Alternatives to Cognition
Other Coding assistants vendors we measure, sorted by how much they publish that Cognition does not. This is a comparison of disclosure, not of features or fitness.
12 shown of 15 that differ from Cognition on at least one criterion we measured for both. Public transparency score, not a product or security rating.
Cognition has 6 gaps in what we could measure: Subprocessor list, Data location stated, Status page with history, Public pricing, No third-party tracking before consent, security.txt (RFC 9116). The column “publishes and Cognition does not” is the one that closes them.
| Vendor | Score | Publishes, and Cognition does not | Cognition publishes, and they do not | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cursorcursor.com | 48/100 | 4 Data location stated, Status page with history, Public pricing, +1 | 4 Data processing agreement, Uptime SLA with a figure, Notice before subprocessors change, +1 | Compare |
| Kilokilo.ai | 43/100 | 4 Data location stated, Status page with history, Public pricing, +1 | 5 Data processing agreement, Certifications named, Uptime SLA with a figure, +2 | Compare |
| Qodoqodo.ai | 39/100 | 4 Status page with history, Public pricing, No third-party tracking before consent, +1 | 5 Data processing agreement, Certifications named, Uptime SLA with a figure, +2 | Compare |
| Factoryfactory.ai | 74/100 | 3 Data location stated, Status page with history, Public pricing | nothing | Compare |
| Augment Codeaugmentcode.com | 48/100 | 3 Data location stated, Status page with history, Public pricing | 3 Data processing agreement, Uptime SLA with a figure, Notice before subprocessors change | Compare |
| Zedzed.dev | 48/100 | 3 Subprocessor list, Data location stated, Public pricing | 4 Data processing agreement, Certifications named, Uptime SLA with a figure, +1 | Compare |
| Magicmagic.dev | 39/100 | 3 Data location stated, No third-party tracking before consent, security.txt (RFC 9116) | 4 Data processing agreement, Certifications named, Uptime SLA with a figure, +1 | Compare |
| Poolsidepoolside.ai | 52/100 | 2 Data location stated, security.txt (RFC 9116) | 2 Certifications named, Uptime SLA with a figure | Compare |
| Roomoteroomote.dev | 35/100 | 1 Status page with history | 2 Data processing agreement, Uptime SLA with a figure | Compare |
| CodeGPTcodegpt.co | 17/100 | 1 Public pricing | 5 Data processing agreement, Certifications named, Uptime SLA with a figure, +2 | Compare |
| Traetrae.ai | 17/100 | 1 Public pricing | 5 Data processing agreement, Certifications named, Uptime SLA with a figure, +2 | Compare |
| Clinecline.bot | 13/100 | 1 security.txt (RFC 9116) | 5 Data processing agreement, Certifications named, Uptime SLA with a figure, +2 | Compare |
Only criteria we could measure for both are counted. Where we could measure one and not the other, the row is silent: that would be a statement about our measurement, not about either vendor. Every single result with its source is on the two profiles.