Claude Code
Anthropic's terminal-first agent, with IDE, web and GitHub Action surfaces.
Overall in coding agents
3of 17 · score 80.9
Data coverage
100%
26 of 26 fields sourced
Best for
- •Terminal-native teams who want subagents and hooks without building them
- •Repos where an OS sandbox is a hard requirement for unattended runs
- •Anyone already paying for Max who wants the subscription to cover agent use
Strong on
- +Permissions allowlist + OS sandbox 1/17
- +Opens PRs Yes 1/16
- +Background agents Yes 1/16
- +Subagents Yes 1/16
- +Where it stops 4 1/15
- +GitHub stars 155,000 1/11
Weak on
- −Licence proprietary 11/16Better: Codex CLI: Apache-2.0
- −Local models No 12/17Better: Codex CLI: Yes
- −Entry price $20/seat/mo 13/16Better: Gemini CLI: $0/seat/mo
- −Terminal-Bench 51.8% 4/5Better: Codex CLI: 62.9%
vs GitHub Copilot (Agent HQ)
- •Ahead on BYOK: Yes vs Partial
- •Ahead on Subagents: Yes vs Partial
- •Behind on Repo indexing: agentic grep vs hybrid index + agentic
- •Behind on Token markup: No vs Partial
How Claude Code scores among 17 coding agents26 of 26 fields known
Features8
Surface2nd
CLI, IDE extension, web, GitHub-native
2/17
Leader: GitHub Copilot (Agent HQ) · GitHub-native, IDE extension, CLI, web, cloud delegate
docs.claude.com · 2026-01-15
Default model
Latest Claude Opus/Sonnet, switchable with /model
Model breadth
one vendor + custom endpoint
12/17
Leader: opencode · any provider / router
Repo indexing
agentic grep
9/16
Leader: Devin · hybrid index + agentic
Plan mode1st
Yes
1/17
· 2026-01-15
Checkpoint & undo1st
Yes
1/16
Local models
No
12/17
Leader: Codex CLI · Yes
Agentic7
Where it stops1st
4
1/15
Governance & control3
BYOK1st
Yes
1/17
Licence
proprietary
11/16
Leader: Codex CLI · Apache-2.0
· 2026-01-15
Pricing3
Pricing model
subscription + token overage
9/16
Leader: opencode · BYOK tokens only
anthropic.com · 2026-01-15
Token markup
No
5/16
Leader: Windsurf · Yes
Traction3
Positioning1
Timeline1
First release
2025-02-24
Alternatives8
Aider
Amp
Cline
Codex CLI
Cursor
Devin
DIY harness
Gemini CLICompare
Sources15
- www.anthropic.com/claude/opus2 fields
- docs.claude.com/en/docs/claude-code/overview1 field
- docs.claude.com/en/docs/claude-code/third-party-integrations1 field
- docs.claude.com/en/docs/claude-code/sdk1 field
- docs.claude.com/en/docs/claude-code/mcp1 field
- docs.claude.com/en/docs/claude-code/sub-agents1 field
- code.claude.com/docs/en/hooks1 field
- docs.claude.com/en/docs/claude-code/slash-commands1 field
- code.claude.com/docs/en/claude-code-on-the-web1 field
- code.claude.com/docs/en/github-actions1 field
- docs.claude.com/en/docs/claude-code/iam1 field
- www.anthropic.com/pricing1 field
- claude.com/pricing1 field
- api.github.com/repos/anthropics/claude-code1 field
- claude.com/product/claude-code1 field
