67% of first choices, clear leader.
Claude Code is made by Anthropic, whose model Claude Haiku 4.5 is in the set. On the four share prompts that model made it the first choice zero times of 4; the other eleven models zero times of 44. Lab treatment is defined on the method page; the row is marked, not excluded.
“avoid standard free-tier or public instances of major AI coding assistants (such as GitHub Copilot standard, Cursor, or Windsurf)” Qwen 3.7 Flash, negative prompt
“You should generally avoid standard free-tier or public instances of major AI coding assistants (such as GitHub Copilot standard, Cursor, or Windsurf)” Qwen 3.7 Flash, negative prompt
“Research found Claude Code silently ignored its own deny rules when commands exceeded 50 subcommands” Kimi K2, negative prompt
“avoid standard free-tier or public instances of major AI coding assistants (such as GitHub Copilot standard, Cursor, or Windsurf)” Qwen 3.7 Flash, negative prompt
64 of 72 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 12 of 12 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 834 links across 306 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
| Company and products | Share | Own site cited | Name searches, Google | AI search demand, est. | Organic visits | Paid search a month, est. | Google ads, last 30 days | Best Google position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub github.com GitHub Copilot 67% | 67% | 207 | 1,500,000 | 31,479 | 42,019,137 company | $81 | 14 | |
| Windsurf windsurf.com | 10% | 66 | 60,500 | 4,501 | 21,603 | 0 | ||
| Cursor cursor.com | 4% | 164 | 301,000 | 22,500 | 350,718 | $28 | 119 | 6 |
| Cline cline.bot | 4% | 23 | 22,200 | 8,724 | 12,658 | 3 | ||
| Amazon Q amazon.com Amazon Q Developer 2% | 2% | 109 | 9,900 | 738 | 1,681,997,879 company | $106,125 | 115 | |
| Aider aider.chat | 2% | 20 | 9,900 | 585 | 5,507 | |||
| Gemini Code Assist | 2% | 6,600 | 167 | |||||
| Replit replit.com Replit AI 2% | 2% | 15 | 9,900 | 168 | 251,888 company | $626 | 40 | |
| Augment Code augmentcode.com | 2% | 11 | 6,600 | 199 | 146,518 | 20 | 1 | |
| Claude claude.com Claude 2%, Claude Code 0% | 2% | 92 | 5,000,000 | 53,240 | 3,090,945 | $1,889 | 120 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 24 sites; 3 of them are among the sites the models cited here (augmentcode.com, axify.io, reddit.com). The first result for “ai coding assistant” is augmentcode.com.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 08:42 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 09:03 | yes | 4 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 08:29 | yes | 16 | 26 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 08:53 | yes | 20 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 08:25 | yes | 18 | 15 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 09:09 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 08:34 | yes | 20 | 18 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 08:39 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 08:31 | yes | 10 | 30 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 08:19 | yes | 10 | 137 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 09:01 | yes | 12 | 113 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 08:38 | yes | 5 | 18 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 08:53 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 08:36 | yes | 3 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 08:54 | yes | 14 | 21 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 08:53 | yes | 20 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 08:54 | yes | 20 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 08:27 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 09:12 | yes | 19 | 21 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 08:48 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 09:04 | yes | 5 | 50 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 09:10 | yes | 15 | 36 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 08:53 | yes | 14 | 19 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 08:34 | yes | 5 | 18 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 08:42 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 08:30 | yes | 9 | 10 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 09:04 | yes | 17 | 31 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 08:20 | yes | 20 | 9 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 08:39 | yes | 14 | 9 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 09:09 | yes | 10 | 10 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 08:37 | yes | 18 | 19 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 08:45 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 08:31 | yes | 5 | 23 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 08:57 | yes | 15 | 40 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 08:46 | yes | 10 | 141 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 08:30 | yes | 14 | 38 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 08:45 | yes | 9 | 9 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 08:26 | no | 0 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 08:45 | yes | 25 | 24 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 08:30 | yes | 20 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 08:32 | yes | 19 | 10 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 08:20 | yes | 13 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 08:27 | yes | 9 | 15 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 09:09 | yes | 7 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 08:38 | yes | 5 | 22 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 08:34 | yes | 20 | 27 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 09:03 | yes | 24 | 81 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 08:18 | no | 0 | 11 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 08:17 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 08:25 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 08:28 | yes | 10 | 25 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 09:02 | yes | 20 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 08:32 | yes | 15 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 08:37 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 08:38 | yes | 9 | 16 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 08:19 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 08:52 | no | 0 | 39 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 08:23 | yes | 9 | 23 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 08:47 | yes | 14 | 47 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 08:42 | yes | 5 | 15 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 09:03 | yes | 16 | 10 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 08:56 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 09:12 | yes | 18 | 26 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 08:53 | yes | 20 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 08:49 | yes | 39 | 15 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 08:54 | yes | 5 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 09:10 | yes | 30 | 31 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 08:54 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 08:41 | yes | 5 | 48 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 08:23 | yes | 25 | 62 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 09:12 | yes | 27 | 89 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 08:48 | yes | 5 | 14 s |
Flips between the edition run and its calibration repeat. Six prompts per model is a small sample; the index-wide floor is the number to trust.
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