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Cody
AI coding assistant powered by code search
As of 29 August 2026, Cody is free to use. Cody is Sourcegraph's AI coding assistant that provides code completion, explanations, and refactoring suggestions. Softwr lists it under Developer Tools. Cody is made by Sourcegraph Inc., launched in 2013.
Overview
What Cody does
Cody is Sourcegraph's AI coding assistant that provides code completion, explanations, and refactoring suggestions. It's powered by large language models and integrated with the Sourcegraph code intelligence platform.
What people use it for
- Code completion and intelligent autocomplete in IDEs
- Developer chat with codebase context awareness
- Automated debugging and error identification
- Customizable prompts for workflow automation
The honest half
Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Cody.
- Sourcegraph now publishes a single Enterprise plan starting at $16K, with no free or individual Pro tier listed on the pricing page
- sourcegraph.com/cody redirects to the documentation rather than a Cody product or pricing page
- AI features are metered as credits included per user, and exceeding the allocation requires buying a higher volume bucket
- Volume credit buckets are sold as an add-on rather than included
- A customer success manager and premium support are optional paid extras on top of the Enterprise plan
- Standard support is 24x5 rather than 24x7, with round-the-clock coverage sold as an upgrade
- The published $16K figure is a starting price that scales with team size, so the actual cost is quoted rather than listed
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Answered, with sources
Questions people ask
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Is Cody free?
Cody offers a free tier for individual developers via VS Code, JetBrains, Visual Studio, and the web app. Unlimited free usage is available for solo developers.
SourceWhat does Cody Enterprise cost?
Cody Enterprise pricing is custom and requires contacting Sourcegraph sales. It is available for Sourcegraph Enterprise customers and must be quoted based on your deployment and usage needs.
SourceWhat LLMs does Cody use?
Cody uses the latest large language models for code completions, chat, and debugging. It leverages Sourcegraph's advanced Search API to pull codebase context from local and remote repositories.
SourceBehind it
Who makes Cody
- Company
- Sourcegraph Inc.
- Based in
- San Francisco, California, USA
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