# Choosing models (`models`)

Feedback Bench, coding agents, built 2026-10-19, window 2026-08-31 to 2026-10-18. Web page: https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/#/criterion/models

Area of 4 criteria. Which models do you get, and do they hold up?

Criteria: [Which models are offered on a plan and when](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/models.catalog_access.md), [Automatic model routing and fallback](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/models.routing_auto.md), [Reasoning effort setting and its defaults](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/models.effort_control.md), [Quality got worse or better over time](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/models.quality_drift.md)

Rated user-weeks, all agents: 11661. Complaint share: 73%.

## The brief

Written by large language models from this page's numbers and the posts it quotes, then checked: every number in the text is in the build. Interpretation, not measurement.

Claude Code is the best agent for choosing models, and its lead holds across the area: it ranks high on every criterion. Devin ranks high on every criterion except effort settings and is 2nd of 12 overall. OpenAI Codex ranks low on quality over time, model choice and auto mode, and its users write 43% of the category's complaints here. Google Antigravity is 12th of 12. It ranks low on model choice, auto mode and effort, yet ranks high on quality holding up. Cursor ranks low on quality and auto mode.

## How it breaks

Rule: A separate pass sorts complaints into failure modes. For each criterion with at least 30 complaining user-weeks, a large language model reads 150 complaint posts drawn at random and names 4 to 8 failure modes; a second large language model then puts every complaint post on that criterion in one mode, or in Other when it fits none. Modes are fixed once named, and new posts are sorted into them each week. A mode counts distinct user-weeks with a complaint in it, per agent; across agents, one user-week per agent. Modes do not change the labels or the Feedback Score. Examples: up to 3 posts per mode from different users, chosen and checked as receipts are.

The largest failure is a model that quietly gets worse after launch. It accounts for 30% of complaints about quality over time. OpenAI Codex users write 54% of those complaints and Claude Code users 32%. Next come new versions that do worse than the old ones, again mostly from OpenAI Codex users. On model choice, the top complaint is a model kept off the user's plan, and 50% of those come from Google Antigravity users.

### [Which models are offered on a plan and when](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/models.catalog_access.md)

2261 complaining user-weeks.

| Failure mode | User-weeks | Posts | Agents (user-weeks) | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model withheld from user's plan tier | 552 | 588 | Google Antigravity 277, OpenAI Codex 123, Claude Code 50, OpenCode 38, Cursor 33, GitHub Copilot 14, Kiro 8, Amp 3, Devin 3, Cline 2, Pi 1 | A model the user expects is locked out of their paid tier, enterprise license, partner-bundled or regional plan, or reaches them only at lower reasoning settings, while other tiers or regions get it; this excludes rollout delays that hit every plan equally. |
| Staggered rollout leaves paying users waiting | 419 | 437 | OpenAI Codex 184, Google Antigravity 107, OpenCode 59, Kiro 23, Claude Code 15, Cursor 12, Cline 4, GitHub Copilot 4, Factory 3, Amp 2, Conductor 2, Pi 2, Devin 1, Zed 1 | A model has been announced and others already have it, but the user still has no access days or weeks later, with no timeline or explanation, despite updating and reinstalling; this excludes models that are permanently restricted to certain plans. |
| Model removed or deprecated without warning | 378 | 407 | Google Antigravity 184, OpenAI Codex 63, Cursor 55, OpenCode 42, Claude Code 18, GitHub Copilot 10, Kiro 3, Pi 2, Amp 1 | A model the user relied on is removed, replaced or cut from their plan, or a whole provider leaves the tool, which breaks configs and workflows or erases usage history; this excludes models that were never offered. |

### [Automatic model routing and fallback](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/models.routing_auto.md)

1251 complaining user-weeks.

| Failure mode | User-weeks | Posts | Agents (user-weeks) | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silent server-side substitution of requested model | 306 | 335 | OpenAI Codex 151, OpenCode 52, Claude Code 47, Cursor 29, Google Antigravity 17, GitHub Copilot 5, Cline 3, Devin 1, Pi 1 | The backend answers a request with a different, usually weaker or cheaper, model than the one selected, while the UI, logs or billing still show the requested model; this covers capacity, throttling or anti-abuse rerouting, but not visible changes to the model picker or safety-triggered fallbacks. |
| Selected model reset or switched in session | 219 | 245 | Cursor 96, OpenAI Codex 57, Claude Code 39, Google Antigravity 8, GitHub Copilot 8, Factory 3, OpenCode 3, Cline 2, Amp 1, Conductor 1, Devin 1 | The client itself changes the user's chosen model, mode or default, for example reverting mid-conversation, pushing a vendor's preferred model, turning on fast or pricier modes, or changing defaults after an update; hidden backend substitution behind an unchanged label is out. |
| Auto mode picks poor or costly models | 191 | 202 | Cursor 82, GitHub Copilot 35, OpenAI Codex 33, OpenCode 18, Claude Code 14, Factory 4, Google Antigravity 3, Cline 1, Kiro 1 | When the user lets an auto router choose, it picks outdated, weak, overpowered or vendor-favoured models, giving worse quality or higher cost than a sensible manual pick; complaints that no auto router exists at all are out. |

### [Reasoning effort setting and its defaults](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/models.effort_control.md)

717 complaining user-weeks.

| Failure mode | User-weeks | Posts | Agents (user-weeks) | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High effort overthinks without better results | 277 | 294 | OpenAI Codex 140, Claude Code 83, OpenCode 27, Google Antigravity 12, GitHub Copilot 4, Cursor 3, Cline 2, Devin 2, Kiro 2, Pi 1, Warp 1 | At high, xhigh or max effort the agent thinks for a very long time, loops on itself ('hmm, wait'), over-engineers, writes too many tests, chases unlikely edge cases or never delivers, and this costs much more time and tokens than lower levels for the same or worse output; complaints about lower levels being too weak are out. |
| Low effort produces sloppy work needing rework | 108 | 112 | OpenAI Codex 64, Claude Code 22, Google Antigravity 9, Cursor 6, OpenCode 4, GitHub Copilot 2, Devin 1 | At low or medium effort the agent cuts corners, misses consequences, follows instructions poorly or makes basic mistakes, so users must redo the work or keep the effort high anyway; complaints about high effort being wasteful are out. |
| Effort level does not behave as labelled | 81 | 85 | OpenAI Codex 45, Claude Code 15, OpenCode 10, Google Antigravity 8, Cursor 1, Devin 1, Pi 1 | The chosen level has little or no visible effect: low or medium still overthinks simple prompts, low or medium shows no reasoning at all, or switching levels changes nothing, which suggests hidden routing or a broken control; cases where the setting is visibly replaced by a different value are out. |

### [Quality got worse or better over time](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/models.quality_drift.md)

4964 complaining user-weeks.

| Failure mode | User-weeks | Posts | Agents (user-weeks) | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Same model silently degraded after launch | 1485 | 1635 | OpenAI Codex 808, Claude Code 478, Google Antigravity 61, OpenCode 61, Cursor 60, GitHub Copilot 7, Cline 3, Devin 3, Augment Code 1, Factory 1, Pi 1, Warp 1 | The post says a model under the same name and version got dumber, lazier or more error-prone some time after release, using words like 'nerfed', 'lobotomized' or 'great the first week'. Out: a newer version being compared with an older one, and complaints that are only about usage or price. |
| New version regresses from its predecessor | 1164 | 1290 | OpenAI Codex 634, Claude Code 307, Cursor 90, Google Antigravity 84, OpenCode 36, GitHub Copilot 9, Pi 2, Amp 1, Devin 1 | The post says a newer model version or release does worse than the one before it (for example a 6 vs 5.6, or 5 vs 4.8), often adding that the user went back to the older one. Out: one version decaying over time, and comparisons with a competitor's model that never mention an earlier version. |
| Worse quality alongside tighter usage limits | 631 | 673 | OpenAI Codex 434, Claude Code 128, Cursor 31, Google Antigravity 23, OpenCode 8, GitHub Copilot 4, Kiro 2, Devin 1 | The post says quality has dropped while quota, limits or price got worse at the same time, so the user gets less value than in the past. Out: complaints only about limits or price that make no claim about output quality over time. |

## Top requests

What users ask to add or change, most asked first. 3675 user-weeks ask for something. Requests do not change the Feedback Score. Rule: A separate pass by a large language model reads every counted post and extracts what the user asks the agent or its vendor to add or change, with the criteria it maps to and a short normalised wording; it does not touch the labels or the Feedback Score. A large language model groups the wordings within each criterion (the first criterion the request maps to) into themes, and a second pass merges themes that ask for the same change under different criteria; a merged theme sits under the criterion most of its requests map to, and code counts it once. A theme counts distinct user-weeks that ask for it, per agent; across agents, one user-week per agent. Themes asked in fewer than 2 user-weeks, and requests that share no theme, are not shown. Examples: up to 3 posts per theme from different users, without slurs: whole posts of 60 to 450 characters with at least 8 words beyond handles and links, posts of at most 280 characters first, then the newest.

| Rank | Request | Criterion | User-weeks | Posts | Agents (user-weeks) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Newest flagship model on the Pro plan | [Which models are offered on a plan and when](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/models.catalog_access.md) | 203 | 228 | Google Antigravity 183, Claude Code 12, OpenAI Codex 6, GitHub Copilot 1, OpenCode 1 |
| 2 | Restore removed models | [Which models are offered on a plan and when](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/models.catalog_access.md) | 128 | 137 | OpenAI Codex 44, Google Antigravity 32, Cursor 16, Claude Code 14, OpenCode 13, Devin 4, Amp 2, GitHub Copilot 2, Cline 1 |
| 3 | Stop silently degrading model quality | [Quality got worse or better over time](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/models.quality_drift.md) | 108 | 113 | Claude Code 59, OpenAI Codex 40, Cursor 3, OpenCode 3, Devin 2, Google Antigravity 1 |
| 4 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash model support | [Which models are offered on a plan and when](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/models.catalog_access.md) | 108 | 111 | OpenCode 56, Cursor 11, Factory 10, Kiro 6, Zed 6, Cline 5, OpenAI Codex 5, GitHub Copilot 3, Devin 3, Claude Code 2, Amp 1 |
| 5 | Multi-provider model support | [Which models are offered on a plan and when](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/models.catalog_access.md) | 98 | 101 | OpenAI Codex 22, Cursor 20, Google Antigravity 18, Claude Code 12, Zed 9, Pi 5, Amp 4, OpenCode 3, Kiro 2, Cline 1, GitHub Copilot 1, Factory 1 |
| 6 | Honor manually selected model | [Automatic model routing and fallback](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/models.routing_auto.md) | 97 | 102 | Cursor 42, OpenAI Codex 28, Claude Code 7, GitHub Copilot 7, OpenCode 7, Google Antigravity 4, Cline 1, Devin 1 |
| 7 | Cheaper lightweight model option | [Which models are offered on a plan and when](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/models.catalog_access.md) | 95 | 99 | OpenAI Codex 42, Claude Code 13, Google Antigravity 12, Cursor 10, OpenCode 9, Kiro 4, GitHub Copilot 2, Devin 2, Factory 1 |
| 8 | Keep older models available | [Which models are offered on a plan and when](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/models.catalog_access.md) | 93 | 100 | Google Antigravity 33, OpenAI Codex 27, Claude Code 14, OpenCode 8, Cursor 7, Devin 2, GitHub Copilot 1, Zed 1 |
| 9 | Astra model availability | [Which models are offered on a plan and when](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/models.catalog_access.md) | 88 | 89 | OpenAI Codex 41, Cursor 25, Kiro 9, OpenCode 6, Amp 2, Cline 2, Conductor 1, Devin 1, Zed 1 |
| 10 | Opus 5.5 model support | [Which models are offered on a plan and when](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/models.catalog_access.md) | 84 | 94 | Kiro 29, Google Antigravity 27, OpenCode 7, Amp 5, Claude Code 4, OpenAI Codex 4, Cursor 2, Devin 2, Pi 2, Cline 1, Conductor 1 |
| 11 | Release Gemini 4 / Argon models | [Which models are offered on a plan and when](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/models.catalog_access.md) | 84 | 92 | Google Antigravity 79, Cline 1, OpenAI Codex 1, Cursor 1, Devin 1, Factory 1 |
| 12 | Restore previous model version or quality | [Quality got worse or better over time](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/models.quality_drift.md) | 78 | 78 | OpenAI Codex 44, Claude Code 22, Google Antigravity 5, Cursor 3, OpenCode 2, GitHub Copilot 1, Devin 1 |

### 1. Newest flagship model on the Pro plan

- Google Antigravity, 2026-10-18, @antigravity (X): “@antigravity it seems that i'm the only one in the world still using antigravity ide. why can't argon be used in the ide yet?” [source](https://twitter.com/984631526980816896/status/2111852939526775290)
- Google Antigravity, 2026-10-18, @antigravity (X): “@antigravity what about of antigravity ide, can you add argon here?” [source](https://twitter.com/1945835400213200897/status/2111783502928576877)
- Google Antigravity, 2026-10-17, r/google_antigravity (Reddit): “why don't i have gemini 4 in the pro plan? wtf i only have it in the gemini search. not in gravity cli.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/google_antigravity/comments/1x70nez/gemini_4_argon_for_pro_users_has_a_different/phcn8iu/)

### 2. Restore removed models

- Google Antigravity, 2026-10-17, @antigravity (X): “@antigravity bring back 3.1 pro. argon was way too much for some simple task, flash on the other hand was not it for long task” [source](https://twitter.com/941670051060391936/status/2111500033157906638)
- Google Antigravity, 2026-10-15, r/google_antigravity (Reddit): “the real problem is not that 4 isn't available in antigravity for pro users, but that 3.1 pro has been removed. there's no model more suitable for planning available unless (i assume) you use a payg api key.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/google_antigravity/comments/1x6gz05/unacceptable_ai_pro_downgrade_antigravity_cli/pgz4ndq/)
- Google Antigravity, 2026-10-15, r/google_antigravity (Reddit): “3.8 is kind of just... the king of overcomplicating and getting everything wrong. it's pretty annoying imo. 3.7 was pretty dope. would like it back too.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/google_antigravity/comments/1x5yzgi/please_bring_back_gemini_37_flash/pgti28a/)

### 3. Stop silently degrading model quality

- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-11, r/codex (Reddit): “i would rather chose not degrading models after launch. what's the point of having "unlimited" like usage if the output is not even comparable anymore when it was launched?” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1x303a0/what_are_they_planning_for_us/pf7tslm/)
- Claude Code, 2026-10-09, @ClaudeDevs (X): “@claudedevs killig it lately guys. i love it. (please dont ever nerf opus 5.5)” [source](https://twitter.com/1598838075458822144/status/2108529236378103883)
- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-08, r/codex (Reddit): “seriously, dev day was such a joke. hyped up by tibo only to lay an egg with dot after cutting limits in half. dude, f dot and spaces. give us non-nerfed models with privacy and high limits. that’s all i care about.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1wzxii9/i_have_to_tell_you_what_resets_really_mean/pemkgsu/)

### 4. DeepSeek V4.1 Flash model support

- OpenCode, 2026-10-18, @opencode (X): “yo @opencode... good luck on the security but... new deepseek flash wen? 👉 👈 🥺” [source](https://twitter.com/944978898927964161/status/2111694862244528226)
- OpenCode, 2026-10-17, r/opencode (Reddit): “when would be have deepseek 4.1 flash 1017 on go plan? thanks !” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/opencode/comments/1x8i228/when_would_be_have_deepseek_41_flash_1017_on_go/)
- OpenCode, 2026-10-17, @opencode (X): “@opencode we need dsf4.1 1017! will top up on another plus for that” [source](https://twitter.com/1673923312119074817/status/2111527135353635153)

### 5. Multi-provider model support

- Google Antigravity, 2026-10-18, @antigravity (X): “@antigravity using only antigravity with gemini it's complicated, we have to use two or three a.i. to get the result..... antigravity it's amazing but again, use sonnet and gpt together” [source](https://twitter.com/1556470074982252547/status/2111786091950874743)
- Amp, 2026-10-16, @AmpCode (X): “hey @ampcode any plans to add junie from jetbrains ai to the model routing?” [source](https://twitter.com/316180959/status/2111144040406397309)
- Cursor, 2026-10-16, @cursor_ai (X): “@cursor_ai @spacexai i have been on the legacy plan, which is more perfect for me. i upgraded my plan and i realized that i could only access composer and grok models, which isn't suits my work at all.” [source](https://twitter.com/1163109596610928641/status/2111080897373946337)

### 6. Honor manually selected model

- Cursor, 2026-10-15, @cursor_ai (X): “@thisissingleton @ryahconstantino @cursor_ai @bot yep... as long as bot at least obeys to what model i tell it to use” [source](https://twitter.com/1847754073551851520/status/2110745040045625507)
- Cursor, 2026-10-13, r/cursor (Reddit): “i don't want cursor imposing it's model composer or grok. i need an ability to stick to one i want and comfortable with - sonnet an example.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/cursor/comments/1x4kpoo/no_more_3rd_party_model_usage_via_x_subsciption/pggbb5l/)
- Claude Code, 2026-10-11, r/ClaudeCode (Reddit): “the models have different 'personalities', i want absolute control over which i use for what.4.6 ftw.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1x350u0/anthropic_this_is_your_chance/pf7vhos/)

### 7. Cheaper lightweight model option

- Kiro, 2026-10-17, @kirodotdev (X): “@kirodotdev i guess it’s too pricey. i think we need a lower, faster model, like haiku 5.5. or deepseek 4.1 flash” [source](https://twitter.com/192627237/status/2111261218157830550)
- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-16, X search: OpenAI Codex, Codex CLI, Codex app (X): “6.1 although it's called astra, i hope it has good token efficiency like opus 5.5 and is as capable as 5.6 sol, tibo 🤞 that's astra, and only then will openai regain its top position 💐 #gpt61 #astra #openai #codex #chatgpt [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/1578547063318454272/status/2111136833514217573)
- Cursor, 2026-10-16, @cursor_ai (X): “@cursor_ai we want composer 3 and a cheap model at 0.10/0.50 like haiku 5.5.” [source](https://twitter.com/789888781059035136/status/2111077594284134430)

### 8. Keep older models available

- Google Antigravity, 2026-10-18, @antigravity (X): “@antigravity it would have been better if sonnet 4.6 had remained available on promotional plans even after november 2, offering only 3.8 flash is such a bad decision” [source](https://twitter.com/1292582087426322432/status/2111839388871348707)
- Google Antigravity, 2026-10-16, r/google_antigravity (Reddit): “i really wish they didn't remove the 3.1 pro model in antigravity. i don't trust the flash models to do any work needing analytical depth, but i don't like the burn rates of argon.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/google_antigravity/comments/1x73yrd/my_thoughts_about_argon_4_in_antigravity_pro_user/ph613iw/)
- Google Antigravity, 2026-10-16, r/google_antigravity (Reddit): “so they removed 3.1 pro which had decent limits just to give us a tiny argon limit ? i would have preferred to keep 3.1 pro...” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/google_antigravity/comments/1x73yrd/my_thoughts_about_argon_4_in_antigravity_pro_user/ph2a6ym/)

### 9. Astra model availability

- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-04, r/codex (Reddit): “who the fuck cares about sol ultrafast? most users don’t even have access to ultrafast. we want astra 6.1, instead they seen bent on making users burn usage even faster.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1wxk6tj/they_are_completely_out_of_touch_with_what_users/)
- Zed, 2026-09-28, @zeddotdev (X): “@zeddotdev hi, when can i get access to astra and opus 5.5 thanks.” [source](https://twitter.com/1435772434267922438/status/2104627080273293728)
- Kiro, 2026-09-23, @kirodotdev (X): “@kirodotdev please kiro, give us what we want: astra, fable, opus 5.5, sol 6, luna 6 !!! pleaseeee” [source](https://twitter.com/1794045418445115392/status/2102796562518933904)

### 10. Opus 5.5 model support

- Amp, 2026-10-10, @AmpCode (X): “@benvargas @____hnsn @ampcode yeah that's my medium mode right now and add opus 5.5 medium for subagents :)” [source](https://twitter.com/1705384263867379712/status/2108794699133903047)
- Google Antigravity, 2026-10-05, @antigravity (X): “@antigravity why i don't see opus 5.5 and sonet 5.5 ? [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/2807255978/status/2107159747921146304)
- Pi, 2026-10-04, r/PiCodingAgent (Reddit): “mostly codex (sol 6.1 & astra), occasionally kimi/glm/grok. would love to use opus 5.5. :-(” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/PiCodingAgent/comments/1wxqvk2/what_model_are_you_using_with_pi/pdwgl9b/)

### 11. Release Gemini 4 / Argon models

- Google Antigravity, 2026-10-17, r/google_antigravity (Reddit): “continue the good work. we need a proper flash model to pair with argon next!” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/google_antigravity/comments/1x7xc0v/wow_argon_is_finally_a_bit_usable_in_pro_now/ph9kq0x/)
- Google Antigravity, 2026-10-16, r/google_antigravity (Reddit): “i think its only good for special cases. lets hope that they release gemini 4 flash and pro sometimes soon so we have good all-rounders, that way argon can be our "6 astra" for super tough tasks.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/google_antigravity/comments/1x73yrd/my_thoughts_about_argon_4_in_antigravity_pro_user/ph1888a/)
- Google Antigravity, 2026-10-16, @antigravity (X): “@rodydavis we urgently want gemini 4 flash @geminiapp @google @antigravity @officiallogank” [source](https://twitter.com/2086871787862708224/status/2110992281771630998)

### 12. Restore previous model version or quality

- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-16, r/codex (Reddit): “not a single example audiofile = slop. all we want is the old [link] back or a competitor with the exact same good old models and features and settings updated to modern standarts” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1x340s8/codex_is_an_underrated_music_production_tool_ive/ph43xr8/)
- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-15, r/codex (Reddit): “you know what will make me addicted? un-nerfed astra and cheaper price of it.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1x6h0oh/the_reset_system_literally_rewards_you_for_nuking/pgxa4tl/)
- OpenCode, 2026-10-14, r/opencode (Reddit): “for the last 24-36 hours big pickle was **incredible**! smart, fast. it was like dancing. now is back to how it was 2 days ago: crawls, stops for minutes before even the "thinking". and it's quite dumb. whatever you guys did, go back to yesterday! it was perfect!” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/opencode/comments/1x5cyn5/big_pickle_worked_great_for_36_hours_now_is_back/)

## Every agent

| Agent | Overall rank | Reading | Customer love | 95% interval | n | Praise | Complaint |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Claude Code](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/claude-code.md) | 1 | 1st of 12 | 0.672 | 0.652–0.692 | 2859 | 1033 | 1826 |
| [Devin](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/devin.md) | 2 | 2nd of 12 | 0.635 | 0.603–0.663 | 141 | 94 | 47 |
| [Factory](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/factory.md) | 6 | 3rd of 12 | 0.613 | 0.582–0.642 | 80 | 55 | 25 |
| [Pi](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/pi.md) | 4 | 4th of 12 | 0.568 | 0.539–0.595 | 87 | 47 | 40 |
| [Amp](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/amp.md) | 5 | 5th of 12 | 0.559 | 0.530–0.585 | 77 | 39 | 38 |
| [OpenCode](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/opencode.md) | 3 | 6th of 12 | 0.558 | 0.529–0.585 | 930 | 301 | 629 |
| [GitHub Copilot](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/copilot.md) | 9 | 7th of 12 | 0.541 | 0.505–0.572 | 226 | 77 | 149 |
| [Cline](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/cline.md) | 11 | 8th of 12 | 0.502 | 0.484–0.520 | 54 | 15 | 39 |
| [Kiro](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/kiro.md) | 13 | 9th of 12 | 0.480 | 0.460–0.505 | 69 | 11 | 58 |
| [Cursor](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/cursor.md) | 7 | 10th of 12 | 0.461 | 0.431–0.490 | 1126 | 268 | 858 |
| [OpenAI Codex](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/codex.md) | 10 | 11th of 12 | 0.355 | 0.336–0.376 | 4611 | 919 | 3692 |
| [Google Antigravity](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/antigravity.md) | 14 | 12th of 12 | 0.338 | 0.313–0.365 | 1345 | 245 | 1100 |
| [Conductor](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/conductor.md) | 12 | Too few posts | – | – | 29 | 12 | 17 |
| [Zed](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/zed.md) | 8 | Too few posts | – | – | 19 | 6 | 13 |
| [Warp](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/warp.md) | 15 | Too few posts | – | – | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| [Grok Build](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/grok-build.md) | 16 | Too few posts | – | – | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| [Augment Code](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/augment.md) | 17 | Too few posts | – | – | 1 | 0 | 1 |

## Posts

Receipts rule: Up to 5 praise and 5 complaint posts per area and 3 per criterion. Each is a whole post of 60 to 450 characters (700 for areas) with at least 8 words beyond handles and links, that judges the criterion, whose labels are all praise or all complaint, and that contains no slur. Posts that touch the fewest criteria come first, then posts of at most 280 characters, then the newest. A second large language model reads the first 3 candidates per slot and keeps a post only if it clearly praises, or clearly complains about, the agent on that criterion. Links and personal details removed by the source show as marks such as [link].

### Claude Code

- Praise, 2026-10-18, r/ClaudeCode (Reddit): “opus at medium exclusively off late. the more clarity you have in your context, prompts and md, the better is opus medium. for me its better than opus high and fable medium both.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1x8qpr2/opus_55_vs_fable_51_for_ui_and_design/phgup7h/)
- Praise, 2026-10-18, r/ClaudeCode (Reddit): “fable high for planning. it seems to be better at high level planning and reasoning. it's not a huge difference though. opus is a beast” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1x8qpr2/opus_55_vs_fable_51_for_ui_and_design/phhwucb/)
- Praise, 2026-10-18, r/ClaudeCode (Reddit): “nope it’s consistently putting out the same quality for me. i measure it.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1x93vw9/anyone_else_experiencing_a_sudden_drop_in_opus/phhz3nb/)
- Praise, 2026-10-18, r/ClaudeCode (Reddit): “since claude-opus-5-5 dropped i've not had this problem at all.. use sonnet and haiku to write the code and opus to help figure out what to implement. edit* i also use luna and deepseek to write the code... the grunts do the monkey work” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1x9dqpy/how_are_you_guys_able_to_make_any_project_on/phki98e/)
- Praise, 2026-10-17, r/ClaudeCode (Reddit): “i'm super happy with opus 5.5 myself. opus 5 was terrible for me: the documents it wrote was garbled and unreadable; it was inventing problems or digressing from the topic all the time, so i was using opus 4.6 mostly, but with 5.5; it just hits the spot. well done anthropic!” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1x8a8g0/what_are_they_feeding_the_ai_engineers/phdc2sq/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-18, @ClaudeDevs (X): “@claudedevs it gets better and worse, and gets better again. i wonder what you want to achieve. it only looks like you're adjusting to make the new model look good.” [source](https://twitter.com/1456128631382495232/status/2111739485352530369)
- Complaint, 2026-10-17, r/ClaudeCode (Reddit): “i put max on a regex and it came back with a philosophy degree” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1x8no04/do_you_agree/phefk08/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-17, r/ClaudeCode (Reddit): “last 2 days it is commiting some basic mistakes that it didnt before” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1x7zb75/impression_of_mine_or_is_opus_55_dumber/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-17, @ClaudeDevs (X): “@claudedevs i noticed that claude has become less powerful than he was a few weeks ago” [source](https://twitter.com/2007756097881563136/status/2111393573052776616)
- Complaint, 2026-10-16, r/ClaudeCode (Reddit): “yeah had a great last week and now we're back to lobotomized claude” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1x71hbe/after_this_latest_update_claude_code_is_slower/ph2w6a7/)

### Devin

- Praise, 2026-10-18, @cognition (X): “@altagers @cognition i switched to devin and droid because i have every model in one sub and both harnesses are really great” [source](https://twitter.com/1466416677713854477/status/2111810899011059755)
- Praise, 2026-10-13, @cognition (X): “@chris_wozniczek @devinai @cognition i'm very happy that devin allows me to use gemini 4 argon!” [source](https://twitter.com/1067085110372171779/status/2110109819827060818)
- Praise, 2026-10-13, @DevinAI (X): “@nando_g_ai @devinai i think right now it's the best for having all models in one.” [source](https://twitter.com/2034540258365489152/status/2110079410791485450)
- Praise, 2026-10-10, @cognition (X): “@mystere___ @cognition what makes devin better? well i can use grok, claude, gemini, gpt, a bunch of open source models, a ton of models i’ve never even looked at yet and plug in any model i can get running on my gpu. codex lets me use gpt models. which i can also use in devin.” [source](https://twitter.com/1095784409683374080/status/2109009707461394480)
- Praise, 2026-10-07, @DevinAI (X): “haiku 5.5 landed in @devinai well look how it performs on frontiercode, that is looking very very decent! what i love about devin is that the models from key labs land almost immediately inside devin! [link] [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/2034540258365489152/status/2107944269734383781)
- Complaint, 2026-10-13, @cognition (X): “the intelligence of swe-2 has seriously declined in the last few hours @cognition @devindevelopers i have to re-enable kimi k3 #hermes” [source](https://twitter.com/2018156578617090049/status/2110014289776156767)
- Complaint, 2026-10-03, @cognition (X): “@_anishlk @cognition when will devin stop de-intelligencing deepseek models? you can charge more credits but you shall offer open models at their best, not de-intelligence them.” [source](https://twitter.com/1705140930888486912/status/2106388524270588212)
- Complaint, 2026-10-01, @cognition (X): “@dabit3 @robinebers @cognition @willyxiao1 why devin cloud fusion does not allow you to choose which frontier model and which helper model, please fix [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/2002397531226148864/status/2105807119568245010)
- Complaint, 2026-09-28, @cognition (X): “@devindesktop @cognition i think you use openai mini model to cheat us.” [source](https://twitter.com/2079628486055178240/status/2104462341832327395)
- Complaint, 2026-09-22, @DevinAI (X): “why @devinai under the swe-2 model 90% time using the swe-1.7 max. why @dabit3 [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/1473214003027460098/status/2102445326762475805)

### Factory

- Praise, 2026-10-18, @FactoryAI (X): “@antceowt this is droid from @factoryai , they gifted me $200 max plan. it's really great with opus 5.5.” [source](https://twitter.com/982678035320094720/status/2111893819319058716)
- Praise, 2026-10-18, @droid (X): “@nicolasmelo @willdobrev this cost only $10 with this model, and i didn't notice any loss of quality compared to claude!!! and it wasn't even this 1017 that everyone is talking about i only advise using it through @droid and not opencode [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/1247652022754689024/status/2111695907330671074)
- Praise, 2026-10-13, @FactoryAI (X): “@chris_petkas @factoryai @matansf they got mistral in plenty early and that's been the biggest ai thing for me in a hot minute. finding issues to fix is the hard part.” [source](https://twitter.com/1923709631265959936/status/2110012163536630108)
- Praise, 2026-10-08, @droid (X): “just testing mistral medium 3.5 with @droid refreshing model. surprisingly good.” [source](https://twitter.com/1590702228234391552/status/2108157838883455440)
- Praise, 2026-10-07, @droid (X): “@htmleverything @droid @_qudo they are 100% next level. the biggest selling point for me on droid was being able to combo just about any major model (try it on $20 plan) @_qudo went full codex maxi for now tho [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/1515036735826186248/status/2107940333556293816)
- Complaint, 2026-10-01, @droid (X): “@fellipesoares @droid opus 5.5, though heads up: they downgrade you to kimi k3 once you hit the limit. also, on the droid cli, you have to toggle off that setting if you don't want it added as a co-author.” [source](https://twitter.com/1783744572977455104/status/2105742742790025518)
- Complaint, 2026-09-26, @FactoryAI (X): “hey @factoryai, i think custom models are broken in the app right now. i’m unable to see or select any of my custom models from the model picker. they just don’t show up at all, so i can’t use them. not sure if this is a recent regression, but would appreciate a fix. @ross_cefalu” [source](https://twitter.com/1625280993966923777/status/2103738831778529329)
- Complaint, 2026-09-22, @FactoryAI (X): “@tereza_tizkova @factoryai @droid i have been trying to ask you about deepseek 4.1 flash being offered for weeks” [source](https://twitter.com/1258455699073441793/status/2102454686070571282)

### Pi

- Praise, 2026-10-18, @pidotdev (X): “@teortaxestex using same prompts, it seems to me this overthinking issue doesn't occur much in @pidotdev.” [source](https://twitter.com/2060858299835424768/status/2111701160453345303)
- Praise, 2026-10-09, @pidotdev (X): “my bad re the mimo speed. it was not the mimo slow, it was just i made a transition from @pidotdev to @opencode mimo is superb in pi. can't complain. my favorite model so far [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/1024192600306327552/status/2108439735672721802)
- Praise, 2026-10-06, @pidotdev (X): “@omarsar0 @pidotdev this is exactly the kinda stuff i like experimenting with. and being able to swap models without rebuilding the whole agent is a huge plus too” [source](https://twitter.com/1702925031360143360/status/2107474167406956757)
- Praise, 2026-10-02, r/PiCodingAgent (Reddit): “on the contrary, i can switch models from gpt, claude, glm as they release new version without having to change my harness. much more confortable than having to change harness to use a different model.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/PiCodingAgent/comments/1wvqksf/pi_folks_how_are_you_not_exhausted/pde3dwa/)
- Praise, 2026-09-25, r/PiCodingAgent (Reddit): “i love to see deepseek flash here, its my favorite alternative to 5.6luna” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/PiCodingAgent/comments/1wpcis6/opus_55_vs_gpt6_sol_luna_in_piagent_results_on_my/pbwccta/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-12, @pidotdev (X): “hey @pidotdev folks, pis default model list for meta doesnt have the new models yet, and also doesn't support max thinking. my extension does both! [link] [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/35048764/status/2109712423741763723)
- Complaint, 2026-10-08, @pidotdev (X): “@opencode @pidotdev why its not automatically fetching the list of models in opencode and opencode-go? i have to wait for next release. same goes for github-copilot sub in pi.” [source](https://twitter.com/1843636086485966848/status/2108209734641942838)
- Complaint, 2026-10-04, r/PiCodingAgent (Reddit): “mostly codex (sol 6.1 & astra), occasionally kimi/glm/grok. would love to use opus 5.5. :-(” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/PiCodingAgent/comments/1wxqvk2/what_model_are_you_using_with_pi/pdwgl9b/)
- Complaint, 2026-09-22, r/PiCodingAgent (Reddit): “a self-written one that forces pi to always use \`deepseek-flash\` and never use \`deepseek-v4-pro\`, because something so simple apparently needs an extension. luckily it takes 2 minutes to code one.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/PiCodingAgent/comments/1wml882/what_extensions_do_you_think_are_essential_and/pbg4d1w/)
- Complaint, 2026-09-20, @pidotdev (X): “@pidotdev there is a bug: gpt bedrock (mantle) models are not supported properly: passing thinking, token cost etc” [source](https://twitter.com/1851485675562172416/status/2101574856232079821)

### Amp

- Praise, 2026-10-12, @AmpCode (X): “current @ampcode model usage :d opus 5.5 fucking slaps [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/1705384263867379712/status/2109512145046270017)
- Praise, 2026-10-12, @AmpCode (X): “i love that @ampcode now supports claude! one request, @thorstenball and @sqs is there any chance that project-based connections is a thing coming soon? (work vs play ai subs based on project settings).” [source](https://twitter.com/1405835361021042691/status/2109653765561504200)
- Praise, 2026-10-10, @AmpCode (X): “if i swear to codex native app for coding (most of our team does) why is @ampcode better? the astra model is so good to us.” [source](https://twitter.com/8243222/status/2108848349302714711)
- Praise, 2026-10-04, @AmpCode (X): “@admiretheweb @ampcode i can’t compare but i mostly use openai models so it works really well with that.” [source](https://twitter.com/9430332/status/2106742596131545597)
- Praise, 2026-09-27, @AmpCode (X): “it's incredible how you can just run @ampcode in a medium gpt mode and then, if you need a little more "juju", can pull in any other model to help out.. [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/5408192/status/2104110093218316753)
- Complaint, 2026-10-18, @AmpCode (X): “@ampcode any chance we might get an option to tune a model’s thinking level? i am bummed that in raw model mode i can’t use sonnet medium. :/ unless y’all have just found it’s not worth the complexity or something?” [source](https://twitter.com/19434237/status/2111659214892659019)
- Complaint, 2026-10-12, @AmpCode (X): “seems like when one orb wants to spin up a claude code orb in @ampcode it doesn't get to pick the claude code model? i tried getting it to spin up opus 5.5 cc orbs but always get sonnet 5.5 cc orbs something there gentlemen?” [source](https://twitter.com/89691524/status/2109449297846751664)
- Complaint, 2026-10-12, @AmpCode (X): “@justine_chang39 @ampcode the model picker getting ignored by sub-agents is so annoying. does the orb config actually pass the model flag through?” [source](https://twitter.com/1643908924817670145/status/2109762293127094639)
- Complaint, 2026-10-01, @AmpCode (X): “gpt 6.1 sol, switched the dial today. not having good results, so far feels like dumber than 5.6 sol. more of like it don't want to work. but also noticed it needs clear plan. maybe not optimized in @ampcode yet.” [source](https://twitter.com/1089515309122367489/status/2105644952919462053)
- Complaint, 2026-10-01, @AmpCode (X): “@raor_00 @fprzdev @ampcode currently, they have chatgpt and grok. in my case, i connected grok and it is using that. i would like it to have a connection with claude, but it is still not possible even close.” [source](https://twitter.com/42812549/status/2105692804550660481)

### OpenCode

- Praise, 2026-10-15, r/opencode (Reddit): “they are very fast with bringing new models! i have used so many stealth models on opencode, that otherwise i wouldn't even know about” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/opencode/comments/1x6ivix/round_of_applause_to_opencode/pgwifok/)
- Praise, 2026-10-15, @opencode (X): “even gemini 4 argon via @opencode feels like a better option than astra and sol right now. openai's reign is over for now. for me personally.” [source](https://twitter.com/2079735153853689856/status/2110579819213951323)
- Praise, 2026-10-15, @opencode (X): “@opencode in the benchmarks i've done, there is no significant difference between opencode deepseek and official deepseek” [source](https://twitter.com/1703137177499054080/status/2110586942576587083)
- Praise, 2026-10-14, r/opencode (Reddit): “everyone who is saying it's terrible what are you using as your normal day to day model? seems a significant improvement on deepseek v4 to me” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/opencode/comments/1x52r9c/cat_jam_stealth_is_now_free_in_opencode/pgnc312/)
- Praise, 2026-10-14, @opencode (X): “i have a @google ai pro subscription but i can’t use gemini 4 argon with anti gravity, but i can use that model on @opencode with my 10$ go subscription. what a time to be alive😂” [source](https://twitter.com/470239078/status/2110337225334653263)
- Complaint, 2026-10-18, @opencode (X): “@xodud_rkd @devinai @opencode no, i test it they even nerfed the original ds with some light weight nurons shit” [source](https://twitter.com/2434106432/status/2111886757080060014)
- Complaint, 2026-10-17, r/opencode (Reddit): “it acts like deepseek... are they tricking us? the output is not like i'm used to for glm5.3 flash on all different providers i get the same type of output and on opencode not... what's going on? any1 else noticing this?” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/opencode/comments/1x87ie5/is_glm_53_free_deepseek/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-16, r/opencode (Reddit): “in the desktop app they're all listed as reasoning off, which really kills the usefulness.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/opencode/comments/1x7dbzz/opencode_is_at_its_peak/ph3o08f/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-16, r/opencode (Reddit): “dsv4.1 has been making me mad for these past few days / weeks. i'm sure it just got lobotomized. i can leave it do it's own thing and expect okay-ish result before, but now, idk., it's just horrible. and i'm not using the free version one, never. i always use the one in go sub.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/opencode/comments/1x7pfrf/todays_space_bunny_deepseek_v41_flash/ph78o2w/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-15, @opencode (X): “@opencode deepseek v4.1 flash is not good to use even for free.” [source](https://twitter.com/756779273155858432/status/2110807978240885085)

### GitHub Copilot

- Praise, 2026-10-14, r/ClaudeCode (Reddit): “oh i agree. if the company gets peanuts, then i work slower, simples. if you cant get the work done, you cant. i spread my $250 claude and gh copilot (with luna only) luna is my main workhorse. i use it for agentic coding with opus-low orchestrator.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1x5o0kv/why_do_some_orgs_give_30k_limit_to_employees/pgot5hn/)
- Praise, 2026-10-13, r/cursor (Reddit): “github copilot lets you pick between them, it’s gotten decent compared to what it used to be. i don’t know about pricing though i have it for work.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/cursor/comments/1x4kpoo/no_more_3rd_party_model_usage_via_x_subsciption/pgf3kqs/)
- Praise, 2026-10-10, r/GithubCopilot (Reddit): “agree on model choice - luna 6 xhigh is amazing, and haiku 5.5 looks interesting (though i've not tried it much yet). sol-6.1 seems like a cheap-but-still-smarter model when i need something to plan out a task for luna 6.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/GithubCopilot/comments/1x1z1n6/best_plugins_or_tools_for_reducing_token_usage/pezo6hz/)
- Praise, 2026-10-09, r/GithubCopilot (Reddit): “i use auto at work and personally. it does the job and generally picks the best models for the task. sometimes i’ll switch to a specific model if auto isn’t getting it done.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/GithubCopilot/comments/1x1eys6/anyone_using_auto_mode/peue2rb/)
- Praise, 2026-10-07, r/GithubCopilot (Reddit): “i switch between luna 6 and opus 5.5. luna 6 is very good, very cheap. i use opus for the more complex tasks, like creating a prototype. luna will comfortably apply it.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/GithubCopilot/comments/1x02f8v/gpt6_luna_copilot_improves/pehjqug/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-16, r/GithubCopilot (Reddit): “i have sneak suspicion that if you "steer" it mid task, microsoft hijacks it to its own shitty model. it would explain the behavior, but i cannot prove it.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/GithubCopilot/comments/1x7f8pf/copilot_is_slow_and_doing_a_terrible_job_today/ph447si/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-15, r/GithubCopilot (Reddit): “auto mode is really brain-dead, lol. a very small discount, and then routing to models that cost more and perform worse.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/GithubCopilot/comments/1x6iwuq/please_add_an_option_to_disable_gpt53codex/pgvqu7v/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-14, r/GithubCopilot (Reddit): “would you believe we also don't have 3.8 flash enabled either. we spend all this money on ai but don't even get to use the latest models” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/GithubCopilot/comments/1x56rzd/gemini_4_argon_in_github_copilot/pgodnb7/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-14, @GitHubCopilot (X): “@githubcopilot you guys have a bug where max members can't access models reserved for pro+ and above. please fix. [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/1518711697493663745/status/2110164915801792738)
- Complaint, 2026-10-14, @GitHubCopilot (X): “@githubcopilot you guys have a bug where max members can't access models reserved for pro+ and above. please fix. error id: [id] [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/1518711697493663745/status/2110165671091085590)

### Cline

- Praise, 2026-09-30, r/CLine (Reddit): “'cause it's the most recent sonnet version listed in the anthropic provider dropdown menu, and it seems to work better with cline than opus or fable.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/CLine/comments/1wu7tgd/im_spending_50day_on_tokens_when_working_with/pd18y7h/)
- Praise, 2026-09-24, r/LocalLLaMA (Reddit): “qwen3.8-27b-nvfp4-mtp has been outstanding for me (with cline) when hosted in lm studio with temp set to .1 and the "reasoning budget" to 1024. the latter definitely eliminated the annoying over thinking.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1wp0z3i/qwen3827b_is_good_enough_that_i_stopped_using_api/pbrd9b5/)
- Praise, 2026-09-22, @cline (X): “kimi k3 is still holding strong as my daily driver, but i've started to find some value in using fable in plan mode. k3 can get into weeds w/ more complex features/debugs that fable cuts right through. kind of cool to move between them thanks to @cline.” [source](https://twitter.com/2059304303513202688/status/2102438617603854442)
- Praise, 2026-09-16, @cline (X): “union alpha is working fine in @cline. i'm already running another test. i've seen people saying it’s not working for them if you want to test it, you can try it here too. [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/1857824397685567492/status/2100297096545120348)
- Praise, 2026-09-15, @cline (X): “@datachaz @cline switching models mid-project is the detail that sells this for me. as a solo dev i'm constantly bouncing between providers, and having that in a native app instead of juggling tabs is a real workflow win.” [source](https://twitter.com/1574441173149970432/status/2099747757573517819)
- Complaint, 2026-10-14, r/CLine (Reddit): “heavily. both muse and argon are terrible. i'd recommend claude, gpt, kimi or glm.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/CLine/comments/1x4ws8u/metas_muse_wonder_is_here_and_its_already_leading/pgmbhdc/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-08, @cline (X): “@cline hey bro!could you please consider adding claude models for cline pass users? even just haiku 5.5 would be great, especially since competing tools like opencode and command go already support it. without it, i'm seriously thinking about dropping my cline pass subscription.” [source](https://twitter.com/1725701176757559296/status/2108022720827121857)
- Complaint, 2026-10-05, @cline (X): “@cline it's all bullshit; they steer you toward weak models, that's the only way they can keep costs down. i would never choose a bad router over a good model.” [source](https://twitter.com/1972597660642390016/status/2107213506009600484)
- Complaint, 2026-09-28, @cline (X): “@cline yo guys, when i try to schedule a task in the cline app, i do not have any option to pick the model's effort level. can you pls fix this?” [source](https://twitter.com/1503370380265857030/status/2104700164397298055)
- Complaint, 2026-09-25, @cline (X): “@cline gemini ain't working , maybe you shouldn't have replaced it with kimi k3” [source](https://twitter.com/782910885773836288/status/2103377933972672795)

### Kiro

- Praise, 2026-10-14, r/kiroIDE (Reddit): “try auto. it's really good at routing to the best model in terms of price/quality. otherwise you're just paying >2x for very little extra quality.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/kiroIDE/comments/1x5hj2i/has_aws_finally_given_up_on_kiro/pgotoyp/)
- Praise, 2026-09-27, @kirodotdev (X): “@kirodotdev finally, we have opus 5.5 in kiro!!! 🎉 thanks for finally adding it! hope to see the gpt-6 lineup in kiro soon too. [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/1673330175939956739/status/2104121435983958182)
- Praise, 2026-09-26, @kirodotdev (X): “@hanjack375478 @kirodotdev it's available check your drop-down menu they haven't updated the models changelog on site but you can see opus 5.5 with 2x multiplier great work 👍” [source](https://twitter.com/2075998391793037312/status/2103842954746208739)
- Praise, 2026-09-05, r/google_antigravity (Reddit): “define “most capable models” outside of fable which extremely overrated, all the frontier models are available on kiro” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/google_antigravity/comments/1w786df/is_kiro_better_for_development/p7vz1ak/)
- Praise, 2026-10-08, r/kiroIDE (Reddit): “why is it one of the worst? i tried their cli and its looking sexy ... the model options are good enough as well.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/kiroIDE/comments/1x0lq4k/do_you_use_kiro_in_your_companys_project/pem9hty/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-01, @kirodotdev (X): “@kirodotdev you dont allow level of thinking mode for each model, all kiro's code leaves unlimited bugs since it uses zero thinking.” [source](https://twitter.com/2002397531226148864/status/2105762386871505150)
- Complaint, 2026-09-29, @kirodotdev (X): “@kirodotdev issue with kiro is, no thinking option lol, none at all” [source](https://twitter.com/2002397531226148864/status/2104761368465535388)
- Complaint, 2026-09-27, r/kiroIDE (Reddit): “exactly, not a single gpt5.6 model is making sense against opus in kiro” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/kiroIDE/comments/1wrd7l9/insane_price_hike_for_gpt_56_model_even_crazier/pcdurv9/)
- Complaint, 2026-09-26, r/kiroIDE (Reddit): “no mate i've been checking everyday in my kiro ide and it's not there yet. only opus 5” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/kiroIDE/comments/1wpveza/kiro_and_opus_55/pc44hzp/)
- Complaint, 2026-09-26, r/kiroIDE (Reddit): “i'm on enterprise subscription and fable is not in the list [link]” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/kiroIDE/comments/1wpveza/kiro_and_opus_55/pc5k9ad/)

### Cursor

- Praise, 2026-10-18, @cursor_ai (X): “i bet on using @cursor_ai instead of @claudeai when everyone is heading in that direction. the grok 4.7 high model elegantly solves my daily problems.” [source](https://twitter.com/1526968680361480193/status/2111780778241601934)
- Praise, 2026-10-15, r/cursor (Reddit): “i liked 4.5 for coding. 4.6 and especially 4.7 and better for planning and reviewing. with composer it is easy, just have grok 4.6 or 4.7 drive composer. without composer i would probably have grok 4.[address]grok 4.5 medium” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/cursor/comments/1x6e6yq/is_it_time_to_find_another_option_instead_of/pgw9iyf/)
- Praise, 2026-10-15, @cursor_ai (X): “i really hope @spacexai starts investing in smaller models to complement the frontier push @grok makes. this is what was so great about @cursor_ai 's composer family. absolutely owned the cost/speed/intelligence ratio for most day-to-day work, and now with grok 4.8 likely....” [source](https://twitter.com/1236174635408011264/status/2110869891355959642)
- Praise, 2026-10-14, r/ClaudeCode (Reddit): “when building our mac app, a second model helps most when the first is stuck on a specific bug, not as a standing multi-agent team. cursor’s model picker gets much of that benefit without paying three times to maintain three versions of the same context.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1x4vdye/multiagent_orchestration_with_claude_pro_google/pgo8yc8/)
- Praise, 2026-10-13, r/cursor (Reddit): “i recently upgraded from pro to pro+ for grok bot and it's been amazing. if there is annual sub at discounted rate, i might jump over. i don't rally use 3rd party models and i'm actually happy with grok and composer, though i recognize gpt 6 astra and opus 5.5 are better.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/cursor/comments/1x4jjrm/cursor_is_now_part_of_the_x_subscription/pge8ov9/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-18, @cursor_ai (X): “grok 4.7 is very buggy for a frontier model! and with the new subscription model, @cursor_ai has no alternatives now... so sad. i understand that part of the team has had huge product success with @bot, but it's really disappointing that cursor itself is struggling.” [source](https://twitter.com/967976754890657792/status/2111888769683169769)
- Complaint, 2026-10-17, r/cursor (Reddit): “i’ve done that. but when a new session is open, grok is set as depaul by cursor. even after having it disabled from cursor settings” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/cursor/comments/1x8iip3/how_to_disable_grok_47/phe2g2s/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-16, r/cursor (Reddit): “you seem to have raised a very critical decision about not putting the consumer first, grok usage is forced and not justified to be a default one.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/cursor/comments/1x500t9/cursor_degradation/ph4q7in/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-16, r/cursor (Reddit): “yeah but it's pretty useless as all the large models force you to use max mode. so you can normally only use models like haiku, luna, etc” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/cursor/comments/1x7dos2/final_thoughts_on_cursor/ph6zr5l/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-16, @cursor_ai (X): “@cursor_ai really hope grok + composer can catch up to opus + sonnet + haiku. really loving claude's models for coding but missing the cursor ecosystem.” [source](https://twitter.com/206993897/status/2110939902070378725)

### OpenAI Codex

- Praise, 2026-10-17, r/codex (Reddit): “drop to high. it's good. xhigh is really for planning only and review.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1x8o0ig/how_is_sol_61_xhigh_doing_for_coding/phedq3x/)
- Praise, 2026-10-16, r/codex (Reddit): “i just use 6 astra for everything because that's the true 5.6 sol replacement, the real upgrade. 5.6 sol was their frontier model when it came out. 6 astra is now that frontier model, not 6 sol or 6.1 sol.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1x6wde3/just_used_56_sol_again_and_it_feels_like_magic/ph0i7oe/)
- Praise, 2026-10-15, X search: OpenAI Codex, Codex CLI, Codex app (X): “@fei2411 i used codex cli and the oai plugin for vs code, and it's pretty good. i didn't feel a significant drop in intelligence.” [source](https://twitter.com/2053488761925971968/status/2110750754579607820)
- Praise, 2026-10-11, r/codex (Reddit): “max is a waste, medium and high are all you need. people vastly overestimate the reasoning level they need for their projects with 5.5” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1x2rqfh/thank_you_for_all_who_suggested_to_try_claude/pf5hnsq/)
- Praise, 2026-10-11, r/codex (Reddit): “same, sol/astra for review/planning and opus 5.5 for coding. it's a very nice setup actually.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1x303a0/what_are_they_planning_for_us/pfaf2lg/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-18, r/codex (Reddit): “its getting bad since astra launch. i will stop sub when qwen4 is launched. im done with cloud subs” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1x8xsxb/do_people_at_openai_actually_use_codex_its_been/phhbvu2/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-18, X search: OpenAI Codex, Codex CLI, Codex app (X): “openai codex performance has been so degraded this week, i'm about to switch out all my subscriptions” [source](https://twitter.com/14130120/status/2111621006867702074)
- Complaint, 2026-10-17, r/codex (Reddit): “i find that the quality of results of codex varies quite a lot, i feel like they control effort and precision depending on system load and so results tend to be frustrating on some days, costing more time than it helps.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1x762dt/i_actually_like_working_with_codex_than_claude/ph9mb4r/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-17, r/codex (Reddit): “launch: > for your most ambitious work! few days after release: > for your ambitious work! a week after release: > for your work! a week and a half after release(nerf): > for work! now: > work. astra can't, so do it yourself.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1x766bj/sad_realization_that_even_astra_doesnt_compare/ph9o1cs/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-17, r/codex (Reddit): “i'm using haiku 5.5 to implement plans, something luna 6 can't do correctly. note that luna 5.6 can do this correctly, so luna 6 has been downgraded.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1x48e1s/luna_6_better_than_haiku_55/phaipp7/)

### Google Antigravity

- Praise, 2026-10-18, r/google_antigravity (Reddit): “sounds more like your repo is poor and has a bunch of old information, causing the model to perform poorly, like the made up index column. for me at least argon is a big improvement.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/google_antigravity/comments/1x8x6nn/dont_worry_too_much_argon_its_genuinely_not_that/phhv04u/)
- Praise, 2026-10-17, r/google_antigravity (Reddit): “even in chat argon is good tho tbh i will use it as a research and flash models will be my go to” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/google_antigravity/comments/1x7qnlw/were_cooked/ph8dpq4/)
- Praise, 2026-10-17, r/google_antigravity (Reddit): “same here. but to be fair, i still find flash good enough for my task. now with less flash users, it might get much faster.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/google_antigravity/comments/1x7qnlw/were_cooked/ph9hgk7/)
- Praise, 2026-10-16, r/google_antigravity (Reddit): “gemini 4 argon just released to pro in agv, but thanks for your opinion. finally more people can enjoy argon including me!” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/google_antigravity/comments/1x5n5e3/dont_worry_gemini_4_argon_will_roll_out_to_agy/ph2qubi/)
- Praise, 2026-10-16, r/google_antigravity (Reddit): “why do we need more is probably a better question honestly, 3 levels are straightforward already. high is also adaptive, matches xhigh-max from other models depending on the task you give it which is great.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/google_antigravity/comments/1x7qrg8/why_only_3_effort_levels_in_gemini_models/ph79wb5/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-18, r/google_antigravity (Reddit): “for me, my personal experience with antigravity is an an ultimate low. i am still locked out of argon everywhere (antigravity desktop and cli) except for gemini with my paid pro account.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/google_antigravity/comments/1x8unih/watching_google_ais_reputation_bounce_back_and/phgfjtr/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-18, r/google_antigravity (Reddit): “i think google label is "high" or "3.8" to make user think it is an upgrade. actually they reduce the context count or horsepower in the back and make everything so bad now” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/google_antigravity/comments/1x8y4ap/wth_is_happening_with_gemini_38_flash/phi675m/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-18, r/google_antigravity (Reddit): “3.1 pro might have been awesome, in february. it sure as hell was not when it got discontinued.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/google_antigravity/comments/1x8unih/watching_google_ais_reputation_bounce_back_and/phi90jm/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-18, r/google_antigravity (Reddit): “when you have literally every model available to you - of course argon would not be so impressive. meanwhile, people were stuck with half baked 3.1 pro preview and flash models. some, including me, still sadly do.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/google_antigravity/comments/1x8x6nn/dont_worry_too_much_argon_its_genuinely_not_that/phiufdb/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-18, r/google_antigravity (Reddit): “ever since gemini 4 argon came out, my 3.8 flash has been acting like a newborn baby locked in a cage with zero socialization... it is hallucinating so much.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/google_antigravity/comments/1x8y4ap/wth_is_happening_with_gemini_38_flash/)

### Conductor

- Praise, 2026-09-22, @conductor_build (X): “@claudeai @thesageox so beautiful easily switch model using @conductor_build and prime your session using @thesageox . [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/103273439/status/2102204984884691235)
- Praise, 2026-09-20, @conductor_build (X): “@mparakhin have you tried @conductor_build? doesn’t lock you into a model” [source](https://twitter.com/154998786/status/2101723586750779659)
- Praise, 2026-09-16, @conductor_build (X): “@thelifeofrishi using qwen on @conductor_build and it’s a great combo” [source](https://twitter.com/1382193359641481217/status/2100155270110273641)
- Praise, 2026-09-10, @conductor_build (X): “so much news that i forgot to share the coolest thing that was released yesterday... @conductor_build finally fixed the model picker to a decent one, it's really good now now you can leave only the ones you use there and already in the way you use it [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/3183420959/status/2098073132057727437)
- Praise, 2026-09-10, @conductor_build (X): “@ridd_design @conductor_build love the design pattern! it makes switching between models feel effortless ✨” [source](https://twitter.com/1866066653735174144/status/2098079339472724388)
- Complaint, 2026-09-30, @conductor_build (X): “hey @conductor_build team, you show codex sol 6.1 in the model list, but when i prompt it, i get this error: "the ‘gpt-6.1-sol’ model is not supported when using codex with a chatgpt account." i can use it on terminal via cli but not on conductor. fyi” [source](https://twitter.com/75535021/status/2105308753965064233)
- Complaint, 2026-09-17, @conductor_build (X): “@conductor_build hey team, love the app but finding the model selector really annoying. i can't start a new thread with any except my top 2 pinned models. why?! a "more" option would be really great everywhere i select models 🙏 [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/102718167/status/2100407910753018233)
- Complaint, 2026-09-16, @conductor_build (X): “i absolutely hate the new(ish) model picker in @conductor_build. it has slowed me down so much. really frustrating.” [source](https://twitter.com/1668000040869154816/status/2100302995070095539)
- Complaint, 2026-09-15, r/conductorbuild (Reddit): “same here. new model selector is absolutely horrible. using conductor for 4+ months, and this is a big downside.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/conductorbuild/comments/1volee7/how_do_i_go_back_to_the_old_model_selector/p9xwewl/)
- Complaint, 2026-09-04, @conductor_build (X): “@conductor_build i already have gpt 6 astra in my account! but i still can't use it in conductor!! upgrade please!!!” [source](https://twitter.com/1185832316528218113/status/2095954503002411044)

### Zed

- Complaint, 2026-09-30, @zeddotdev (X): “@zeddotdev still no reasoning setting, are you serious? have you no heard the shot?” [source](https://twitter.com/1955587166626533377/status/2105353686541083095)
- Complaint, 2026-09-29, @zeddotdev (X): “@zeddotdev in the new version of delta, there’s a bug: my chatgpt subscription is no longer available as a provider.” [source](https://twitter.com/2035030715189141509/status/2104996620307718609)
- Complaint, 2026-09-23, @zeddotdev (X): “@zeddotdev yo i'm using my grok sub with delta and it only gives grok 4.6/4.5 as options for models. please support grok 4.7 and composer 2.5. this should be an auto refresh thing imo.” [source](https://twitter.com/1836929256569425921/status/2102785465682460969)
- Complaint, 2026-08-31, @zeddotdev (X): “@zeddotdev @zeddotdev hi. i have a question: i paid for an opencode go subscription, but not all available models are showing up in the zed editor. i found a closed pull request on github regarding this issue. do you plan to fix this? otherwise, my subscription is pointless.” [source](https://twitter.com/1498680807405330433/status/2094314242044293271)

### Warp

- Complaint, 2026-09-15, r/warpdotdev (Reddit): “i chose gpt 5.6 luna xhigh as my model, when it failed, fallback model opus 5 max continued, which rapidly consumes more credits. i can't stand it.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/warpdotdev/comments/1oa0abo/warp_dirty_tactics_sonnet_45_thinking_uses_cheap/pa1hdbn/)

### Grok Build

- Praise, 2026-09-24, r/opencodeCLI (Reddit): “[link] from my experience, muse spark 1.3 at xhigh in opencode give me wrong answers all the time. it might flare better with muse code as the model is trained and refined around the harness, the same way grok inside opencode feels dumber compared to when it's inside grok build.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/opencodeCLI/comments/1wopbtv/what_muse_spark_14_contributor_is_already_here/pbswa6q/)
- Praise, 2026-09-10, r/OpenAI (Reddit): “while i love codex, you do have to be delicate with the limits, i see myself using luna a lot more than any other model just to preserve limits i got supergrok, and damn i'm just playing around with grok build, while not as feature rich as codex, for almost the same price, you get grok as your default model which, is sol level quality! with atleast terra level usage and for claude, you atleast get sonnet 5 which is better than luna, tagging it with /advisor is amazing so... sometimes i feel that with codex i'm comprising to make the limits feel better” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/comments/1wc9wzb/switched_from_claude_to_codex_limits_feel_lesser/p8wbu5x/)