Palomino alternatives
Palomino autonomous coding agents. These 5 tools do the same job or overlap with it (see all AI coding agents).
Compared at a glance
| Tool | Pricing | Platforms | Standout |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palomino | Pricing: see official site | Desktop | Autonomous coding agents |
| Claude Code | Paid plans: see official pricing | Web app, Desktop, Mobile, Plugin or MCP | Asks permission before changing files or running commands |
| GitHub Copilot | Free plan · Paid from $10/user/mo | Desktop, Mobile, Plugin or MCP | Cloud agent runs assigned tasks in the background |
| Cursor | Paid plans: see official pricing | Desktop | SAML/OIDC SSO and centralized billing for teams |
| OpenHands | Free plan · Paid plans: see official pricing | Web app, API | Web-based GUI, Terminal UI, and CLI |
| Devin | Free plan · Paid plans: see official pricing | Desktop, API | Tests end to end in its own browser and VM |
The alternatives
Claude Code does the same autonomous coding job as Palomino, editing files and running commands, and adds GitHub and GitLab issue-to-pull-request workflows.
Choose Claude Code if you are a developer who wants an agent that asks permission before changing files or running commands
GitHub Copilot covers part of Palomino's agent job with a cloud agent that runs assigned tasks in the background and a command-line tool, and adds code completion.
Choose GitHub Copilot if you want a free plan, or third-party agents such as Claude Code and Codex on Pro and above
Cursor is an AI coding agent that turns ideas into code and takes handed-off tasks, overlapping Palomino's agent work and adding team administration features.
Choose Cursor if you are a software team that needs SAML/OIDC SSO and centralized billing for members
OpenHands is an open source platform of autonomous agents that plan, write, and apply code changes across codebases, similar to Palomino's agent job, with a free local option.
Choose OpenHands if you want an open source agent you can run locally at no cost
Devin is an autonomous software engineer that builds, tests, and delivers pull requests in the cloud or on your machine, matching Palomino's agent job with parallel cloud agents.
Choose Devin if you want cloud agents that run in parallel and test end to end in their own browser and VM
