Coding · alternatives
Hack My Website's complaints are about what the cheap plans hide. Free findings are blurred, so you upgrade to read what is wrong. Starter at $24 per month covers 1 target and 3 scans, which frequent deploys can exceed. Every scan needs an account plus DNS or file proof you own the domain, and client-branded reports require the $60 Agency plan.
The four alternatives are AI coding tools, not scanners, so you would use them to review and fix code rather than test a live site. GitHub Copilot offers completions, chat and agents in editors; Copilot Pro is $10 per month and there is a free tier. Cursor is an AI code editor with agents and code review; Individual (Pro) is $20 per month, usage-billed, with a free Hobby tier. Claude is Anthropic's assistant for coding, with Pro at $20 per month. Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf) runs local and cloud coding agents in an IDE, Pro $20 per month. Hack My Website's own output already targets Cursor and Claude Code fix prompts.
"Better suited" below is based on documented features and pricing from our verified profiles, not on a head-to-head test. Prices are USD as published by each vendor.
Taken from the documented limitations in our Hack My Website profile.
| Tool | Starting price | Free tier | Platforms | Main limitation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hack My Website (this page) | $24/mo (Starter) | Yes | Web | Free shows only blurred vulnerability details with one scan per month, and every scan needs DNS or file proof of domain ownership. |
| GitHub Copilot | $10/mo (Copilot Pro) | Yes | Web, Desktop, Mobile | Chat, agents, code review and CLI all draw from a monthly GitHub AI Credits allowance that varies by model and task, so heavy agent use can exhaust a plan mid-month and require paid extra usage or an upgrade. |
| Cursor | From $20/mo (Individual (Pro)) | Yes | Desktop | Hobby has only limited Agent requests, and usage beyond the included amount is billed on demand. |
| Claude | $20/mo (Pro) | Yes | Web, Desktop, Mobile, API | All plans have usage limits that reset on a schedule; the paid chat subscription does not include API access, which is billed separately per token. |
| Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf) | $20/mo (Pro) | Yes | Desktop | Free plan has light agent quota and limited model availability; enterprise features require contact. |
| Alternative | Pick it when | Starting price | Watch out for |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub Copilot |
$10/mo (Copilot Pro) | ||
| Cursor |
From $20/mo (Individual (Pro)) | ||
| Claude |
$20/mo (Pro) | ||
| Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf) |
$20/mo (Pro) |
AI coding assistant from GitHub offering code completions, chat and agent features in editors, the terminal and GitHub.
Free stops at: 2,000 completions per month, Limited chat and agent usage (allowance of GitHub AI Credits)
Verified github.com (opens GitHub Copilot website in a new tab)
Free · paid from $10/mo US · checked Sep 30
AI code editor with agents, cloud agents and code review, offered with a free Hobby tier and paid plans.
Free stops at: Limited Agent requests
Free · paid from $20/mo US · checked Sep 29
Anthropic's AI assistant for writing, analysis, coding and multi-step work, with free and paid plans.
Free stops at: Usage limits apply, Projects: up to 5
Free · paid from $20/mo US · checked Sep 30
AI coding IDE, formerly Windsurf, now Devin Desktop: manage local and cloud coding agents inside a full IDE.
Free stops at: Light quota for agent usage, resets daily and weekly, Limited model availability
Verified windsurf.com (opens Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf) website in a new tab)
Free · paid from $20/mo US · checked Sep 29
Open-source terminal AI agent from Google bringing Gemini to the command line; site notes unpaid and Google One users moved to Antigravity CLI.
Free stops at: Verify current availability
Verified geminicli.com (opens Gemini CLI website in a new tab)
Pricing US price unconfirmed
OpenAI's coding agent for the CLI, IDE extension, desktop app, web and iOS, included in ChatGPT plans or billed by API.
Free stops at: Desktop app only listed, Usage limits apply
Verified developers.openai.com (opens OpenAI Codex website in a new tab)
Free · paid from $8/mo US · checked Sep 29
Anthropic's agentic coding tool that reads your codebase, edits files and runs commands from the terminal, IDEs, desktop app or browser.
Watch out: Not included in the Free Claude plan, and usage on subscriptions is capped by plan limits.
Verified code.claude.com (opens Claude Code website in a new tab)
From $20/mo US · checked Sep 29
Private inference endpoint for open-weight models, built for coding agents, with zero request retention.
Watch out: Monthly plans cover estimated token totals, not fixed allowances, and agent tool calls (web search, fetch) ar…
Verified zro.moonmath.ai (opens Zro (by MoonMath) website in a new tab)
From $20/mo US · checked Sep 29
Full-stack design-to-code platform for building and deploying software with AI agents and real-time team collaboration.
Watch out: No pricing is published and access is through an early-access waitlist.
Pricing US price unconfirmed
E-commerce purchasing API that lets developers and AI agents search, buy, track and return products across thousands of retailers.
Free stops at: Search on the agent flow is described as free; agent sandbox with test keys.
From $1/order US · checked Sep 29
GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude and Devin Desktop each list a free option. Hack My Website's Free plan blurs vulnerability details.
Blurred findings on Free, 3 scans a month on Starter, mandatory domain ownership verification, and white-label reports only on Agency.
GitHub Copilot Pro at $10 per month. Cursor, Claude and Devin Desktop Pro are each listed at $20 per month.
They are listed as AI coding assistants. Our verified data does not describe them as web vulnerability scanners.
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