?
OpenAI Codex Pro 500 at $500/mo.
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