Amazon CodeWhisperer vs CodeGeeX vs Codeium vs GitHub Copilot
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Amazon CodeWhisperer
Rebranded as Amazon Q Developer in 2024 — same tool, new name.
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CodeGeeX
Zhipu AI's free Copilot alternative, big in China's dev scene
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Codeium
Free autocomplete veteran, now Devin Desktop under Cognition
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GitHub Copilot
The most widely adopted AI pair programmer, native to GitHub
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| RECATOOLS Score | 6.8 / 10 | 6.4 / 10 | 7.5 / 10 | 8.3 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium | Freemium | Freemium |
| Free tier | Unlimited code completions for individual developers | Free individual use | Unlimited completions and chat for individual developers | Free plan open to all GitHub users (not just students/OSS maintainers) |
| Paid from | $19/user/month (Professional) | — | $12/user/month (Teams) | Pro $10/mo, Pro+ $39/mo, Max $100/mo, Business $19/user/mo, Enterprise $39/user/mo |
| Has API | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Users | 1m+ developers | 500k+ developers | 500k+ developers | 4.7m+ paid subscribers |
| Founded | 2022 | 2022 | 2021 | 2021 |
| Maker | Amazon | Zhipu AI | Varun Mohan, Douglas Chen | Microsoft |
| Verdict | CodeWhisperer stopped existing as a standalone product in April 2024, folded into Amazon Q Developer alongside Q Business. Readers searching for CodeWhisperer today land on the Q Developer page — same free individual tie... |
Free with no usage caps is CodeGeeX's whole argument, and it's a decent one: completion, code translation and in-IDE chat via VS Code (1.1M+ installs) and JetBrains plugins, running on the open-sourced CodeGeeX4-ALL-9B m... |
The product formerly known as Codeium now lives two rebrands away: Windsurf, then Devin Desktop under Cognition since June 2026. The free plugin line survives — unlimited tab completions and chat across VS Code, JetBrain... |
For teams already on GitHub, Copilot remains the lowest-friction AI coding assistant: inline completions, chat, multi-file edits and an agent mode, native in VS Code, JetBrains and GitHub itself, with a choice of GPT, Cl... |
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Comparisons cover up to 4 tools. Scores are RECATOOLS editorial assessments; verify current pricing on each vendor's site.