Codeium vs Amazon CodeWhisperer vs GitHub Copilot vs Tabnine
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Codeium
Free autocomplete veteran, now Devin Desktop under Cognition
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Amazon CodeWhisperer
Rebranded as Amazon Q Developer in 2024 — same tool, new name.
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GitHub Copilot
The most widely adopted AI pair programmer, native to GitHub
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Tabnine
AI code completion with privacy-first deployment options
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| RECATOOLS Score | 7.5 / 10 | 6.8 / 10 | 8.3 / 10 | 7.4 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium | Freemium | Paid |
| Free tier | Unlimited completions and chat for individual developers | Unlimited code completions for individual developers | Free plan open to all GitHub users (not just students/OSS maintainers) | — |
| Paid from | $12/user/month (Teams) | $19/user/month (Professional) | Pro $10/mo, Pro+ $39/mo, Max $100/mo, Business $19/user/mo, Enterprise $39/user/mo | Code Assistant $39/user/mo; Agentic Platform $59/user/mo (annual-billing only) |
| Has API | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Users | 500k+ developers | 1m+ developers | 4.7m+ paid subscribers | 1m+ developers |
| Founded | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | 2018 |
| Maker | Varun Mohan, Douglas Chen | Amazon | Microsoft | Dror Weiss, Eran Yahav |
| Verdict | 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... |
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... |
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... |
Tabnine's bet is now explicit: enterprise privacy or nothing. Free and individual plans died in April 2025, entry is $39 per user per month on annual-only billing, and the March 2026 Context Engine launch cemented the en... |
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Comparisons cover up to 4 tools. Scores are RECATOOLS editorial assessments; verify current pricing on each vendor's site.