The best alternatives to Jules
Jules might not be the right fit: the price, a missing feature or a payment model you don't like. These are the closest alternatives in our catalog, ordered by rating, with the full review of each one.
Why look for a Jules alternative
Its model is asynchronous work: you hand it a task or an issue, it goes off to a cloud machine and comes back with a reviewable pull request. The free plan is among the most generous in the catalogue at 15 tasks a day, and the complaints concentrate on short context in large repos and uneven results next to interactive agents.
What its own users repeat in the July 25, 2026 sweep:
- Context runs short on large repositories, and the quality of its proposals visibly drops there (strong theme)
- Output is uneven: the community compares it to a junior colleague whose work needs full review (strong theme)
- Paid plan prices do not appear on the product site, which publishes only task quotas per day (present theme)
Best alternatives to Jules
OpenAI's coding agent, included with ChatGPT: local in your terminal or in the cloud.
Cognition's autonomous engineer, now across four surfaces: Desktop (the former Windsurf), Cloud, CLI and Review.
Google's terminal agent, open source with a generous free tier.
What the internet says about each alternative
OpenAI Codex 4.1/5 · From $20
The web rates the cloud agents and the GitHub fit, and concentrates its complaints on quota burn: paying users exhausting the weekly limit in one or two days and token billing that has made cost less predictable.
Where it wins: Cloud agents that launch several tasks at once and return reviewable change proposals Where it slips: Quota burn dominates the complaints: the official repo's most-commented issues are about tokens draining in hours and jumps in cost per token
Devin 3.4/5 · From $20
Public opinion is split: teams with a migration backlog or repetitive tasks get value out of it, while people looking for a judgement-heavy partner compare it badly against $20-a-month agents. The Windsurf purchase and the big funding rounds give it continuity, but cost per unit of work is still the doubt that repeats most.
Where it wins: It works asynchronously on long repetitive tasks, which is where teams with migration backlogs say they gain time Where it slips: Cost per unit of work is the central complaint: consumption spikes on long projects and the allowance runs out sooner than expected
Gemini CLI 3.3/5 · Free
July's sweep is dominated by one structural change: since 18 June 2026 Gemini CLI no longer serves free accounts or personal paid plans, which move to Antigravity CLI, and only enterprise licences and paid API keys stay on board. The repo keeps shipping releases and the community that built it feels sidelined.
Where it wins: The code stays open under Apache 2.0 and the repo ships releases every few days Where it slips: The free path for individual developers is gone: the repo's own announcement carries hundreds of downvotes and the charge of closing a project built on volunteer work
Comparison table
| Tool | Price | Free trial | Platforms | Rating | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jules | Free | No | Web | VisitJules (opens in a new tab) | |
| OpenAI Codex | From $20 | No | Web, macOS, Windows | VisitOpenAI Codex (opens in a new tab) | |
| Devin | From $20 | No | Web | VisitDevin (opens in a new tab) | |
| Gemini CLI | Free | No | macOS, Windows | VisitGemini CLI (opens in a new tab) |
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