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Cody vs Tabnine

A side-by-side look at pricing, capabilities, pros, cons, and our editorial scores.

 
Cody
Coding
Tabnine
Coding
TaglineSourcegraph's AI coding assistant — codebase-aware via their search index.Privacy-focused AI autocomplete with on-prem options.
CategoryCodingCoding
PricingFreemium· Free; Pro $9/mo; Enterprise customPaid· $12+/mo per seat; Enterprise custom
ModelClaude / GPT / Mixtral (configurable)Proprietary (Tabnine-trained, on-prem capable)
Editorial score8.0 / 107.6 / 10
Use cases
enterprisemonoreposcode search
enterpriseprivacyon-prem
Pros
  • Excellent for huge monorepos
  • Sourcegraph index is unmatched
  • Enterprise-grade privacy
  • Free tier
  • Self-hosted option
  • Trains on your own code
  • Strong privacy posture
  • SOC 2 / GDPR / HIPAA paths
Cons
  • Most value unlocked on Sourcegraph itself
  • Solo dev value smaller than Cursor
  • Output quality behind frontier-model assistants
  • Pricier than Codeium
Websitesourcegraph.comwww.tabnine.com
Pick Cody if
  • ✅ Excellent for huge monorepos
  • ✅ Sourcegraph index is unmatched
  • ✅ Enterprise-grade privacy
  • ✅ Free tier
Pick Tabnine if
  • ✅ Self-hosted option
  • ✅ Trains on your own code
  • ✅ Strong privacy posture
  • ✅ SOC 2 / GDPR / HIPAA paths
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