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Enterprise AI code assistant with self-hosted deployment and strict IP/privacy controls
It is proprietary, sold by subscription from $39/user/mo and available on Windows, macOS and Linux. 10 of 10 checklist rows are verified against a public source.
Tabnine is a long-running AI coding assistant (originally a completion engine) that now offers chat, agentic edits, and an Enterprise Context Engine that models a codebase's real dependencies and APIs. It ships as an IDE plugin across VS Code, JetBrains, Eclipse, and Visual Studio, and is one of the few assistants offering fully air-gapped, self-hosted/on-prem deployment with a no-code-retention guarantee, aimed at regulated industries. The Enterprise Context Engine reached general availability across SaaS and self-hosted deployments in February 2026.
Tabnine targets engineering organizations and enterprise development teams that want AI coding assistance without giving up control over where their code and models run, rather than individual hobbyist developers on a free plan. Its pricing and messaging are aimed at teams buying per-seat annual licenses through a sales conversation.
Tabnine provides in-IDE code completions and chat, a terminal-native CLI agent that can implement features, refactor code across files, run commands, and open pull requests, and an Enterprise Context Engine that connects to Git, Jira, Confluence, and other systems to ground suggestions in an organization's own codebase and standards. Enterprise admins can also connect their own or self-managed LLM endpoints instead of using Tabnine's default models.
Client plugins install into IDEs such as VS Code, JetBrains IDEs, Eclipse, and Visual Studio (Windows, macOS, or Linux), plus a separate terminal CLI, and communicate with Tabnine's backend over port 443. Tabnine can be deployed as SaaS, on a customer's VPC, on-premises, or fully air-gapped, processes code ephemerally without storing it or training models on it, and lets teams choose or restrict which underlying LLM providers agents and chat use.
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Tabby (TabbyML) is an open-source AI coding assistant built to run entirely on a team's own infrastructure, serving code completion and chat from locally hosted or self-hosted open-weight models with.
Cline is an open-source AI agent that plugs into VS Code and JetBrains, giving models full terminal access, file editing, and browser automation via Playwright under a human-in-the-loop Plan/Act workf.
Kilo (formerly branded Kilo Code) is an open-source AI coding agent combining features from Cline and Roo Code into one platform, running as a VS Code/JetBrains plugin, a CLI, and a cloud agent.
Aider is an open-source (Apache-2.0) command-line AI coding assistant created by Paul Gauthier that treats git as the system of record, generating a commit for every accepted change.
Amp is Sourcegraph's coding agent, rebranded from Cody in 2026 after Sourcegraph discontinued Cody's individual/Pro plans in favor of an enterprise-only Cody.
Every fact and feature listed for Tabnine is verified against its own pages. Each alternative is sourced on its own page.
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Pricing model Subscription verified 2026-07-30
Both listed plans (Code Assistant Platform, Agentic Platform) are billed per user per month on an annual subscription; both require contacting sales ('Get a quote') rather than self-serve checkout. No
per user per month
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Platforms Windows, macOS, Linux verified 2026-07-30
The Tabnine client runs as an IDE plugin/extension (VS Code, JetBrains IDEs, Eclipse, Visual Studio) and as a terminal CLI on these three OSes; no iOS/Android/standalone-web/browser-extension client i
Windows (Windows 10+), x86_64 or i686 Linux (kernel 6.2+), x86_64 Mac OS (13+), x86_64 or aarch64
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License Proprietary verified 2026-07-30
The core Tabnine platform/service is closed-source commercial software. Some individual IDE client wrappers are separately MIT-licensed, e.g. the VS Code client repo (raw.githubusercontent.com/codota/
Code exposed to Tabnine is never stored or shared when using our proprietary models.
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Starts at $39/user/mo verified 2026-07-30
This is the listed starting price for the Tabnine Code Assistant Platform tier (annual subscription); actual purchase requires 'Get a quote' via contact-us, so real invoiced price may vary. The higher
39 ... per user per month ... { Annual subscription * }
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Status acquired verified 2026-08-21https://www.tabnine.com/blog/a-new-chapter-for-tabnine/
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Editor integrations Yes verified 2026-07-30
Supported IDEs table lists VS Code, JetBrains IDEs (IntelliJ, PyCharm, WebStorm, PhpStorm, GoLand, RubyMine, CLion, AppCode, Rider, DataGrip, Android Studio), Eclipse, and Visual Studio 2022/2026.
The Tabnine client runs as an IDE plugin/extension on the end user's machine.
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Autocomplete Yes verified 2026-07-30
AI code completions for current line and multiple lines for full-function implementation
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Chat with codebase context Yes verified 2026-07-30
Also see the Enterprise Context Engine, which 'learns your organization's unique architecture, frameworks, and coding standards' and connects to Git, Jira, and Confluence.
Tabnine can use your current file, open files, terminal output, and repository history to improve accuracy.
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Agentic edits Yes verified 2026-07-30
Autonomous agents, with optional user-in-the-loop oversight
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Local model support Partial verified 2026-07-30
This is an enterprise-admin feature to point Tabnine at your own/on-prem LLM endpoint (Bedrock, Azure, OpenAI-compatible, etc.), not a one-click local/offline model out of the box. The client system-r
Self-Managed Models allows enterprise administrators to connect their own large language model (LLM) endpoints to Tabnine.
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Self-hostable Yes verified 2026-07-30
Tabnine Enterprise is a fully private, self-contained environment. Deploy Tabnine however makes the most sense for your business: as secure SaaS, on VPC, or on-premises. Tabnine can also be fully air-
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Free tier limits No verified 2026-07-30
The pricing page enumerates only two paid, per-seat, quote-based plans ($39/mo and $59/mo); no free/individual plan is listed. The former self-serve trial URL /free-90-day-trial/ now serves the Contac
Simple, clear, and transparent pricing for our private, secure AI-powered development platform optimized for your organization.
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Privacy: code retention policy Yes verified 2026-07-30
Cell marked 'yes' meaning a explicit zero-retention policy is documented, not that code is retained.
We never retain any code on our servers. Requests are only ephemerally processed to provide coding suggestions and are then immediately discarded.
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Terminal / CLI use Yes verified 2026-07-30
The Tabnine CLI is a terminal-native AI coding agent. Instead of living inside an IDE panel, it runs directly where developers already work
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Multi-file refactors Yes verified 2026-07-30
Refactoring code across files
https://www.tabnine.com/platform-cli/
FAQ
Yes. Tabby, Amazon Q Developer and GitHub Copilot have a free tier or are fully free. Free-tier limits in the comparison table are verified and dated.
Tabby, Cline and Kilo — every license claim links its source.