Tools · Comparison

Build This Now vs Cursor vs Refraction AI

All three are code assistant tools. Here is what separates them.

	Build This Now	Cursor	Refraction AI
What it is	AI orchestration framework for Claude Code. Describe your idea, skip the code, ship the product. Hooks, skills, and 12 specialist agents. One-time $29.	AI-first code editor built for speed with intelligent auto-completion and codebase understanding.	Refactor code, generate documentation, create unit tests and more. Simply paste a block of code, choose your language or framework, then hit "Generate" to…
Category	Code Assistant	Code Assistant	Code Assistant
Pricing	Paid	Freemium · $20/mo	Paid · $8/mo
How it bills	Not published	Flat monthly	Flat monthly
Free tier	No	Yes	No
Rating	Not yet rated	4.8 from 4,500 reviews	Not yet rated
Features	—	AI-native editor Codebase understanding Multi-file editing (Composer) Inline generation (Cmd+K) Multiple AI models Tab completion Bug detection Natural language editing	—
What works	—	Best AI code editor Understands full codebase VS Code compatibility Multiple model support Incredibly fast	Publishes its price openly — $8/mo Sits in Code Assistant, one of the better-covered categories here — easy to compare
What does not	—	Subscription required for full features Can be resource-intensive Newer with some bugs Limited free completions	No free tier — it has to be paid for before it can be tried 97 other tools in this catalogue claim to do the same job 45 tools in the same category have a free tier