Best JetBrains AI Assistant Alternatives in 2026

30 AI tools that can replace JetBrains AI Assistant, ranked by how much of what JetBrains AI Assistant does they cover. The percentage is a match score, not a popularity score.

Replacing: JetBrains AI Assistant — JetBrains AI Assistant brings AI chat, coding agents and code completion directly into JetInput: text, code · Output: code
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Your AI pair programmer that actually knows the codebase
Input: text, code · Output: code
Free planFrom $4/mo
AI Coding Assistant
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Code completion faster than typing
Input: code · Output: code
Free planFrom $10/mo
AI Coding Assistant
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Windsurf, which now appears on the web as Devin Desktop, is a desktop code editor that doubles as a control room for coding agents.
Input: text, code · Output: code
Free planFrom $20/moAPITeams
AI Coding Assistant
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AI pair programming in your terminal
Input: text, images, audio, code, web pages · Output: code
Free plan
AI Coding Assistant
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Verdent AI operates as a multi-agent coding system where several AI assistants work in parallel rather than sequentially
Input: text, code · Output: code, apps
Free planFrom $5/mo
AI Coding Assistant

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At a glance: top JetBrains AI Assistant alternatives

ToolMatchInputOutputPricingFree planRatingCategory
GitHub Copilot 89% text, code code From $4/mo Yes — AI Coding Assistant
Supermaven 91% code code From $10/mo Yes — AI Coding Assistant
Windsurf 91% text, code code From $20/mo Yes — AI Coding Assistant
Aider 89% text, images, audio, code, web pages code Free Yes — AI Coding Assistant
Verdent AI 88% text, code code, apps From $5/mo Yes — AI Coding Assistant
Cursor 87% text, code code From $20/mo Yes — AI Coding Assistant

Frequently asked

What is the best JetBrains AI Assistant alternative?
GitHub Copilot (89% match) is the closest alternative to JetBrains AI Assistant: Your AI pair programmer that actually knows the codebase. Supermaven (91% match) and Windsurf (91% match) come next.
Is there a free alternative to JetBrains AI Assistant?
Yes. 28 of the 30 ranked alternatives have a free plan or free tier, including GitHub Copilot, Supermaven, Windsurf.
How is the match percentage calculated?
It measures how much of JetBrains AI Assistant's job a tool can take over: shared core category, how many of the same use cases it covers and how similar its feature set is. Popularity and ratings never change the percentage; they only break ties in the order. Lists are recomputed nightly and reviewed by editors for the most-visited tools.

How this list is ranked

The match score measures how much of JetBrains AI Assistant's job each tool can take over: shared core category, how many of the same use cases it covers, and how similar its feature set is. Popularity and ratings do not change the score; they only break ties in the order.

Lists are recomputed nightly from the live catalog and reviewed by our editors for the most-visited tools. Sponsored placements are marked and sit outside the ranking.