Two code & development tools, one decision. Here is the honest split.
| Sourcegraph Cody | v0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Best at | Questions and refactors that span many files, where autocomplete-only tools lose the plot. | Frontend UI: landing pages, dashboards, and components you iterate on visually. |
| In short | A coding assistant that reads your whole repository, so answers and edits account for your actual codebase. | Vercel's UI generator - describe an interface and get working React/Tailwind components you can refine by chatting. |
| On Atlas | 3 starter prompts | 3 starter prompts |
Pick Sourcegraph Cody when the job is Questions and refactors that span many files, where autocomplete-only tools lose the plot.. Pick v0 when the job is Frontend UI: landing pages, dashboards, and components you iterate on visually.. Still torn? Run one real task through both free tiers. An hour of testing beats a week of reviews.
Here is my code: [paste code]. Find the three most likely bugs or edge cases, explain each in one sentence, then show the fixed code with tests.