Machine-readable: changes.json. Policy: how we rank and drop tools.
Week of October 15, 2026
Baseline week: 29 tools across 8 categories published. Nothing to compare against yet.
Where things stand
- AI coding editors/IDEs: Cursor is our pick
- Coding agents (CLI/cloud): Claude Code is our pick
- App builders (prompt-to-app): Lovable is our pick
- AI model APIs: Anthropic Claude API is our pick
- Code review & testing: CodeRabbit is our pick
- Design-to-code / UI generation: v0 by Vercel is our pick
- Docs & research for devs: Gemini Deep Research + Notebook is our pick
- Dev productivity: Granola is our pick
18 of 29 entries have at least one pricing or plan detail we couldn't fully confirm. Those are flagged with ⚠ on the cards.
Notes
- First published ranking (v1). This is the baseline: future weeks are compared against it.
- Scores are editorial judgments informed by public benchmarks, October 2026 reviews, and official pricing pages. They are not hands-on lab tests yet.
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