Now I use Windsurf, $10/month, as an early backer
But recently impressed by Cline + Deepseek/Gemini
VS Code's free Copilot is also good for smaller tasks, as it has Claude 3.5, but Copilot very slow, no image support.
So if I need something more comprehensive, especially global view and planning, I'll use Windsurf.
VS Code Copilot is good for the simplest tasks.
Cline is in the middle, flexible.
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-vscod...
I ended up cancelling my Claude subscription because I was constantly getting timed out, and I think I was getting pushed to a quantized or smaller model that sucked when I used it too much.
Also their artifact UI sucks and doesn't update the code most of the time. It had apparently been broken for a while when I searched to see if other people had the issue.
It's also the only open source model anywhere near the leading edge, which might be of interest for various reasons aside from immediate self hosting.