9 Best Google Antigravity Alternatives in 2026 (Free and Paid)

Google Antigravity arrived in November 2025 with a simple offer: an agent-first code editor, built around Gemini 3, free for individuals. Developers piled in. Then the free quota was cut, the paid tiers were reshuffled in May 2026, and a lot of people who had built their week around it found themselves locked out by Wednesday.

Antigravity is still a strong tool. It runs several agents side by side, checks its own work in a built-in browser, and lets you switch between Gemini and Claude models. But it is no longer the obvious free choice, and it does not suit everyone. If you work in a terminal, live in a JetBrains IDE, or would rather not tie your coding setup to a personal Google account, something else will fit better.

Below are nine alternatives worth trying, what each costs, and who each one is for.

Prices were checked against published pricing comparisons in early October 2026. This market changes monthly, so confirm on the vendor’s site before you subscribe.

Google Antigravity at a Glance

It helps to know what you are comparing against.

What it is	An agent-first development platform from Google: a desktop IDE, a command-line tool and an SDK that share one agent system
Free plan	Yes. Unlimited tab completions and inline commands, with weekly limits on agent requests
Paid plans	No separate Antigravity subscription. Higher limits come with Google AI Pro ($19.99 a month), Ultra 5x ($99.99) and Ultra 20x ($199.99)
Models	Gemini models, plus Claude Sonnet and Opus and an open-weight GPT model
Teams	Per-seat Gemini Enterprise licences or usage-based billing through Google Cloud

Why Developers Look for an Antigravity Alternative

• Quota lockouts. The free allowance was reported at roughly 250 requests a day at launch and about 20 a day a month later. Agent work burns through limits quickly, and running out mid-task is the complaint you hear most.
• Pricing that keeps moving. Google restructured the plans six months after launch. The top tier got cheaper, which was welcome, but teams planning a yearly budget like stability.
• The Google account tie-in. Paid quota rides on a consumer Google AI subscription attached to a personal account. That is awkward for contractors and for companies that keep work and personal accounts apart.
• No browser version. Antigravity is a desktop app and a CLI. If you code from a tablet or a locked-down work laptop, that rules it out.
• Workflow preference. Some developers do not want a new editor at all. They want an agent in the terminal, or inside the IDE they already use.

Quick Comparison of Antigravity Alternatives

Tool	Type	Free option	Paid from	Best for
Cursor	AI code editor	Yes, limited	$20/month	The closest like-for-like swap
Claude Code	Terminal agent	No	$20/month (with Claude Pro)	Hard problems and large codebases
GitHub Copilot	Editor extension and cloud agent	Yes	$10/month	Lowest price, GitHub-based teams
Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)	AI code editor	Yes	$20/month	Running local and cloud agents together
Kiro	Spec-driven IDE	Yes, 50 credits	$20/month	Planning before coding
OpenAI Codex	App, CLI, IDE extension, cloud	Yes	Paid ChatGPT plans	Handing off tasks to run in the background
Cline	Open-source VS Code extension	Yes (pay your model provider)	Model usage only	Full control over models and cost
OpenCode	Open-source terminal agent	Yes (pay your model provider)	Model usage only	Terminal users who want no lock-in
JetBrains Junie	Agent inside JetBrains IDEs	Check JetBrains	Check JetBrains	IntelliJ, PyCharm and WebStorm users

1. Cursor

Cursor is the tool most people move to, because the switch is painless. Like Antigravity, it is built on VS Code, so your extensions, keybindings and themes carry over in a few minutes.

The difference is one of emphasis. Antigravity puts the agents in charge and gives you a manager’s view. Cursor keeps you in the editor and brings the AI to you: fast tab completion, inline edits, and an agent you call when the job is bigger than one file. It also offers cloud agents for longer tasks and a wide choice of models from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google.

• Website: cursor.com
• Pricing: free Hobby plan with limited agent use. Pro is $20 a month, Pro+ is $60 and Ultra is $200.
• Choose it if: you liked Antigravity’s editor but want more predictable limits and a more mature product.
• Think twice if: you want the agent to run the whole show with little input from you.

2. Claude Code

Claude Code is Anthropic’s coding agent, and it works from the terminal. You open your project folder, describe the task and it reads the code, makes a plan, edits files and runs commands. There is no new editor to learn, so it sits happily next to whatever you already use.

It has a reputation for handling the difficult jobs well: refactors across many files, unfamiliar codebases, bugs that need real investigation. Antigravity users will already know the models, since Antigravity offers Claude as an option. Going direct removes Google’s quota from the picture.

• Website: docs.claude.com/en/docs/claude-code
• Pricing: included with a Claude Pro subscription at $20 a month, with Max plans at $100 and $200 a month for heavier use. Check Anthropic’s pricing page for current limits.
• Choose it if: you are comfortable in a terminal and care most about the quality of the reasoning.
• Think twice if: you want a visual editor with autocomplete as the main experience, or you need a free tier.

3. GitHub Copilot

Copilot is the cheapest serious option here and the easiest to get approved at work, since most companies already pay GitHub. It runs inside VS Code, JetBrains IDEs and others, so you keep your editor.

It has grown well beyond autocomplete. Agent mode handles multi-step edits in the editor, and the cloud coding agent can take a GitHub issue and come back with a pull request. In June 2026 GitHub moved every plan to usage-based AI Credits. Base prices stayed the same and code completions are not metered, but long agent sessions can run past the included allowance, so set a budget cap.

• Website: github.com/features/copilot
• Pricing: free plan with a monthly allowance of completions and chat requests. Pro is $10 a month, Pro+ is $39 and Max is $100. Business is $19 per seat and Enterprise is $39 per seat.
• Choose it if: your code lives on GitHub and you want the lowest monthly cost.
• Think twice if: you run agents for hours a day and want a flat, predictable bill.

4. Devin Desktop (Formerly Windsurf)

If you are looking for Windsurf, this is it. Cognition, the company behind the Devin agent, bought Windsurf in 2025 and renamed the editor Devin Desktop in June 2026. The editor, its Cascade agent and your settings all carried over.

Of everything on this list, it is the nearest in spirit to Antigravity. It is an agentic editor that lets you run local agents and send bigger jobs to Devin in the cloud from the same window. It also has its own coding model alongside the usual choices from Anthropic, OpenAI and Google, and it supports JetBrains IDEs through a plugin.

• Website: devin.ai/desktop
• Pricing: free plan with a light quota and unlimited tab completions. Pro is $20 a month, Max is $200. Teams starts at $80 a month with full seats at $40 each. Usage is measured in daily and weekly quotas.
• Choose it if: you want Antigravity’s agent-manager style of working without the Google account.
• Think twice if: you were hoping for the old $15 Windsurf price. That now applies only to subscribers who signed up before the 2026 change.

5. Kiro

Kiro, from AWS, takes a different route. Before it writes code, it turns your request into a written spec: requirements, a design and a task list. You review and adjust the plan, then the agent builds against it.

That sounds slower, and for a quick fix it is. For a feature that touches a dozen files, it saves the back-and-forth that comes from an agent guessing what you meant. Teams that already write design docs tend to like it straight away. It is available as an IDE and a CLI and runs Claude models among others.

• Website: kiro.dev
• Pricing: free plan with 50 credits. Pro is $20 a month, Pro+ is $40, Pro Max is $100 and Power is $200.
• Choose it if: you have been burned by agents that charge ahead and build the wrong thing.
• Think twice if: most of your work is small edits where a spec is overkill.

6. OpenAI Codex

Codex is OpenAI’s coding agent, and it is available almost anywhere: a desktop app, a command-line tool, an IDE extension and a cloud service. The cloud side is its strongest feature. You hand off a task, it runs in its own environment, and you review the result later. You can queue several at once.

If you already pay for ChatGPT, you have access to it, which makes it the cheapest thing to try for a lot of people.

• Website: openai.com/codex
• Pricing: a free tier, with higher limits on paid ChatGPT plans.
• Choose it if: you like the idea of delegating tasks and checking back, or you already have a ChatGPT subscription.
• Think twice if: you want to choose between models from several providers. Codex runs OpenAI’s models.

7. Cline

Cline is a free, open-source extension for VS Code. You plug in an API key from the model provider of your choice, and it becomes an agent that can read files, edit them and run terminal commands, asking your permission at each step.

There is no subscription and no quota set by a vendor. You pay the model provider for what you use. That can be cheaper than a $20 plan if you code a few hours a week, and much more expensive if you run agents all day, so watch the bill for the first month. You can also point it at a local model and pay nothing.

• Website: cline.bot
• Pricing: the extension is free. You pay for model usage.
• Choose it if: you want to see and control exactly what the agent does and what it costs.
• Think twice if: you want a fixed monthly price and no setup.

8. OpenCode

OpenCode does for the terminal what Cline does for VS Code. It is an open-source agent that runs in your shell and works with whichever model provider you connect. Developers who left subscription tools over pricing changes often end up here.

Because it is open source and provider-neutral, nothing about your workflow depends on one company’s roadmap. If a provider raises prices, you change one setting.

• Website: opencode.ai
• Pricing: free. You pay your model provider.
• Choose it if: you want a terminal agent and no lock-in.
• Think twice if: you would rather have a polished product with support behind it.

9. JetBrains Junie

Antigravity, Cursor and Devin Desktop are all VS Code underneath. If you work in IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm or WebStorm, moving to any of them means giving up refactoring tools and inspections you rely on. Junie is JetBrains’ own agent and runs inside those IDEs. It plans multi-step tasks, makes the changes and runs your tests, using the IDE’s understanding of the project.

• Website: jetbrains.com/junie
• Pricing: sold through JetBrains’ AI plans. Check the JetBrains site for current tiers.
• Choose it if: you are not willing to leave your JetBrains IDE.
• Think twice if: you want the widest model choice or the newest agent features first.

Which Antigravity Alternative Should You Pick?

If you want	Try
The same kind of editor with fewer surprises	Cursor
The same agent-manager approach from another vendor	Devin Desktop
The best results on difficult, multi-file work	Claude Code
To spend as little as possible	GitHub Copilot Free or Pro, or Cline with a local model
To keep your JetBrains IDE	Junie, or Copilot’s JetBrains plugin
Structure and written plans before any code	Kiro
To hand tasks off and review them later	OpenAI Codex or Copilot’s cloud agent
No subscription and no lock-in	Cline or OpenCode
Something your company will approve quickly	GitHub Copilot Business, or Kiro if you are on AWS

Many developers end up with two tools: an editor with good autocomplete for everyday work and a terminal agent for the big jobs. Cursor with Claude Code is a common pairing. So is Copilot with Codex.

How to Switch Without Losing a Week

1. Try before you cancel. Every tool here has a free tier, a trial or a low entry price. Use the new one on a real task for a few days while Antigravity is still installed.
2. Bring your editor settings. Cursor and Devin Desktop can import VS Code extensions and keybindings, which is what Antigravity uses too.
3. Move your project rules. If you wrote instruction files for Antigravity’s agents, most tools read something similar, often a file such as AGENTS.md in the repository. Copy the content across and adjust the file name.
4. Reconnect your MCP servers. Tools you connected through the Model Context Protocol, such as databases or issue trackers, usually work elsewhere with the same configuration.
5. Watch usage for the first month. Each product meters differently: requests, credits, quotas or tokens. Check the usage page weekly until you know your pattern.

If the project you are building is a website, keep an eye on what the agent produces. AI-written front ends lean heavily on client-side JavaScript, which can hide content from search engines. Our round-up of JavaScript SEO testing tools helps you check, and the basics in our technical SEO guide still apply to code a machine wrote. If you want the finished product to show up in AI answers as well as in search, see our introduction to LLM SEO.

FAQs

Is Google Antigravity Still Free?

Yes, for individuals. The free plan includes unlimited tab completions and inline commands, with weekly limits on agent requests. Higher limits need a Google AI Pro or Ultra subscription.

What Is the Best Free Alternative to Google Antigravity?

GitHub Copilot’s free plan is the simplest to start with. Cline and OpenCode are free tools as well, though you pay for the AI model you connect unless you run one locally. Cursor, Devin Desktop and Kiro all have limited free tiers.

Which Alternative Is Most Similar to Antigravity?

Devin Desktop is closest in approach, with an editor built around managing agents locally and in the cloud. Cursor is closest in feel, since both are VS Code-based editors.

Can I Use Claude Models Without Antigravity?

Yes. Claude Code uses them directly, and Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Devin Desktop, Kiro, Cline and OpenCode all offer Claude models as an option.

Can I Still Use Gemini if I Leave Antigravity?

Yes. Cursor, Copilot and Devin Desktop include Gemini models in their model pickers, and Cline and OpenCode can connect to Gemini with an API key.

What Happened to Gemini CLI?

Google stopped serving free and individual accounts through Gemini CLI in June 2026 and replaced it with the Antigravity CLI, which uses the same agent system as the IDE. Older tutorials that recommend Gemini CLI for personal use are out of date.

What Happened to Windsurf?

It was renamed. Cognition turned Windsurf into Devin Desktop on June 2, 2026 through a normal software update. The editor still exists, with Free, Pro and Max plans.

Is It Worth Paying for More Than One AI Coding Tool?

Often, yes. Two $20 plans that cover different jobs, such as an editor and a terminal agent, usually get more done than one $200 plan. Start with one, and add a second only when you keep hitting the same wall.

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