Best Pair Programming Software in 2026
Updated
In short: CodeTogether is ranked #1 of 26 as of 2 October 2026, ahead of Gobby and Duckly. The best-ranked option with a free plan is Duckly. The lowest first paid tier on this page is Duckly at $6/mo.
26 pair programming software ranked on what their makers publish — plans and prices, free tiers, platforms and the facts on their own pages.
| # | Platform | Score | Why | From | Free plan | Paid from | Editor support | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CodeTogether | 7.5 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | $10/mo | Yes | — | Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio, Eclipse IDE, IntelliJ-based IDEs | View |
| 2 |  Gobby | 7.5 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | — | View |
| 3 | Duckly | 7.4 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | $6/mo | Yes | — | VS Code, VS Codium, IntelliJ IDEA, WebStorm, PyCharm, PhpStorm, CLion, Rider, RubyMine, AppCode, Android Studio, DataGrip, GoLand | View |
| 4 |  Drovio | 7.3 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | $15/mo | Yes | 15 /user/mo | Any IDE or app | View |
| 5 | HackerRank | 7.2 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | $165/mo | No | — | — | View |
| 6 | Codovate Meet | 6.8 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, HTML, CSS, C++, Java, Go, Rust, Monaco Editor | View |
| 7 | Saros | 6.8 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | Free | — | — | Eclipse; IntelliJ IDEA and IntelliJ-platform IDEs | View |
| 8 | SyncodeLive | 6.6 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | web-based code editor | View |
| 9 | CoderPad | 6.6 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | $6.67/mo | No | — | — | View |
| 10 |  Teamtype | 6.5 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | Neovim, VS Code/Codium, JetBrains IDEs, TeXstudio | View |
| 11 | Zed | 6.5 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | $10/mo | Yes | — | — | View |
| 12 |  ShareCode | 6.3 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | Free | Yes | — | JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Java, C, C++, C#, Go, Rust, Ruby, PHP, Swift, Kotlin, HTML, CSS, SQL, Bash, Dart, Scala, R, and 50+ languages | View |
| 13 | Hopp | 6.2 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | No | 15 /user/mo | — | View |
| 14 | Visual Studio | 6.2 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | 45 /user/mo | — | View |
| 15 | CodeCollab | 6.0 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | — | View |
| 16 |  ShareCodeLive | 6.0 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | — | View |
| 17 |  live-share.nvim | 5.9 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | Neovim; VS Code via open-pair | View |
| 18 |  Codeshare | 5.9 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | Browser-based online code editor | View |
| 19 |  Pop | 5.9 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | $25/mo | Yes | — | — | View |
| 20 | Coterm | 5.8 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | — | View |
| 21 |  Open Pair | 5.7 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | VS Code 1.85+, VSCodium, Cursor, Windsurf, Google Antigravity, and Neovim via live-share.nvim | View |
| 22 |  SubEthaEdit | 5.5 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | — | View |
| 23 | CodeInterview | 5.1 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | Yes | — | browser-based collaborative code editor | View |
| 24 |  Remote Collab | 5.0 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | — | — | — | SublimeText | View |
| 25 |  Tuple | 4.8 | RecognisedAPIDocumented | $30/mo | No | 30 /user/mo | — | View |
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Numbered spots on this list can be sponsored. They are labelled, and the editorial order and scores never change for payment.
Questions about this list
Which pair programming software is ranked first on Inferse?
CodeTogether is ranked #1 of 26 with a score of 7.5. Gobby is second and Duckly third.
How many of these have a free plan?
7 of the 25 on this page publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.
Which is the cheapest paid option?
On this page, Duckly has the lowest first paid tier we found: $6/mo.
How is this list ranked?
Ranked on what each maker publishes, open and connectable first: a public API, open-source code, the depth of its documentation and a free tier to try it on. Model lists are sorted by the figure in their title, exactly as each provider publishes it. Paid placements never change a rank.