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ai coding assistants, ranked by real usage_

As of 4 November 2026, Claude Code leads ai coding assistants with 5,532 companies naming it in job postings, ahead of Cursor at 4,259.

As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.

Leader
Claude Code · 5,532
Runner-up
Cursor · 4,259
Most hiring, 90 days
Claude Code
Highest postings per company
GitLab Duo
Catalogue
T-1.0.1-prov
17,215companies across the category
32%of them on Claude Code
46,874postings naming a ai coding assistant in 90 days
23tools with enough evidence to rank
02 — Ranking

Every ai coding assistant we can measure

Companies naming the tool, and postings naming it in the last 90 days. Bars are relative to the leader.

#ToolCompaniescompaniesPostings, 90 dayspostingsper company
1
Claude CodeAnthropic
5,532
14,0852.5
2
CursorAnysphere
4,259
11,2342.6
3
GitHub CopilotMicrosoft
3,165
10,4433.3
4
CodexOpenAI
2,265
5,9112.6
5
LovableLovable
413
7301.8
6
WindsurfCognition
239
6342.7
7
ReplitReplit
189
3181.7
8
Figma MakeFigma
186
3031.6
9
KiroAmazon Web Services
157
6664.2
10
OpenCodeSST
157
3752.4
11
DevinCognition
131
7866.0
12
v0Vercel
80
1371.7
13
Google AntigravityGoogle
79
2012.5
14
Amazon Q DeveloperAmazon Web Services
65
1572.4
15
Gemini CLIGoogle
56
1502.7
16
ClineCline
53
1292.4
17
CodeRabbitCodeRabbit
50
771.5
18
Spec KitGitHub
29
642.2
19
Snowflake Cortex CodeSnowflake
28
712.5
20
Gemini Code AssistGoogle
26
833.2
21
OpenSpec
22
472.1
22
GitLab DuoGitLab
21
23011.0
23
Mistral VibeMistral AI
13
433.3
03 — Head to head

Compare two tools

Same data, two columns: who chooses which by size, industry and country.

Claude Code vs Cursor5,532 · 4,259Claude Code vs GitHub Copilot5,532 · 3,165Claude Code vs Codex5,532 · 2,265Claude Code vs Lovable5,532 · 413Claude Code vs Windsurf5,532 · 239Cursor vs GitHub Copilot4,259 · 3,165Cursor vs Codex4,259 · 2,265Cursor vs Lovable4,259 · 413Cursor vs Windsurf4,259 · 239GitHub Copilot vs Codex3,165 · 2,265GitHub Copilot vs Lovable3,165 · 413GitHub Copilot vs Windsurf3,165 · 239Codex vs Lovable2,265 · 413Codex vs Windsurf2,265 · 239Lovable vs Windsurf413 · 239
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Claude Code leads ai coding assistants with 5,532 companies naming it in job postings, ahead of Cursor at 4,259. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/tools/category/ai-coding-assistants)
How we know

Read from the source, not self-reported

Every number on this page can be traced to a page we crawled or a posting we read. Full methodology →

  • CatalogueBreaknorm technology catalogue T-1.0.1-prov: 6,296 tools with vendor and category, editions folded into their parent.
  • CompaniesCompanies whose own postings name the tool as the team's system, any confidence. Candidate wish-lists excluded.
  • 90-day postingsOpen postings first seen or posted in the last 90 days that name the tool.
  • Not countedTools used by teams that do not post jobs, and companies without a career site we can read.
FAQ

ai coding assistants: questions

How is this ranking made?

By the number of companies whose own job postings name the tool as the team's system, from the Breaknorm technology catalogue (version T-1.0.1-prov). No vendor paid for a position and no editor chose the order.

Why is this different from review-site rankings?

Review sites rank by reviews collected. This ranks by companies hiring people to work in the tool, which is closer to seats in use. It under-counts tools used by teams that rarely post jobs.

What about product editions?

Editions and sub-products () are counted under the parent so no company is counted twice.

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