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Builder.io vs Refraction AI vs Cody

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

	Builder.io	Refraction AI	Cody
What it is	One codebase for engineers, designers, PMs, and marketers. Everyone works from one source of truth, on brand and in code, with no handoffs to clean up.	Refactor code, generate documentation, create unit tests and more. Simply paste a block of code, choose your language or framework, then hit "Generate" to…	A coding assistant grounded in Sourcegraph’s code search, so it answers from your whole codebase rather than the open tab.
Category	Code Assistant	Code Assistant	Code Assistant
Pricing	Freemium · $24 - $40/mo	Paid · $8/mo	Freemium · Free · Pro $9/mo · Enterprise from $19/user/mo
How it bills	Flat monthly	Flat monthly	Per seat
Free tier	Yes	No	Yes
Rating	Not yet rated	Not yet rated	Not yet rated
Features	—	—	Answers grounded in indexed repositories Cites the files it drew from Choice of underlying model VS Code, JetBrains and web Self-hosted option for enterprises
What works	Has a free tier, so it can be tried before paying Publishes its price openly — $24 - $40/mo Sits in Code Assistant, one of the better-covered categories here — easy to compare	Publishes its price openly — $8/mo Sits in Code Assistant, one of the better-covered categories here — easy to compare	Best-in-class at "where does this happen" questions Scales to very large codebases Model choice avoids lock-in
What does not	97 other tools in this catalogue claim to do the same job	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	Requires indexing to be useful Generation quality trails dedicated editors Enterprise pricing climbs quickly

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