Builder: ship agents with code, sdks or local models
Coding agents, agent SDKs, tool connections and local model runtimes, compared on the same facts so you can pick a stack and ship.
Your path, step by step
The pick from each frontier lab
OpenAI Codex
Choose it if: People who already pay for ChatGPT
Included in ChatGPT Free and Go (limited trial access), Plus, Pro, Business and Enterprise. Pro comes in $100 and $200 tiers, and Business in $20 and $100 tiers, per OpenAI's Codex pricing page. Usage per 5-hour window depends on the model. You can also pay through an API key.
Claude Code
Choose it if: Developers who live in the terminal
Included with Claude Pro ($20/mo, or $17/mo billed annually) and Max (from $100/mo), and shares the plan's usage limits. Team Standard seats are $20/seat/mo annually ($25 monthly). You can also pay per token through the API.
Gemini CLI & Jules
Choose it if: A free, capable terminal agent
Gemini CLI is free with a Google account: up to 1,000 requests a day (Google AI Pro 1,500, Ultra 2,000). Jules allows 15 tasks a day free, 100 on Pro and 300 on Ultra. Google AI Pro is $19.99/mo.
Grok Build
Choose it if: Grok subscribers who want a terminal agent
Grok Build in the Grok apps is on every plan, per xAI (Aug 19, 2026). Grok plans are sold as The X Subscription: Free; Plus $8/mo; Premium $30/mo; Super $100/mo; Ultra $200/mo.
GitHub Copilot
Choose it if: Teams whose code already lives on GitHub
Free $0 (limited chat and agent use); Pro $10/mo; Pro+ $39/mo; Max $100/mo; Business $19/seat/mo; Enterprise $39/seat/mo. Chat, agents, code review and CLI use GitHub AI Credits (1 credit = $0.01), and each plan includes a monthly allowance. Code completions don't use credits on paid plans.
Independent options worth a look
Cursor
Choose it if: Developers who want AI inside their editor
Free; Plus $8/mo; Premium $30/mo; Super $100/mo; Ultra $200/mo; Teams $30, $100 or $200 per seat. Legacy Pro ($20) plans continue for existing subscribers.
n8n
Choose it if: Ops teams that want control and self-hosting
Self-hosted Community Edition free. Cloud plans priced by workflow executions; see the official pricing page.
Ollama
Choose it if: Powering VS Code, Continue, OpenClaw and Hermes with local models
Free for local models. Optional cloud plans: $20/mo (or $200/yr) and $100/mo, for Ollama-hosted models.
Jev
Choose it if: Routing requests to the right handler, whether code, a specialist LLM or a human
$0.042 per million input tokens ($42 per billion). Output tokens are free. Jev 1.14 and 1.13 are priced the same. Rate limits are set per organization; higher limits on custom and enterprise plans.
Advanced recipes with multiple integrations
Social posts for several platforms from one idea
Turns one idea into platform-specific drafts (LinkedIn, Facebook, X), emails you the set for approval, and publishes only what you approve.
For marketers & creators
Support inbox drafts with model fallback
Drafts replies to support email using your knowledge sheet, tries Gemini first and falls back to another model if needed, and leaves every reply as a draft for you to send.
For customer success teams
Second brain over your Gmail and Calendar
Runs a coding agent inside a dedicated folder with Google's official Workspace command-line tool, so it can read your mail, calendar and files and keep organized notes about them.
For individuals & families
Runs on its own each day Β· read-only access Β· asks before acting
Email Scam Filter
Scans your Gmail every morning in read-only mode for phishing, fake invoices, blackmail, fake prize offers, impostor IT alerts, and other known or emerging scams.
For individuals & families
Runs on its own every morning Β· read-only access
Bookmark-to-Demo Builder
Turns your interesting X Bookmarks into working demos.
For busy professionals
Runs on its own each morning
n8n Master
Dedicateds Grok Bot for @n8n_io β live docs, workflow skills, and instance control over HTTP MCP (canary-first).
For founders & operators