The best alternatives to Tabnine

Why look for a Tabnine alternative

Nothing operational has moved since the Tricentis purchase: the same two plans at $39 and $59 per user a month, the same extension marked Legacy on both VS Code and JetBrains, the same 30 July statement unchanged since 3 August. The only new thing this week is context around the deal itself: Israeli outlet Calcalist puts the purchase in the tens of millions of dollars, with no official terms disclosed, and notes Tabnine had raised $55 million from investors including Khosla Ventures and Atlassian Ventures. There is no Hacker News thread about the acquisition, explicitly confirmed today, and no sign of layoffs or product changes tied to the merger either.

What its own users repeat in the August 10, 2026 sweep:

• There is no free plan and no trial: both published plans carry the same request-a-quote button (strong theme)
• The VS Code and JetBrains add-ons are marked legacy, and the JetBrains one warns it does not onboard new users (strong theme)
• Closing the cheap plans left dated one-star reviews, including one from somebody who had paid for a year days earlier (strong theme)
• The privacy promise covers its own models, not the third-party ones the same chat lets you pick (present theme)
• It changed owner on 30 July 2026 in a deal Calcalist puts in the tens of millions of dollars with no official terms disclosed, and the buyer states the technology will be folded into its own platform (present theme)

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