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Cursor vs Refraction AI vs Cody

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

	Cursor	Refraction AI	Cody
What it is	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…	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 · $20/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	4.8 from 4,500 reviews	Not yet rated	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	—	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	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	Best-in-class at "where does this happen" questions Scales to very large codebases Model choice avoids lock-in
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	Requires indexing to be useful Generation quality trails dedicated editors Enterprise pricing climbs quickly

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