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Tabnine

Tabnine

AI code assistant built for enterprise privacy

$12/mo ~ Moderate Agreement Visit Website ↗

Score Breakdown

6.5
6.6
7.3
Code Quality & Accuracy 6.8
6.5 6.5 7.5
Context Understanding 6.6
6.2 6.3 7.2
Multi-file Editing 5.4
5.2 5.2 5.8
Speed & Performance 7.8
7.5 7.5 8.5
Pricing Value 6.4
6.2 6.0 7.0
Ease of Use 7.6
7.3 7.6 8.0
Model Flexibility 5.9
5.5 5.6 6.5
Extension Ecosystem 7.0
6.8 6.8 7.5

Judge Opinions

Claude Opus 6.5

"Pioneered AI code completion but has fallen significantly behind the current generation in core capabilities. Enterprise privacy features and on-premise deployment for air-gapped environments remain genuine differentiators for regulated industries. For developers or teams without strict compliance requirements, the widening capability gap makes it increasingly difficult to recommend at current pricing."

+ On-premise deployment for air-gapped and regulated environments
+ IP-safe training exclusively on permissively licensed code
+ Broad IDE support across JetBrains, VS Code, and more
+ Established enterprise track record and compliance certifications
- Core AI capabilities significantly behind current generation
- No meaningful agentic or multi-file editing features
- Limited context window constrains code understanding
- Pricing does not reflect the growing capability gap
GPT-5.2 6.6

"Tabnine is positioned around enterprise privacy and compliance, including deployment options for organizations with strict data controls. It integrates into mainstream IDEs and provides stable inline completions with minimal workflow disruption. The trade-off is limited long-context and agent-style functionality, and the pricing/packaging often skews toward enterprise budgets."

+ Enterprise-grade privacy with on-premise deployment
+ IP-focused training and compliance positioning
+ Broad IDE support including JetBrains and VS Code
+ Established track record and stability
- Limited agentic and multi-file capabilities
- Modest project-level context on large repositories
- Pricing and packaging can be opaque for individuals
- Not optimized for deep, repo-wide refactoring assistance
Gemini 3 7.3

"Tabnine has successfully pivoted to become the 'privacy-first' alternative for enterprise, securing its niche among regulated industries and air-gapped environments. While its raw AI capabilities and context window trail behind market leaders like Cursor and Copilot, its ability to run entirely on-premise with zero data retention makes it the only viable option for highly secure organizations. The discontinuation of its free tier, however, makes it a hard sell for individual developers."

+ The gold standard for privacy and air-gapped deployments
+ Zero-data retention policies compliant with strict regulations
+ Custom model training on private codebases (Enterprise)
+ Extremely broad IDE support (VS Code, JetBrains, Vim, etc.)
- Context window and reasoning capabilities lag behind SOTA
- Free tier discontinued, reducing accessibility
- Lacks advanced agentic / multi-file editing features

/// RECOMMENDED_USE_CASE

"Enterprise teams in regulated industries who need on-premise AI code assistance with strict IP and privacy compliance"

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