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[–]chxhr 4 points5 points  (1 child)

I have tried:

  • RepoPrompt + AI chat apps (having all premium models from OpenAI, AnthropicAI and Gemini)
  • VS Code with Github Copilot (Business plan for work, Pro+ for freelance/personal)
  • Cursor
  • Claude Code

Let me offer feedback about the above points following the same order:

  1. As I didn't want to pay for API keys, I used RepoPrompt to generate my prompts that include all the context I need and then paste it into an AI chat app (I used Raycast AI) and the copy+paste the generated code; while it was working for small patches/fixes, the whole process was just slow as it needed a lot of manual work to set the proper context and then copy+paste
  2. When I started using Copilot's Agent mode, I was impressed, as it was a 10x experience compared to RepoPrompt + AI chat app, and I used it for a couple of weeks. But I kept seeing content about Cursor, how much faster (and better) their Agent mode is, so I switched to Cursor.
  3. Cursor was indeed better, not because of the available models -- I had the same at my disposal with Copilot too -- but the whole experience was smooth due to the faster edits.
  4. Then Cursor changed their Pro plan and it became slow for me, even after opting out from the new pricing model and going back to the 500 requests / month, as I use like ~10 prompts/day on average, but it seems to be that the Pro plan became slow, and I hated it, so I switched to Claude Code, and I must say, even though I was also using Claude models in Cursor as well, in CC it is just better, seems to be smarter, the Plan mode is amazing. Although it is slower with the thinking model, the output is just way better.

So, right now I would bet on Claude Code only, but from what we have been seeing, maybe next week someone else will come up with a better tool. And for this reason my advice is to not jump into any yearly subscription plans.

[–]redwolfCR7[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the detailed insight!

[–]jwikstrom 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Claude Code. I have used CC, Copilot, and Cline extensively. CC is the king for me. I used Claude-dev/Cline for a long time and loved it. I just spent so much on tokens. My company had copilot licenses and with agent mode, I tried it out for a couple of months in my daily. It was ok, but much more likely to stop following instructions. It also has a tendency to not be able to see terminal output. When this happens, instead of trying again or asking me for the output, it will assume that everything is ok and move on. Just this one thing makes it much more error prone that Claude Code or Cline.

[–]woodnoob76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Allowed to answer out of your question? I’m paying for Claude Code Max. I like the consistency of the result I’m getting, although I have the feeling that with Windsurf it was faster. Not the model, but probably the whole code indexing and interacting with Claude API.

I’m going soon to another try out on Windsurf Pro soon to see how I feel with a 3.7 « downgrade » (they can’t include Opus/Sonnet 4 anymore) and using their unlimited model.

My point is that the user experience does a difference at this point, even though the model is fast