Agentic coding assistant that lives in the terminal, understands entire codebases, and executes engineering tasks via natural language commands
Claude Code is an agentic coding assistant that lives in the terminal, understands entire codebases, and executes engineering tasks via natural language commands. Developed by Anthropic, it integrates with local developer tools and model APIs, asks permission before changing files or running commands, and supports VS Code, JetBrains IDEs, GitHub Actions, and the Claude desktop app.
Claude Code targets software developers and engineering teams. It was released as a research preview in February 2025 and became generally available in May 2025.
| Attribute | Claude Code | Agent | AI Code Editor | Blitzy Platform | Cline CLI, Cline Coding Agent, Cline Enterprise, Cline for JetBrains, Cline VS Code Extension | CodeGPT AI Agents | Codex | Devin, Devin CLI, Devin Desktop | Droid | Frontier Open-Weight Language Models | Gemini CLI, Gemini Code Assist, Google Antigravity, Google Gemini | GitHub Copilot | GLM Coding Plan | Junie | Mistral Vibe | OpenCode, OpenCode Go | Qodo CLI | Sourcegraph Amp | stagewise Agentic IDE | |
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| Founded | 2021 | 2022 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2023 | 2015 | 2023 | 2023 | 2024 | 1998 | 2008 | 2019 | 2000 | 2023 | 2017 | 2022 | 2025 | 2024 | |
| Sells To | Enterprises | — | Enterprise, Enterprises | Enterprises | Enterprises, Individuals | Enterprise, Small Business | Enterprises, Individuals | Enterprises | Enterprise | B2B, Enterprise, Government | Consumers, Enterprise | Enterprise | Enterprise | Developers | Enterprises | Enterprise, Small Business | Enterprises | — | Developers | |
| Pricing Model | Recurring, Usage-based | — | Recurring, Software, Subscription | Subscription | Recurring Subscription, Recurring Usage-Based | Recurring, Usage-based | Subscription, Usage-based | — | Recurring | B2B | Advertising, Recurring, Transactional | Recurring, Software, Usage-based | Usage-based | Subscription | Subscription, Usage-based | Recurring, Software, Usage-based | Subscription | — | B2B Subscription | |
| Ownership | Venture Capital | — | Private | Private | Open-Source, Private | Venture Capital | Private, Public Benefit Corporation | Private | Venture Capital | Private | Public | Acquired, Equity, Venture Capital | Public | Private | Private | Private, Venture Capital | Private | — | — |
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Founded 2021
Sells To Enterprises
Pricing Model Recurring, Usage-based
Ownership Venture Capital
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Founded 2022
Sells To —
Pricing Model —
Ownership —
Provider
Founded 2022
Sells To Enterprise, Enterprises
Pricing Model Recurring, Software, Subscription
Ownership Private
Provider
Founded 2023
Sells To Enterprises
Pricing Model Subscription
Ownership Private
Provider
Founded 2024
Sells To Enterprises, Individuals
Pricing Model Recurring Subscription, Recurring Usage-Based
Ownership Open-Source, Private
