Cody

What is Cody?

Cody is an AI coding assistant from Sourcegraph that answers questions about code, writes and edits it, and helps fix bugs while drawing on context from local and remote repositories. It uses Sourcegraph's search to find relevant APIs, symbols and usage patterns across a large codebase, and you can add files, symbols or repositories to a chat with an at-sign mention. Besides chat, it offers auto-edit suggestions based on your cursor and recent changes, reusable prompts that teams can share, and context filters that exclude chosen repositories. Cody works in VS Code, JetBrains IDEs, Visual Studio (experimental), the Sourcegraph web app and a command-line tool, and connects to code hosts such as GitHub and GitLab. Administrators get role-based access, usage analytics and optional guardrails for public code, although guardrails are now deprecated. Cody is sold as part of Sourcegraph Enterprise, which the pricing page lists from $16K as a minimum annual contract, with credits for AI features included.

Use cases

• Ask questions about a large codebase
• Generate and edit code with context
• Debug errors across repositories
• Share reusable team prompts
• Explain unfamiliar code
• Complete code in the editor

Who it's for

• Enterprise developers
• Engineering teams
• Platform and DevEx teams
• Engineering leaders

Why use Cody

• Answers draw on your actual repositories rather than only the open file, which helps in large or many-repo codebases.
• It works inside the editors developers already use and in the Sourcegraph web app.
• Shared prompts let a team turn common tasks into repeatable steps.
• Context filters and role-based access give administrators control over what the assistant can see.
• Analytics show active users, accepted completions and estimated time saved.

Cody features

• Chat with codebase context and at-sign mentions
• Code completions and edits
• Auto-edit suggestions from cursor movement
• Customizable prompts shared with a team
• Multi-repository context from Sourcegraph search
• Context filters to exclude repositories
• Extensions for VS Code, JetBrains and Visual Studio
• Web app and CLI access
• Admin controls and role-based access
• Usage analytics for administrators

Cody integrations

• GitHub
• GitLab
• VS Code
• JetBrains IDEs
• Visual Studio

How to get started with Cody

1. Contact Sourcegraph to set up Cody on an Enterprise instance connected to your code host.
2. Install the Cody extension in VS Code or JetBrains, or open it in the web app.
3. Ask a question in chat and add files, symbols or repositories as context with an at-sign.
4. Accept completions, auto-edit suggestions or code edits in the editor.
5. Save frequent tasks as prompts and share them with your team.

Cody limitations

• Cody is supported on Sourcegraph Enterprise
• Visual Studio support is experimental
• Guardrails for public code are deprecated and unsupported with bring-your-own-key setups
• The Free plan comparison lists AI features as not available

Cody pricing

Cody is sold on custom quotes, so its prices aren't published.

Cody plans

• Enterprise

  Starting at $16K

  minimum annual contract; includes credits for AI features

  • Code search and navigation
  • AI-powered Deep Search
  • Batch Changes, Insights and Monitoring
  • MCP server, API and CLI access
  • Single-tenant cloud
  • 24x5 support

Plans as listed on the official pricing page on 24 Oct 2026. Prices can change and may vary by country or exclude tax. Check the official pricing page.

Cody alternatives

The main Cody alternatives listed on Debuly are GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Continue, Supermaven, Tabby and dbForge AI Assistant. The table compares pricing and platforms; order is A–Z.

1. 

   Continue

   Open-source AI coding assistant for VS Code and JetBrains with chat, agent, edit and autocomplete modes, now part of Cursor.

   CodingDeveloper platforms
   Open sourceVisit Continue (official site)
2. 

   Cursor

   AI code editor and coding agent with cloud agents, Bugbot code review and multi-provider models, sold with Grok and X plans.

   CodingAutomation and agentsDeveloper platforms
   FreemiumVisit Cursor (official site)
3. 

   dbForge AI Assistant

   SQL helper built into Devart's dbForge database tools that writes, fixes, explains and tunes queries from plain-language requests.

   CodingProductivityDeveloper platforms
   FreemiumVisit dbForge AI Assistant (official site)
4. 

   GitHub Copilot

   GitHub's AI coding assistant for code completion, chat and agents in VS Code, JetBrains, Visual Studio, the CLI and GitHub.com.

   CodingAutomation and agents
   FreemiumVisit GitHub Copilot (official site)
5. 

   Supermaven

   AI code completion for VS Code, JetBrains and Neovim with a 1 million token context window, a free tier and a chat.

   CodingDeveloper platforms
   FreemiumVisit Supermaven (official site)
6. 

   Tabby

   Open-source, self-hosted AI coding assistant offering code completion, chat and an answer engine on your own infrastructure.

   CodingDeveloper platforms
   Open sourceVisit Tabby (official site)

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Sources & verification

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