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Measured 2026-09-22 · 12-seat model panel · 10 scenarios · methodology #2 v2026-09-22.1

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The ten

Rank	Entity	Mention rate (of answers)	Wilson 95% interval	Seats that mentioned it	Seats with stable coverage
1	GitHub Copilot	99.8%	[98.7%, 100.0%]	12 of 12	12 of 12
2	Cursor	99.3%	[97.9%, 99.8%]	12 of 12	12 of 12
3	Windsurf (Devin Desktop)	98.6%	[96.9%, 99.3%]	12 of 12	12 of 12
4	Replit	81.0%	[77.0%, 84.5%]	12 of 12	12 of 12
5	Amazon Q Developer	72.4%	[67.9%, 76.4%]	12 of 12	11 of 12
6	Devin	66.3%	[61.7%, 70.7%]	12 of 12	8 of 12
7	Claude Code	61.1%	[56.3%, 65.6%]	11 of 12	8 of 12
8	Tabnine	58.4%	[53.6%, 63.1%]	11 of 12	8 of 12
9	Aider	52.9%	[48.1%, 57.6%]	12 of 12	7 of 12
10	Cline	47.1%	[42.4%, 51.9%]	11 of 12	5 of 12

How it is counted: mention rate = answers naming it ÷ 416 (7 phrasings × 5 repeats × 12 seats = 420 calls, 416 valid); the last two columns count seats, and "stable coverage" means more than half of that seat's 35 answers. Different denominators, so 12 of 12 next to a rate below 100% is not a contradiction.

The sample behind this cell

Valid samples / calls expected: 416 / 420
Completeness: 99.0%
Effective entities (effN): 15.3
Entities mentioned at least once: 68

How this cell was asked

This cell used 7 phrasings, each asked 5 times. Every call asked for the ten names only — no reasons, no scores.

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Where this page stops

This is one measurement, not a trend line. The next run of the same phrasings comes next quarter.
Each call collected ten names at most. Anything past the tenth name is invisible in this cell, which is not the same as being absent.
Mention rate is the share of samples in this cell where a name came up. It is not market share, and it is not a judgement about the product.

Methodology: the panel, the phrasings and how completeness is counted

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