Coding agents
Gartner's first Magic Quadrant for coding agents
Anthropic, Cursor, GitHub and OpenAI share the Leaders box. The firm expects the IDE to become optional for most teams.
Coding agents · AI IDEs · Models · Market
AI that writes code, explained without the noise.
OrigoTech covers coding agents, AI IDEs, models and developer-tool market trends, with sourced figures.
$37B
Enterprise generative AI spend in 2025
Menlo Ventures
55%
Coding's share of departmental AI spend
Menlo Ventures
73%
Of AI tool users use them every day
Stack Overflow 2026
45%
Of AI-generated code contains known vulnerabilities
Veracode 2026
Featured
Models
Model APIs: Anthropic overtook OpenAI in two years
Between 2023 and 2025, Anthropic went from 12% to 40% of enterprise API spend, OpenAI from 50% to 27%. Open source is shrinking.
Surveys
Stack Overflow 2026: agents in, production off-limits
66% of developers use coding agents, but only 20% let AI touch production operations.
Security
AI-generated code: 45% contains known flaws
Veracode's 2026 report and a METR study are reminders that speed is not enough without a change in method.
AI IDEs
Windsurf becomes Devin Desktop: consolidation speeds up
Cognition acquired Windsurf and renamed it in June 2026. Sonar, meanwhile, absorbed Gitar for code review.
Tool directory
The main agents, editors and models, with the figures published about them.
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Coding agents
Claude Code
Anthropic
Terminal-first (CLI) coding agent. Named a Leader by Gartner (May 2026); used by 66% of developers who use agents, per Stack Overflow 2026.
- CLI
- MCP
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Coding agents
Codex
OpenAI
OpenAI's coding agent, with more than 4 million weekly users according to Gartner. Named a Leader.
- CLI
- Cloud
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Coding agents
GitHub Copilot
GitHub
Assistant and agent built into GitHub: 4.7M seats (+75% year over year) per Gartner. Used by 59% of agent users (Stack Overflow 2026).
- IDE
- Enterprise
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AI IDEs
Cursor
Anysphere
AI-first code editor with more than 50,000 customer organisations. Named a Leader by Gartner.
- Editor
- Agents
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AI IDEs
Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
Cognition
The Windsurf IDE, acquired by Cognition and renamed Devin Desktop in June 2026.
- Editor
- Agents
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AI IDEs
Qoder
Alibaba Cloud
Alibaba Cloud's agentic coding environment, named a Challenger in the first Magic Quadrant for coding agents.
- Editor
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Models
Claude
Anthropic
Anthropic's model family, which grew from 12% to 40% of enterprise LLM API spend between 2023 and 2025 (Menlo Ventures).
- API
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Models
GPT
OpenAI
OpenAI's models: 27% of enterprise LLM API spend in 2025, down from 50% in 2023 (Menlo Ventures).
- API
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Models
Open-source models
Various
Open-source share of enterprise API usage fell from 19% to 11% between 2023 and 2025 (Menlo Ventures).
- Open source
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Review & quality
Sonar (with Gitar)
Sonar
Code verification; Sonar acquired Gitar in 2026 to add AI code review.
- Review
- Security
Trends
The underlying market shifts, backed by figures.
- 2023
- 2025
| Item | 2023 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Anthropic | 12% | 40% |
| OpenAI | 50% | 27% |
| Open source | 19% | 11% |
Source: Menlo Ventures, 2025
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $7.65B |
| 2030 (fcst.) | $22.06B |
Source: The Business Research Company, 2026
| Item | Share |
|---|---|
| Generating code in familiar areas | 67% |
| Using agents | 66% |
| Debugging | 61% |
| Production operations | 20% |
Source: Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2026