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252 tools in this category. 19 are rated killed and 162 survived — together the non-survivors add up to $4,663 a month.

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Testim
codeDev Tools· $450
YES
Anthropic · 2024-10 · Computer-use models author and repair UI tests directly
Playwright now covers the same core job on a free tier, so the $450/mo is optional.
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Stainless
codeDev Tools· $99
YES
Anthropic · 2026-05 · Anthropic hiring the team; the hosted SDK generator was wound down
Speakeasy and OpenAPI Generator now cover the same core job on a free tier, so the $99/mo is optional.
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Travis CI
codeDev Tools· $69
YES
Microsoft · 2024-04 · GitHub Actions plus AI-authored pipelines
GitHub Actions and Woodpecker CI now cover the same core job on a free tier, so the $69/mo is optional.
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Swimm
codeDev Tools· $29
YES
Anthropic · 2025-02 · Claude Code reading the repository and explaining any file on demand
Mintlify now covers the same core job on a free tier, so the $29/mo is optional.
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SwaggerHub
codeDev Tools· $21
YES
Anthropic · 2024-11 · Models write, read and mock OpenAPI specs directly
Stoplight and Redocly now cover the same core job on a free tier, so the $21/mo is optional.
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Bito
codeDev Tools· $15
YES
Anthropic · 2025-05 · Claude Code review running natively on pull requests through the official GitHub Action
CodeRabbit and Qodo now cover the same core job on a free tier, so the $15/mo is optional.
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Sourcery
codeDev Tools· $12
YES
Anthropic · 2025-02 · Agentic refactoring across the whole repo
Ruff now covers the same core job on a free tier, so the $12/mo is optional.
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Insomnia
codeDev Tools· $12
YES
Anthropic · 2024-11 · Agents issuing HTTP calls in the terminal and tool calls over MCP, no GUI required
Bruno and Hoppscotch now cover the same core job on a free tier, so the $12/mo is optional.
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Sourcegraph Cody
codeDev Tools· $9
YES
Anthropic · 2025-02 · Repo-wide context became a default capability of coding agents
Claude Code and Cursor pick up the same job, so the $9/mo now buys packaging rather than capability.
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JSFiddle
codeDev Tools· $9
YES
Anthropic · 2024-06 · Claude Artifacts running generated HTML, CSS and JavaScript inline in the chat
CodePen and StackBlitz now cover the same core job on a free tier, so the $9/mo is optional.
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JSON Crack
codeDev Tools· $5
YES
OpenAI · 2023-11 · ChatGPT JSON mode explaining and reshaping nested payloads in a single prompt
jq and ChatGPT now cover the same core job on a free tier, so the $5/mo is optional.
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Mockaroo
codeDev Tools· $5
YES
OpenAI · 2023-03 · LLMs producing realistic seed data in the exact shape a schema needs
Faker.js and Snaplet Seed now cover the same core job on a free tier, so the $5/mo is optional.
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Stack Overflow
codeDev Tools· free
YES
OpenAI · 2022-11 · ChatGPT answering coding questions instantly
ChatGPT and Claude now cover the same core job, so there is little reason to run a second tool for it.
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regex101
codeDev Tools· free
YES
OpenAI · 2023-03 · ChatGPT writing and explaining a working regex from a plain-English description
ChatGPT and RegExr now cover the same core job, so there is little reason to run a second tool for it.
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crontab.guru
codeDev Tools· free
YES
OpenAI · 2023-03 · ChatGPT translating cron expressions in both directions instantly
ChatGPT and Cronitor now cover the same core job, so there is little reason to run a second tool for it.
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quicktype
codeDev Tools· free
YES
OpenAI · 2023-03 · GPT-4 producing typed models and parsers from a pasted JSON payload
ChatGPT and json-schema-to-typescript now cover the same core job, so there is little reason to run a second tool for it.
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Tabby
codeDev Tools· free
YES
Anthropic · 2025-02 · Frontier hosted models outclassing anything a self-hosted small model can complete
Continue and Ollama now cover the same core job, so there is little reason to run a second tool for it.
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Mockoon
codeDev Tools· free
YES
Anthropic · 2025-02 · Agents scaffolding a throwaway mock server in code faster than one can be configured
MSW and WireMock now cover the same core job, so there is little reason to run a second tool for it.
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Selenium
codeDev Tools· free
YES
Anthropic · 2025-10 · Computer-use models driving browsers from a plain-English instruction, with no selectors to maintain
Playwright and Puppeteer now cover the same core job, so there is little reason to run a second tool for it.
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Humanloop
codeDev Tools· $500
KINDA
OpenAI · 2025-08 · Model providers and open-source observability tools absorbing prompt management and evals
Langfuse covers the headline feature free, so the $500/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
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Applitools
codeDev Tools· $449
KINDA
Anthropic · 2024-10 · Vision models can diff screenshots and describe the difference
Playwright screenshots covers the headline feature free, so the $449/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
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mabl
codeDev Tools· $400
KINDA
Anthropic · 2024-10 · Agentic test generation from a plain-English description
Playwright covers the headline feature free, so the $400/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
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Makerkit
codeDev Tools· $299
KINDA
Anthropic · 2025-03 · Coding agents generate boilerplate faster than you can buy it
Anthropic's version covers the headline feature only, so the $299/mo is now paying for the workflow around it, not the AI.
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Speakeasy
codeDev Tools· $250
KINDA
Anthropic · 2025-02 · Agents producing usable API clients straight from an OpenAPI spec on request
OpenAPI Generator and Scalar cover the headline feature free, so the $250/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
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Fern
codeDev Tools· $250
KINDA
OpenAI · 2025-08 · GPT-5 producing SDK code and reference docs from a spec in a single pass
Speakeasy and Scalar cover the headline feature free, so the $250/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
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InfluxDB
codeDev Tools· $250
KINDA
Anthropic · 2025-07 · Postgres and ClickHouse absorbing time-series workloads that no longer justify a separate database
TigerData and QuestDB cover the headline feature free, so the $250/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
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ShipFast
codeDev Tools· $199
KINDA
Anthropic · 2025-03 · AI agents scaffold the same boilerplate in minutes for free
create-t3-app covers the headline feature free, so the $199/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
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Percy
codeDev Tools· $149
KINDA
Anthropic · 2024-10 · Multimodal diffing plus free screenshot comparison
Playwright screenshots covers the headline feature free, so the $149/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
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Honeycomb
codeDev Tools· $130
KINDA
Anthropic · 2024-11 · MCP-connected agents querying raw traces instead of a hand-driven query builder
Grafana Cloud and Axiom cover the headline feature free, so the $130/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
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Cloudinary
codeDev Tools· $89
KINDA
OpenAI · 2025-06 · Next.js, Vercel and Cloudflare shipping free image optimisation as a framework feature
ImageKit and imgproxy cover the headline feature free, so the $89/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
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Cypress
codeDev Tools· $67
KINDA
Microsoft · 2025-03 · Playwright MCP letting agents drive a browser and write the tests themselves
Playwright and Vitest cover the headline feature free, so the $67/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
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Bugsnag
codeDev Tools· $59
KINDA
OpenAI · 2024-05 · AI triage narrowed the gap between error trackers
Sentry covers the headline feature free, so the $59/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
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Fastly
codeDev Tools· $50
KINDA
OpenAI · 2025-06 · Cloudflare bundling CDN, edge compute and AI inference at prices Fastly cannot match
Cloudflare covers the headline feature free, so the $50/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
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Comet ML
codeDev Tools· $50
KINDA
OpenAI · 2025-08 · Weights & Biases dominating experiment tracking while LLM observability crowds the new lane
Weights & Biases and MLflow cover the headline feature free, so the $50/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
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Augment Code
codeDev Tools· $50
KINDA
Anthropic · 2025-08 · Million-token context windows eroded the retrieval advantage
Anthropic's version covers the headline feature only, so the $50/mo is now paying for the workflow around it, not the AI.
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Postman Enterprise
codeDev Tools· $49
KINDA
Anthropic · 2024-11 · MCP and agentic tool calling changed how APIs get exercised
Bruno and Hoppscotch cover the headline feature free, so the $49/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
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Softr
codeDev Tools· $49
KINDA
Anthropic · 2024-11 · AI app builders generating full-stack apps
Glide and Bubble cover the headline feature free, so the $49/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
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ImageKit
codeDev Tools· $49
KINDA
OpenAI · 2025-06 · Framework-native image optimisation making a third-party media CDN optional
Cloudinary and Uploadthing cover the headline feature free, so the $49/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
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Tabnine Enterprise
codeDev Tools· $39
KINDA
Anthropic · 2025-02 · Frontier models shipped with enterprise data guarantees
Ollama + local models covers the headline feature free, so the $39/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
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Bubble
codeDev Tools· $32
KINDA
Anthropic · 2024-11 · Lovable, Bolt and prompt-to-app tools
Lovable and Bolt cover the headline feature free, so the $32/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.