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Documented drawbacks of Skills.sh: the site does not guarantee the quality or security of listed skills, creating packs requires signing in with Vercel, it needs a CLI and an agent to be useful, and no pricing page was found. Installing packs needs no sign-in.
Our catalog lists four alternatives, all AI coding or assistant tools rather than skill directories: GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude and Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf). All four have free plans or tiers.
"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 Skills.sh profile.
| Tool | Starting price | Free tier | Platforms | Main limitation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skills.sh (this page) | Not published | No | Web | The site does not guarantee the quality or security of listed skills, and no pricing page exists. |
| 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 all have free options in our catalog. Skills.sh has no pricing page.
GitHub Copilot Pro is $10 per user per month, Cursor Individual (Pro) is $20 per month, Claude Pro is $20 per user per month and Devin Desktop Pro is $20 per month.
The site does not guarantee quality or security of listed skills, and it needs a CLI and an agent to be useful.
No pricing page was found, so its cost is not stated in our verified data.
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