Blackbox AI vs Codeium vs GitHub Copilot

A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.

	Blackbox AI Multi-model coding agent that also copies code out of videos. Visit	Codeium Free autocomplete veteran, now Devin Desktop under Cognition Visit	GitHub Copilot The most widely adopted AI pair programmer, native to GitHub Visit
RECATOOLS Score	6 / 10	7.5 / 10	8.3 / 10
Capability	6	7	8
Value for money	7	9	8
Ease of use	7	8	9
ASEAN readiness	6	6	7
API quality	5	6	7
Pricing	Freemium	Freemium	Freemium
Free tier	Free code completions and limited searches	Unlimited completions and chat for individual developers	Free plan open to all GitHub users (not just students/OSS maintainers)
Paid from	$9.99/month (Pro)	$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	10m+ developers	500k+ developers	4.7m+ paid subscribers
Founded	2021	2021	2021
Maker	Ahmad Al-Masri, Andrew Tan	Varun Mohan, Douglas Chen	Microsoft
Verdict	Blackbox AI is a coding assistant built around access to 300+ AI models through a "Chairman" routing layer that dispatches a task to several models and picks the best output, plus an autonomous CyberCoder agent for multi...	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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