#11 in Code AssistantsUpdated 2026-08

Cody

by Cody · AI coding assistant with context from local and remote codebases

60.4 — BenchRank score out of 100

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Overview

Cody is an AI coding assistant for VS Code, JetBrains, Visual Studio, the Sourcegraph web app and the command line. It uses Sourcegraph's Search API to pull context from local and remote codebases for chat, code completions, auto-edit suggestions, debugging and saved prompts. It is supported on Sourcegraph Enterprise and connects to code hosts such as GitHub and GitLab.

Best for: Enterprise engineering teams wanting an in-IDE AI assistant with context from their whole codebase
Pricing: No price is published for Cody on its own; it is supported on Sourcegraph Enterprise, which is listed as starting at $16K and sold through contact sales.
Runs on: Self-hostedCLI

Strengths and trade-offs

Strengths

Works in VS Code, JetBrains, Visual Studio, web and CLI
Pulls context from local and remote repos via Sourcegraph Search API
Context Filters exclude chosen repos from chat and autocomplete
Chat, auto-edit and reusable custom prompts in one assistant

Trade-offs

Enterprise-only: no free or self-serve tier shown in the text
Sourcegraph Enterprise starts at $16K, quoted only via contact sales
Visual Studio extension is marked experimental
Sourcegraph collects prompts and responses to provide the service

Pricing

Published plans from Cody’s own pricing page, in USD. Usage charges and add-ons may apply on top.

Cody pricing tiers, monthly rates in USD
Plan	Monthly	Includes
Enterprise plan	Contact sales	Starting at $16K, scales with team size Includes credits for AI features, pooled org-wide Search, Deep Search, Batch Changes, Insights, Monitoring Single-tenant cloud or self-hosted, 24×5 support

How this score is made up

Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.

MCP support: 60 out of 100
API quality: 40 out of 100
Documentation: 60 out of 100
Agent friendliness: 67 out of 100
Pricing transparency: 100 out of 100
Changelog: 40 out of 100
Marketing site structure: 75 out of 100
Operational trust: 40 out of 100

Measured, but not part of the score

Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.

Openness: 55 out of 100
Maintenance: 100 out of 100

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