AI Coding Agents arenaAI Coding Agents
AI-powered coding assistants and autonomous agents, judged on code generation quality, codebase understanding, autonomy, IDE/terminal integration, and safety of unsupervised changes.
74 user stories · 962 judged cells · updated 2026-09-16 · Evidence as of 2026-09-16
Leaderboard — every product ranked by evidenceLeaderboard
Best by user type — persona-weighted winnersBest by user type
Per persona, the product with the highest persona-weighted coverage over just that persona's stories — not the same ranking as the overall PA Score leaderboard above.
Best for engineering-lead
GitHub Copilot
55/100
Runner-up:
Claude Code (50/100)
8 engineering-lead stories scored
Story matrix — every product × every judged storyStory matrix
Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness
Agent access
| Story | Persona | Aider | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productPoint an agent at llms.txt or agent-oriented docs | ai-native | partialT 4/10 | partialT 5/10 | none 0/10 | partialT 6/10 | none 0/10 | partialT 4/10 | fullT 9/10 | none 0/10 | partialT 6/10 | fullT 9/10 | fullT 9/10 | fullT 8/10 | fullT 9/10 |
| Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productRun the product headlessly / in CI for automation | ai-native | fullC 8/10 | fullC 9/10 | partialT 6/10 | partialT 7/10 | fullC 9/10 | fullT 9/10 | fullC 8/10 | fullX 8/10 | fullC 9/10 | partialT 6/10 | fullC 7/10 | none 0/10 | partialT 6/10 |
| Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productPlug MCP servers into this product so it can use their tools | ai-native | fullC 9/10 | fullC 9/10 | fullC 8/10 | fullC 9/10 | fullC 8/10 | fullC 9/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | fullC 9/10 | none 0/10 | fullC 8/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 |
| Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productConnect an agent via an official MCP server | ai-native | partialC 5/10 | fullC 9/10 | n/a | fullC 7/10 | n/a | n/a | fullT 8/10 | none 0/10 | n/a | fullT 8/10 | n/a | n/a | fullT 8/10 |
| Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productUse an official CLI | ai-native | fullT 9/10 | fullT 9/10 | fullT 8/10 | fullT 8/10 | fullT 9/10 | fullT 9/10 | fullT 8/10 | fullT 9/10 | fullT 9/10 | fullT 8/10 | fullT 8/10 | fullT 8/10 | none 0/10 |
| Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productDrive the product through a documented public API | ai-native | partialX 5/10 | fullC 8/10 | partialT 3/10 | partialT 3/10 | partialT 5/10 | fullT 8/10 | fullT 8/10 | partialT 6/10 | partialT 6/10 | partialT 6/10 | partialT 6/10 | none 0/10 | fullT 7/10 |
| Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productIssue scoped/least-privilege API credentials for an agent | ai-native | partialC 5/10 | partialC 4/10 | none 0/10 | partialC 3/10 | none 0/10 | partialC 3/10 | none 0/10 | n/a | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | disputedD 4/10 | none 0/10 | partialX 4/10 |
| Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productBuild against official SDKs | ai-native | partialX 6/10 | fullC 8/10 | none 0/10 | partialC 4/10 | none 0/10 | fullT 8/10 | partialT 4/10 | partialC 5/10 | partialT 3/10 | none 0/10 | fullT 7/10 | none 0/10 | partialT 5/10 |
| Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productSubscribe to events via webhooks | ai-native | none 0/10 | partialC 4/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | n/a | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | n/a | none 0/10 |
Agentic features
| Story | Persona | Aider | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productGet AI-generated insights and suggestions from my data inside the product | ai-native | partialC 6/10 | fullC 7/10 | fullC 7/10 | fullX 8/10 | disputedD 5/10 | fullX 7/10 | fullC 7/10 | fullX 7/10 | partialC 5/10 | partialX 6/10 | partialX 6/10 | partialX 4/10 | partialC 4/10 |
| Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productSet up automations that run autonomously in the background | ai-native | fullC 7/10 | fullC 8/10 | fullC 8/10 | fullC 8/10 | partialX 6/10 | partialX 6/10 | fullC 8/10 | partialX 4/10 | fullC 8/10 | fullC 8/10 | fullC 8/10 | partialC 5/10 | fullC 7/10 |
| Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productDelegate tasks to a built-in AI assistant inside the product | ai-native | fullC 8/10 | fullX 8/10 | fullC 9/10 | fullX 9/10 | disputedD 5/10 | fullX 9/10 | partialX 6/10 | fullX 9/10 | fullX 9/10 | fullC 7/10 | fullX 8/10 | fullX 7/10 | fullX 8/10 |
| Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productOperate the product with natural-language commands | ai-native | fullX 8/10 | fullC 8/10 | fullC 8/10 | fullX 8/10 | disputedD 5/10 | fullX 9/10 | fullX 8/10 | fullX 8/10 | fullX 9/10 | fullC 7/10 | fullX 8/10 | fullC 7/10 | fullT 8/10 |
Api quality
| Story | Persona | Aider | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productExplore an interactive API reference with runnable examples | ai-native | partialC 5/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | partialT 3/10 | none 0/10 | n/a | n/a | none 0/10 | n/a | n/a | none 0/10 |
| Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productDownload a machine-readable API spec (OpenAPI or equivalent) | ai-native | partialC 4/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | fullT 9/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 |
| Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productTest against a sandbox environment without touching production data | ai-native | partialX 6/10 | partialC 5/10 | n/a | fullC 7/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | partialC 6/10 | n/a | n/a | n/a | disputedD 4/10 | n/a | partialX 6/10 |
| Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productRely on versioned APIs with a documented deprecation policy | ai-native | partialC 3/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | n/a | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 |
Automation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedAutomation depth
| Story | Persona | Aider | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Automation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedPerform bulk operations across many items at once | ai-native | partialC 6/10 | disputedD 6/10 | partialC 5/10 | partialC 5/10 | partialX 6/10 | partialC 4/10 | partialX 5/10 | partialC 5/10 | fullC 7/10 | partialC 6/10 | partialC 6/10 | partialC 6/10 | partialC 7/10 |
| Automation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedDefine rules that trigger actions automatically on events | ai-native | none 0/10 | partialC 6/10 | partialC 6/10 | fullC 8/10 | partialC 5/10 | partialC 5/10 | partialC 6/10 | partialX 5/10 | partialC 7/10 | partialC 6/10 | fullC 7/10 | none 0/10 | partialC 5/10 |
| Automation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedSchedule recurring jobs or workflows | ai-native | none 0/10 | fullC 7/10 | fullC 7/10 | fullC 7/10 | partialC 4/10 | none 0/10 | partialC 3/10 | none 0/10 | fullC 7/10 | none 0/10 | fullC 8/10 | none 0/10 | fullC 6/10 |
| Automation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedVersion, review, and roll back my automations | ai-native | partialC 4/10 | partialC 5/10 | none 0/10 | partialC 5/10 | partialC 4/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | fullX 8/10 | partialC 6/10 | partialC 4/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | partialC 6/10 |
Autonomy agents — stories about autonomy agents in this arenaAutonomy agents
Background execution
| Story | Persona | Aider | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autonomy agents — stories about autonomy agents in this arenaHave a cloud agent build, test, and demo a feature end-to-end for my review | ai-native | fullX 8/10 | partialX 7/10 | fullC 7/10 | partialC 7/10 | partialX 4/10 | partialC 6/10 | partialX 7/10 | none 0/10 | partialC 6/10 | none 0/10 | partialX 6/10 | disputedD 4/10 | fullC 7/10 |
| Autonomy agents — stories about autonomy agents in this arenaDelegate longer-running coding tasks to run in the background in an isolated cloud environment | developer | fullC 7/10 | fullC 7/10 | fullC 8/10 | fullC 8/10 | partialC 4/10 | partialC 5/10 | fullX 9/10 | none 0/10 | partialC 4/10 | n/a | partialC 5/10 | none 0/10 | partialX 7/10 |
| Autonomy agents — stories about autonomy agents in this arenaConfigure a reproducible cloud environment with the dependencies and setup steps my repository needs | developer | partialC 6/10 | partialC 3/10 | partialC 4/10 | partialC 4/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | fullC 9/10 | n/a | none 0/10 | n/a | n/a | none 0/10 | partialC 6/10 |
Parallel agents
| Story | Persona | Aider | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autonomy agents — stories about autonomy agents in this arenaLaunch fleets of autonomous agents that work in parallel on different tasks for hours or days | ai-native | partialX 6/10 | fullC 7/10 | fullC 8/10 | partialC 6/10 | none 0/10 | partialX 6/10 | partialX 6/10 | none 0/10 | fullC 8/10 | none 0/10 | partialC 7/10 | partialX 7/10 | fullC 7/10 |
| Autonomy agents — stories about autonomy agents in this arenaRun several task attempts in parallel and compare results before choosing one | developer | partialC 6/10 | partialC 6/10 | partialC 6/10 | partialC 5/10 | none 0/10 | partialX 4/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | fullC 8/10 | n/a | partialC 4/10 | partialC 6/10 | fullT 8/10 |
Scheduled automation
| Story | Persona | Aider | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autonomy agents — stories about autonomy agents in this arenaSet up always-on agents that run on schedules or triggers to maintain and fix my software autonomously | ai-native | partialC 5/10 | partialX 7/10 | fullC 8/10 | fullC 8/10 | partialX 4/10 | none 0/10 | partialX 6/10 | none 0/10 | fullC 8/10 | partialC 6/10 | fullX 7/10 | none 0/10 | partialC 6/10 |
Code generation — quality of generated code — correctness, style, fit to the codebaseCode generation
Code completion
| Story | Persona | Aider | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Code generation — quality of generated code — correctness, style, fit to the codebaseReceive inline code completions and next-edit suggestions as I type | developer | n/a | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | fullX 9/10 | n/a | none 0/10 | n/a | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | n/a | partialC 5/10 | n/a | n/a |
Debugging
| Story | Persona | Aider | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Code generation — quality of generated code — correctness, style, fit to the codebaseDebug a live running web application directly from my coding assistant | developer | n/a | partialC 6/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | partialX 3/10 | n/a | partialC 6/10 | none 0/10 | partialC 5/10 | n/a | partialC 4/10 | none 0/10 | n/a |
| Code generation — quality of generated code — correctness, style, fit to the codebaseDebug issues and troubleshoot using natural-language queries | developer | partialX 7/10 | fullX 7/10 | partialX 6/10 | fullC 7/10 | disputedD 5/10 | fullX 7/10 | partialX 7/10 | fullX 7/10 | fullX 7/10 | partialX 6/10 | partialC 6/10 | partialC 5/10 | partialC 5/10 |
Feature implementation
| Story | Persona | Aider | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Code generation — quality of generated code — correctness, style, fit to the codebaseTurn a tracked issue into a complete pull request end-to-end | developer | fullC 8/10 | fullX 7/10 | partialC 7/10 | fullC 8/10 | disputedD 5/10 | fullC 7/10 | partialX 6/10 | none 0/10 | partialC 4/10 | n/a | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | fullC 7/10 |
| Code generation — quality of generated code — correctness, style, fit to the codebaseDescribe a feature or bug in plain language and have the agent implement or fix it across multiple files | developer | fullX 8/10 | disputedD 6/10 | fullX 8/10 | fullX 8/10 | disputedD 5/10 | fullX 8/10 | disputedD 5/10 | fullX 9/10 | fullX 8/10 | partialC 3/10 | partialX 7/10 | disputedD 5/10 | partialX 6/10 |
Maintenance automation
| Story | Persona | Aider | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Code generation — quality of generated code — correctness, style, fit to the codebaseHave the agent write tests, fix lint errors, resolve merge conflicts, and update dependencies for me | developer | partialX 6/10 | fullX 8/10 | partialC 6/10 | fullC 8/10 | disputedD 5/10 | partialX 6/10 | partialX 6/10 | partialX 6/10 | fullX 7/10 | partialC 3/10 | partialX 6/10 | partialX 3/10 | partialC 5/10 |
Multimodal generation
| Story | Persona | Aider | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Code generation — quality of generated code — correctness, style, fit to the codebaseGenerate a working app from a sketch, image, or PDF design | ai-native | partialC 4/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | partialX 6/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | partialC 3/10 | partialC 3/10 | n/a | partialC 4/10 | none 0/10 | n/a |
Codebase understanding — how deeply the tool maps your repo — cross-file context, architecture awareness, historyCodebase understanding
Codebase mapping
| Story | Persona | Aider | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Codebase understanding — how deeply the tool maps your repo — cross-file context, architecture awareness, historyUnderstand how a codebase fits together to find where to start making changes | developer | partialC 6/10 | fullC 7/10 | partialC 6/10 | partialC 5/10 | disputedD 5/10 | fullX 7/10 | fullC 7/10 | fullX 9/10 | partialX 6/10 | partialC 6/10 | partialC 6/10 | partialC 5/10 | none 0/10 |
| Codebase understanding — how deeply the tool maps your repo — cross-file context, architecture awareness, historyHave the agent map and explain an entire unfamiliar codebase without manually selecting context files | developer | partialC 5/10 | fullC 7/10 | partialC 4/10 | partialC 5/10 | disputedD 5/10 | partialX 6/10 | fullC 7/10 | fullX 8/10 | disputedD 5/10 | partialC 6/10 | partialC 5/10 | partialX 6/10 | none 0/10 |
Context management
| Story | Persona | Aider | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Codebase understanding — how deeply the tool maps your repo — cross-file context, architecture awareness, historyHave the agent build and recall memory automatically across sessions | developer | partialC 3/10 | partialC 4/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | disputedD 3/10 | none 0/10 | partialC 5/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | partialC 3/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 |
| Codebase understanding — how deeply the tool maps your repo — cross-file context, architecture awareness, historyInclude multiple project directories in a single session for broader context | developer | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | fullC 8/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | partialX 4/10 | none 0/10 | partialC 4/10 | fullC 8/10 | partialC 6/10 | none 0/10 |
| Codebase understanding — how deeply the tool maps your repo — cross-file context, architecture awareness, historyAdd a project instructions file to set coding standards and conventions the agent follows | developer | none 0/10 | fullX 9/10 | partialC 3/10 | partialC 4/10 | disputedD 5/10 | partialC 5/10 | fullC 9/10 | none 0/10 | partialC 3/10 | partialC 6/10 | fullC 7/10 | partialC 6/10 | partialC 4/10 |
Issue diagnosis
| Story | Persona | Aider | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Codebase understanding — how deeply the tool maps your repo — cross-file context, architecture awareness, historyReproduce issues, narrow down root causes, and verify fixes | developer | fullC 7/10 | disputedD 5/10 | partialC 6/10 | partialC 5/10 | disputedD 4/10 | partialX 5/10 | partialX 6/10 | partialX 7/10 | partialX 7/10 | partialC 4/10 | partialX 6/10 | partialC 4/10 | partialC 6/10 |
Ecosystem — integrations, plugins, and third-party ecosystem storiesEcosystem
Marketplace
| Story | Persona | Aider | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ecosystem — integrations, plugins, and third-party ecosystem storiesEquip the agent with custom skills to perform specialized tasks | developer | fullC 7/10 | fullC 8/10 | partialC 6/10 | fullC 6/10 | partialX 6/10 | fullX 8/10 | partialC 6/10 | none 0/10 | fullC 8/10 | partialC 4/10 | fullC 8/10 | fullC 7/10 | none 0/10 |
| Ecosystem — integrations, plugins, and third-party ecosystem storiesIntegrate third-party partner-built agent apps into my workflows | engineering-lead | partialC 6/10 | partialC 6/10 | fullC 7/10 | fullC 8/10 | partialC 5/10 | partialC 5/10 | partialT 4/10 | none 0/10 | partialC 5/10 | partialT 6/10 | disputedD 4/10 | none 0/10 | partialX 7/10 |
Team knowledge
| Story | Persona | Aider | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ecosystem — integrations, plugins, and third-party ecosystem storiesCreate a shared workspace from my docs and repos as a common source of truth for the team | engineering-lead | none 0/10 | partialC 5/10 | none 0/10 | partialC 5/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | partialC 6/10 | n/a | none 0/10 | partialC 5/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | partialC 4/10 |
Tool integration
| Story | Persona | Aider | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ecosystem — integrations, plugins, and third-party ecosystem storiesConnect the agent to workflow tools like Jira, Slack, and Google Drive to extend its context | developer | partialC 6/10 | fullC 9/10 | fullC 8/10 | partialC 5/10 | partialC 5/10 | partialC 5/10 | partialC 6/10 | none 0/10 | partialC 6/10 | none 0/10 | partialC 5/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 |
| Ecosystem — integrations, plugins, and third-party ecosystem storiesKick off agent tasks directly from GitHub, GitLab, Linear, or Slack | developer | fullC 8/10 | partialC 7/10 | partialC 7/10 | partialC 4/10 | partialC 4/10 | partialC 4/10 | partialC 6/10 | none 0/10 | partialC 6/10 | partialX 4/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | partialC 5/10 |
Ide terminal integration — meeting you in the IDE and terminal — extensions, inline flows, contextIde terminal integration
Cross device continuity
| Story | Persona | Aider | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ide terminal integration — meeting you in the IDE and terminal — extensions, inline flows, contextStart a task on one device and continue it later from another device or browser | developer | fullC 8/10 | fullC 8/10 | partialC 5/10 | partialC 7/10 | none 0/10 | partialX 6/10 | fullC 7/10 | none 0/10 | partialC 5/10 | partialC 3/10 | fullC 7/10 | none 0/10 | partialC 6/10 |
Ide integration
| Story | Persona | Aider | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ide terminal integration — meeting you in the IDE and terminal — extensions, inline flows, contextView interactive diffs and share selected code as context from within my JetBrains IDE | developer | none 0/10 | fullC 8/10 | none 0/10 | partialC 4/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | n/a | n/a | partialC 6/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | n/a | none 0/10 |
| Ide terminal integration — meeting you in the IDE and terminal — extensions, inline flows, contextChat with the coding assistant directly inside my IDE for contextual help | developer | fullX 8/10 | fullC 8/10 | fullX 7/10 | fullX 9/10 | none 0/10 | fullX 8/10 | partialC 5/10 | partialX 5/10 | fullX 9/10 | partialC 5/10 | fullX 7/10 | partialC 6/10 | fullX 7/10 |
Session management
| Story | Persona | Aider | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ide terminal integration — meeting you in the IDE and terminal — extensions, inline flows, contextReview diffs visually and run multiple sessions side by side in a desktop app | developer | partialX 5/10 | partialC 6/10 | fullC 6/10 | partialC 4/10 | n/a | partialC 5/10 | partialC 4/10 | none 0/10 | fullC 8/10 | n/a | fullX 8/10 | none 0/10 | fullT 8/10 |
| Ide terminal integration — meeting you in the IDE and terminal — extensions, inline flows, contextManage multiple agent-driven coding sessions from one unified workspace | engineering-lead | fullX 7/10 | fullC 7/10 | fullC 7/10 | fullC 8/10 | none 0/10 | fullX 8/10 | partialX 6/10 | none 0/10 | fullC 7/10 | n/a | fullX 8/10 | fullC 8/10 | fullX 8/10 |
Terminal workflow
| Story | Persona | Aider | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ide terminal integration — meeting you in the IDE and terminal — extensions, inline flows, contextRun a coding agent locally from my terminal | developer | fullX 9/10 | fullX 9/10 | fullT 7/10 | fullT 7/10 | fullX 8/10 | fullT 9/10 | fullT 8/10 | fullX 9/10 | fullX 9/10 | partialT 5/10 | fullT 8/10 | fullT 8/10 | partialT 7/10 |
| Ide terminal integration — meeting you in the IDE and terminal — extensions, inline flows, contextRun the agent non-interactively in scripts for workflow automation | developer | fullC 8/10 | fullC 8/10 | partialT 6/10 | partialC 5/10 | fullC 9/10 | fullC 8/10 | fullC 7/10 | fullX 8/10 | fullC 9/10 | partialT 5/10 | fullC 7/10 | none 0/10 | partialC 6/10 |
Openness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesOpenness
| Story | Persona | Aider | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Openness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesDo everything through the API that I can do in the UI | ai-native | partialX 3/10 | partialC 5/10 | none 0/10 | partialT 3/10 | partialT 5/10 | partialT 6/10 | partialT 5/10 | partialT 4/10 | partialT 6/10 | partialT 4/10 | partialT 4/10 | none 0/10 | partialT 5/10 |
| Openness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesExport all of my data in open formats and leave | ai-native | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | partialC 5/10 | partialC 4/10 | partialC 4/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 |
| Openness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesRead the product's source under an open license | ai-native | partialX 4/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | partialT 5/10 | fullX 7/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | partialC 5/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 |
| Openness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesSelf-host the core product | ai-native | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | n/a | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | fullT 8/10 | none 0/10 | fullC 7/10 | partialC 6/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 |
Pricing limits — free-tier ceilings, usage caps, and rate limits before you have to payPricing limits
Authentication
| Story | Persona | Aider | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing limits — free-tier ceilings, usage caps, and rate limits before you have to payAuthenticate with an API key instead of an account login | developer | partialX 5/10 | fullC 9/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | partialC 4/10 | fullC 8/10 | partialT 6/10 | partialC 6/10 | fullC 8/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | fullC 7/10 |
| Pricing limits — free-tier ceilings, usage caps, and rate limits before you have to payAuthenticate through an enterprise identity or cloud platform for compliance and scalability | engineering-lead | partialC 5/10 | fullC 8/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | disputedD 4/10 | partialC 6/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 |
| Pricing limits — free-tier ceilings, usage caps, and rate limits before you have to paySign in with my existing product subscription plan to use the coding agent | developer | fullC 9/10 | fullC 9/10 | none 0/10 | fullC 7/10 | disputedD 4/10 | fullX 8/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | partialC 6/10 | none 0/10 | fullC 8/10 | fullC 8/10 |
| Pricing limits — free-tier ceilings, usage caps, and rate limits before you have to paySign in with a personal account to get free-tier access without managing API keys | developer | fullC 8/10 | partialC 6/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | fullX 7/10 | fullX 7/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | partialC 6/10 | none 0/10 | disputedD 3/10 | partialC 4/10 | none 0/10 |
Model choice
| Story | Persona | Aider | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing limits — free-tier ceilings, usage caps, and rate limits before you have to payLet the tool automatically pick the best model for each task | developer | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | fullC 7/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | partialC 6/10 | none 0/10 |
| Pricing limits — free-tier ceilings, usage caps, and rate limits before you have to payChoose which underlying AI model powers my session from multiple providers | developer | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | fullC 8/10 | fullC 8/10 | none 0/10 | fullX 9/10 | none 0/10 | fullX 8/10 | fullX 9/10 | partialC 5/10 | fullX 8/10 | partialC 6/10 | fullX 8/10 |
Privacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrivacy posture
| Story | Persona | Aider | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Privacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesChoose where my data is stored (region/residency) | ai-native | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | n/a | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 |
| Privacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrevent my data from being used to train AI models | ai-native | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | partialX 6/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | partialC 5/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 |
| Privacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesControl data retention and deletion | ai-native | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | partialX 5/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | partialC 3/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 |
| Privacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesOpt out of telemetry and usage tracking | ai-native | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | partialX 4/10 | none 0/10 | disputedD 2/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | fullC 7/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 |
Review safety — keeping generated changes safe — diffs, approvals, guardrailsReview safety
Data governance
| Story | Persona | Aider | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Review safety — keeping generated changes safe — diffs, approvals, guardrailsOpt out of having my code and prompts used for AI model training | engineering-lead | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | partialX 6/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | n/a | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | partialC 5/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 |
Pr review
| Story | Persona | Aider | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Review safety — keeping generated changes safe — diffs, approvals, guardrailsHave the agent stage changes, write commit messages, create branches, and open pull requests | developer | partialC 6/10 | fullC 8/10 | partialC 4/10 | fullC 7/10 | partialC 4/10 | partialC 6/10 | partialX 6/10 | partialX 4/10 | partialC 5/10 | partialC 4/10 | partialC 3/10 | none 0/10 | fullX 8/10 |
| Review safety — keeping generated changes safe — diffs, approvals, guardrailsGet automatic code review with contextual feedback on every pull request | developer | partialC 5/10 | fullX 7/10 | fullC 7/10 | fullC 7/10 | fullX 8/10 | partialC 4/10 | fullC 8/10 | n/a | partialC 4/10 | partialX 6/10 | none 0/10 | n/a | none 0/10 |
| Review safety — keeping generated changes safe — diffs, approvals, guardrailsInspect diffs and run checks to catch problems before merging | developer | fullC 8/10 | partialX 6/10 | partialC 5/10 | fullC 8/10 | partialX 6/10 | partialC 4/10 | fullC 8/10 | fullX 8/10 | fullC 8/10 | fullX 8/10 | partialX 6/10 | partialC 3/10 | partialC 6/10 |
Safe execution
| Story | Persona | Aider | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Review safety — keeping generated changes safe — diffs, approvals, guardrailsControl which external tools and integrations the agent is allowed to access | engineering-lead | partialC 6/10 | partialC 6/10 | fullC 8/10 | fullC 8/10 | partialX 5/10 | fullC 8/10 | partialC 6/10 | none 0/10 | partialC 7/10 | none 0/10 | disputedD 5/10 | partialC 6/10 | partialX 5/10 |
| Review safety — keeping generated changes safe — diffs, approvals, guardrailsHave the agent operate inside a sandbox when interacting with code, tools, and network resources | engineering-lead | fullX 7/10 | fullC 8/10 | none 0/10 | fullC 8/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | fullC 8/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | n/a | disputedD 4/10 | none 0/10 | partialX 5/10 |
Security checks
| Story | Persona | Aider | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Review safety — keeping generated changes safe — diffs, approvals, guardrailsSee license and public-code matching references for AI-suggested code | engineering-lead | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | partialX 5/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 |
| Review safety — keeping generated changes safe — diffs, approvals, guardrailsGet contextual explanations and automatic fixes for security vulnerabilities | developer | partialC 3/10 | fullC 7/10 | none 0/10 | partialC 6/10 | partialC 4/10 | none 0/10 | fullC 7/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | partialX 7/10 | none 0/10 | none 0/10 | n/a |
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