Development tools
35 tools, each with ratings from published sources, pricing and alternatives.
Software for people who write, host and ship code: editors, version control, containers, developer communities and the libraries that sit on top. Scores here come from the ratings published in the app stores.
Sorted by score, highest first
GitHub9.6/10$4/seat/mo
Lovable9.6/10$21/mo · billed yearly- ReReplit9.4/10
Cursor9.4/10$8/mo- JaJam9.4/10$14/seat/mo · billed yearly
- ThThunkable8.2/10$19/mo
Retool7.0/10$10/seat/mo · billed yearly
Postman$9/seat/mo · billed yearly
Draftbit$12/mo · billed yearly
Honeybadger$26/mo- SGStatusGator$72/mo · billed yearly
- BBBare Bones Software$59.99 one-time
Beanstalk$15/mo
Bolt.new$25/mo
BootstrapFree
CodePen$8/mo · billed yearly
Cronitor
Devin$20/mo
Docker$9/seat/mo · billed yearly
FastComments
GodotFree
Hoppscotch$6/seat/mo · billed yearly- KaKaleidoscope$8/mo · billed yearly
Marked 2
Nova$99 one-time
PklFree
PopSQL$19/seat/mo
Stack OverflowFree- SCStatusCast
Tailwind CSSFree
Temporal
Tuple$30/seat/mo
v0$30/seat/mo
Visual Studio CodeFree
Windsurf$20/mo
Compare at a glance
| Tool | Score | From price | Free plan |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub | 9.6/10 | $4/seat/mo | Yes |
| Lovable | 9.6/10 | $21/mo · billed yearly | Yes |
| Replit | 9.4/10 | Yes | |
| Cursor | 9.4/10 | $8/mo | Yes |
| Jam | 9.4/10 | $14/seat/mo · billed yearly | Yes |
| Thunkable | 8.2/10 | $19/mo | Yes |
| Retool | 7.0/10 | $10/seat/mo · billed yearly | Yes |
| Postman | $9/seat/mo · billed yearly | Yes | |
| Draftbit | $12/mo · billed yearly | Yes | |
| Honeybadger | $26/mo | Yes | |
| StatusGator | $72/mo · billed yearly | Yes | |
| Bare Bones Software | $59.99 one-time | Yes | |
| Beanstalk | $15/mo | Yes | |
| Bolt.new | $25/mo | Yes | |
| Bootstrap | Yes | ||
| CodePen | $8/mo · billed yearly | Yes | |
| Cronitor | Yes | ||
| Devin | $20/mo | Yes | |
| Docker | $9/seat/mo · billed yearly | Yes | |
| FastComments | |||
| Godot | Yes | ||
| Hoppscotch | $6/seat/mo · billed yearly | Yes | |
| Kaleidoscope | $8/mo · billed yearly | ||
| Marked 2 | |||
| Nova | $99 one-time | ||
| Pkl | Yes | ||
| PopSQL | $19/seat/mo | Yes | |
| Stack Overflow | Yes | ||
| StatusCast | |||
| Tailwind CSS | Yes | ||
| Temporal | |||
| Tuple | $30/seat/mo | ||
| v0 | $30/seat/mo | Yes | |
| Visual Studio Code | Yes | ||
| Windsurf | $20/mo | Yes |
How to choose
This page compares the 35 Developer tools tools in our data, using facts recorded from each vendor's own pages. Use the list to narrow the field, then open the comparison table and each tool page for the detail.
Pick by need
- Free plan: GitHub, Lovable, Replit, Cursor, Jam, Thunkable, Retool, Postman, and 20 more.
- Lowest starting price in USD per month: Cursor, CodePen and Kaleidoscope, $8/mo.
- Free trial: Kaleidoscope and Marked 2 7 days, Jam, StatusGator, Beanstalk, Cronitor, StatusCast and Tuple 14 days, GitHub, Honeybadger, Bare Bones Software, FastComments and Nova 30 days, Temporal 90 days and Retool and Postman.
- Apps for both iOS and Android: Replit and Thunkable.
- Most ratings behind a score: GitHub, 249,372 ratings.
- Prices were last checked against each vendor's own pricing page on 5 Nov 2026, the most recent check among the tools listed.
Before you pay, check three things on each tool page: what the free plan leaves out, what the plan costs after the first term, and which platforms the tool runs on. Each page links the vendor's own pricing source so you can confirm the figures yourself. Tools are sorted by Tools.us.org score, highest first, with ties broken by the number of ratings. The score summarizes published ratings only; this page reports recorded facts and is not a hands-on test.