
AI Coding Tools Pricing - June 2026
June 2026: GitHub Copilot moves to AI-Credits billing, Windsurf becomes Devin Desktop, and Amazon Q Developer enters EOL. Cline cheapest; Copilot Pro best value at $10/month.
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June 2026: GitHub Copilot moves to AI-Credits billing, Windsurf becomes Devin Desktop, and Amazon Q Developer enters EOL. Cline cheapest; Copilot Pro best value at $10/month.

Dell Technologies World 2026 centers on sovereign AI: OpenAI Codex, Google Gemini, Grok, and Palantir are all coming on-prem via Dell AI Factory, alongside new PowerRack hardware deployable in 6.5 hours.

OpenAI is merging ChatGPT, Codex, and the developer API into a unified agentic platform under Greg Brockman, while pausing Sora and shutting down its science and adult content experiments.

OpenAI's Codex coding agent arrives on iPhone and Android as a remote control for desktop sessions, with QR code pairing and live terminal output for its 4 million weekly users.

OpenAI's Daybreak initiative packages GPT-5.5 and Codex Security into a managed cybersecurity program with 20+ partners - a direct answer to Anthropic's Project Glasswing.

OpenAI launches Codex Transformation Partners with Accenture, Cognizant, Infosys, PwC, TCS, and others, and embeds its own engineers at client sites via Codex Labs as weekly users hit 4 million.

OpenAI's April 16 Codex update adds background computer use on Mac, an Atlas-based in-app browser, gpt-image-1.5 image generation, and 111 new plugins - moving the app far beyond agentic coding.

OpenAI ships a plugin marketplace for Codex CLI v0.117.0, bundling skills, app integrations, and MCP server configs behind an enterprise governance layer.

A head-to-head comparison of Claude Code, Cursor, and OpenAI Codex CLI covering pricing, benchmarks, workflow differences, and which coding agent fits your stack.

We compared 10 agent sandboxing tools - from a 99-line shell script to a full Kubernetes cluster. Most agents still run with access to your terminal, files, and AWS keys. Here is how to fix that.

OpenAI is acquiring Astral, the startup behind Python's dominant uv package manager and Ruff linter, folding critical developer infrastructure into its Codex coding agent team.

A head-to-head comparison of OpenAI Codex and Anthropic Claude Code covering benchmarks, pricing, features, and real-world performance for agentic coding workflows.