JetBrains AI Assistant vs Sourcegraph Cody

as AI assistants see them, week of 2026-09-14

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JetBrains AI Assistant edges out Sourcegraph Cody overall, scoring 11 out of 100 versus 7, and showing up in 15 of 70 answers compared to Cody's 7. JetBrains does best when the question is about professional developers or Python, each naming it in 3 of 4 answers, while Cody's strongest showing is on codebase-wide work, named in 3 of 4 answers, and large codebases, where it's named in all 3. Head-to-head, JetBrains leads on 7 questions, Cody leads on 2, and they tie on 11. Neither tool is ever mentioned for writing tests or producing the most reliable code.

Head to head

metric	JetBrains AI Assistant	Sourcegraph Cody
score	11	7
questions won	7	3

By assistant

JetBrains AI Assistant

assistant	score	named in, this week	usual spot, this week
ChatGPT	17	30% of answers	#6.2
Claude	14	30% of answers	#8.2
Gemini	11	20% of answers	#6.0
Perplexity	2	5% of answers	#8.0

Sourcegraph Cody

assistant	score	named in, this week	usual spot, this week
ChatGPT	8	10% of answers	#3.0
Claude	4	5% of answers	#2.0
Gemini	9	20% of answers	#8.5
Perplexity	8	10% of answers	#3.0

Where they differ

Only JetBrains AI Assistant gets named for

What's the best AI coding assistant for Python?
Which AI coding assistant is best for professional developers?
What's the best AI code editor right now?
Which AI coding assistant gives the best value for the money?
What are the top AI coding assistants in 2026?
What's the best AI coding assistant I can run locally for privacy?

Only Sourcegraph Cody gets named for

Which AI coding assistant is best for large codebases?
What are the best AI coding agents that can work across a whole codebase?

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