Who Perplexity recommends for AI coding assistants.
Updated 9 October 202615 Perplexity answers
We asked Perplexity 5 buyer prompts 3 times each on 9 October 2026, with live web search on, and counted every product its 15 usable answers named. This page is Perplexity alone; the full ranking compares every engine and quotes every answer.
Who Perplexity recommends.
| # | Product | Share of answers | Avg. position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GitHub Copilotgithub.com | 100% 15 of 15 answers | |
| 2 | Cursorcursor.com | 80% 12 of 15 answers | |
| 3 | Claude Codeclaude.ai | 60% 9 of 15 answers | |
| 4 | OpenAI Codexopenai.com | 53% 8 of 15 answers | |
| 5 | Tabninetabnine.com | 53% 8 of 15 answers | |
| 6 | Gemini Code Assistcloud.google.com | 47% 7 of 15 answers | |
| 7 | Clinecline.bot | 40% 6 of 15 answers | |
| 8 |  Amazon Q Developeraws.amazon.com | 40% 6 of 15 answers | |
| 9 | Aideraider.chat | 40% 6 of 15 answers | |
| 10 | Windsurfwindsurf.com | 33% 5 of 15 answers | |
| 11 | JetBrains AI Assistantjetbrains.com | 33% 5 of 15 answers | |
| 12 | Sourcegraph Codysourcegraph.com | 20% 3 of 15 answers | |
| 13 | Factoryfactory.ai | 20% 3 of 15 answers | |
| 14 | Qodoqodo.ai | 20% 3 of 15 answers | |
| 15 | Replitreplit.com | 7% 1 of 15 answers | |
| 15 | Continuecontinue.dev | 7% 1 of 15 answers |
What this does and does not show.
- Counted from Perplexity’s 15 usable answers of 15 planned.
- Products level on share of answers and average position share a rank: the measurement shows no difference between them.
- Counted as one product under reviewed spellings: “Amazon CodeWhisperer” as Amazon Q Developer; “Cursor Free” as Cursor; “Gemini Code Assist for individuals” and “Google Gemini Code Assist” as Gemini Code Assist; “GitHub Copilot coding agent” and “GitHub Copilot Free” as GitHub Copilot; “Replit Agent” as Replit; “Tabnine Basic” as Tabnine; “Windsurf Free” as Windsurf.
- AI answers vary from run to run and with each person’s history and settings. This is what Perplexity answered on 9 October 2026, asked fresh each time, not what every user will see.
- One engine and one month. Another engine, or next month, can name different products.
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