Claude

By Anthropic

How often 10 AI models recommend Claude, what they say about it, and who they recommend instead, on the 1 buying question where it came up.

Mention rate

33%of all answers on this question

Best standing

#10of 24 on Best AI coding assistants

Buying questions

1where any model named it

Never named it

2of 10 models

Which models recommend it

Share of each model's answers that named it, at any position · The black tick marks the panel average

1. Gemini 4 Argon67%
2. Nemotron 3 Ultra67%
3. DeepSeek V4 Pro50%
4. Kimi K342%
5. Mistral Large 442%
6. Claude Haiku 5.533%
7. GLM-5.317%
8. GPT-6 Luna8%
9. Qwen 3.8 Flash0%
10. MiniMax M30%

Never named it: Qwen 3.8 Flash MiniMax M3

Tracked since October 25, 2026. Each time the panel answers these questions again, the change shows here.

What the models say

Each model's one-line reason for recommending it, from its first answer

Best AI coding assistants 7

• Claude Haiku 5.5Strong at reasoning over large codebases, careful refactoring, and clear explanations.
• GPT-6 LunaEspecially capable at code reasoning, refactoring, and explaining complex changes.
• Gemini 4 ArgonSuperior reasoning and coding accuracy for complex architecture, debugging, and large context windows.
• DeepSeek V4 ProBest for complex reasoning, architecture discussions, and large codebases.
• Kimi K3Excellent reasoning for complex refactors, debugging, and architectural guidance.
• Mistral Large 4Excellent reasoning for complex coding tasks and large context windows.
• Nemotron 3 UltraSuperior reasoning for complex refactoring and architecture

Against the competition

Each question's products ranked by the share of all answers that named them, Claude highlighted.

Best AI coding assistants

24 products named in 120 answers across 4 wordings

In nearly every answer

CursorGitHub CopilotWindsurfAmazon Q Developer

Contested

1. 5Tabnine88%
2. 6Claude Code66%
3. 7JetBrains AI Assistant64%
4. 8Cody61%
5. 9Replit48%
6. ⋯
7. 10Claude33%

Mention rate by model and question

Share of each model's answers on the question that named it · Hover a cell for the count

Question	Claude Haiku 5.5	GPT-6 Luna	Gemini 4 Argon	Qwen 3.8 Flash	DeepSeek V4 Pro	GLM-5.3	Kimi K3	MiniMax M3	Mistral Large 4	Nemotron 3 Ultra
Best AI coding assistants	33	8	67		50	17	42		42	67

Does the wording matter?

Share of answers that named it under each way of asking the question · Hover a cell for the exact wording

Question	List request	Buyer asking for advice	Search query	Worth paying for?
Best AI coding assistants	23	67	10	30

Head to head

Against the products named most often on the same questions

Claude vs CursorClaude vs GitHub CopilotClaude vs WindsurfClaude vs Amazon Q DeveloperClaude vs TabnineClaude vs Claude Code

Compare with another product

Other Anthropic products: Claude Code

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