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💻 Best free AI for coding

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Best free pick

GitHub Copilot

$0 Free plan

Upgrade when: Pro is $10/month; verified students can get Copilot through GitHub Education.

Checked 2026-10-16

All free options

Tool	What's free	When to upgrade	Deals
Claude checked 2026-10-16	$0, free for everyone Chat on web, desktop and mobile Search the web, create files, and run code	Pro is $20/month billed monthly ($17/month billed annually) and adds more usage plus Claude Code. Upgrade when you hit the free usage cap mid-task.	1 live
GitHub Copilot checked 2026-10-16	$0 Free plan Limited chat and agent usage Free plan supports CLI and agent mode	Pro is $10/month; verified students can get Copilot through GitHub Education.	2 live
Windsurf checked 2026-10-16	$0 Light quota to code with agents Limited model availability	Pro is $20/month for frontier models and higher quotas.	2 live
Lovable checked 2026-10-16	Daily grant of 5 build credits (up to 30 a month) Monthly grant of 20 Cloud credits 4 credits for AI features in your apps	Upgrade when 30 build credits/month isn't enough to finish your app.	1 live
Bolt checked 2026-10-16	300K tokens daily limit 1M tokens per month Public and private projects	Pro is $25/month: no daily token limit, 10M+ tokens/month, no Bolt branding.	2 live
v0 by Vercel checked 2026-10-16	$0/month 7 message/day limit Deploy apps to Vercel	Plus is $30/user/month with $30 monthly credits plus $2 free daily credits.	1 live