Roo Code vs Sourcegraph Cody

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

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Roo Code and Sourcegraph Cody land at the same overall score, 7 out of 100, but they get there differently. Roo Code shows up in 11 of 70 answers, doing best on "best AI coding assistant for VS Code" (2 of 3) and picking up scattered mentions for local/privacy use, whole-codebase agents, 2026 rankings, and value for money. Cody appears in fewer answers, 7 of 70, but concentrates around codebase-scale work, named in all 3 answers on best assistant for large codebases and 3 of 4 on whole-codebase agents. Head-to-head, Roo Code leads on 9 questions, Cody on 3, with 8 ties.

Head to head

metric	Roo Code	Sourcegraph Cody
score	7	7
questions won	10	3

By assistant

Roo Code

assistant	score	named in, this week	usual spot, this week
ChatGPT	0	0% of answers
Claude	23	50% of answers	#9.1
Gemini	0	0% of answers
Perplexity	4	5% of answers	#3.0

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 Roo Code gets named for

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Which AI coding assistant gives the best value for the money?

Only Sourcegraph Cody gets named for

Which AI coding assistant is best for large codebases?
What are the best AI coding assistants?

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