Pieces for Developers vs Supermaven
Pricing
Pieces for Developers: Free for individuals
Supermaven: Being sunset since November 2025, free autocomplete for existing users
Description
Pieces for Developers: AI-powered snippet manager that saves, tags, and lets you reuse code across IDEs and browsers
Supermaven: Fast AI code completion that Cursor acquired in 2024 and began shutting down in November 2025
Pros
- Actually free for individuals, not time-limited
- Works across IDEs, browsers, and collaboration tools so snippets follow you
- On-device AI option means your code stays local
- Existing JetBrains and Neovim customers keep free autocomplete
- Fast completions, with a 1 million token context window on the Pro plan
Cons
- It is a snippet manager, not a coding assistant (different use case than Cursor or Copilot)
- Takes effort to build the habit of saving snippets instead of just re-Googling
- Less useful if you do not frequently reuse code patterns across projects
- Agent chat was discontinued in November 2025
- VS Code users have been told to move to Cursor
- No new features: the product is being wound down
Details
Pieces is not an AI coding assistant in the Cursor/Copilot sense. It is more like an AI-powered clipboard for code. Save a snippet from your browser, your editor, or a Slack message, and Pieces automatically adds descriptions, tags, and related context. When you need that snippet later, you search for it instead of digging through bookmarks.
The on-device AI is a nice touch: your code stays on your machine. Useful if you find yourself copy-pasting the same patterns across projects or constantly looking up that one regex you always forget. Less useful if your workflow does not involve much code reuse.
Supermaven was the speed king of AI code completion. Built by the creator of Tabnine, it focused on autocomplete with very low latency and a massive context window. Cursor acquired Supermaven in November 2024 and folded its technology into the Cursor editor.
On 21 November 2025 Supermaven announced its sunset. Agent conversations ended, paying customers received refunds for their remaining time, and VS Code users were told to move to Cursor. Existing JetBrains and Neovim customers keep free autocomplete for the foreseeable future. There is no reason to start with Supermaven today: Cursor carries its completion technology, GitHub Copilot works in VS Code and JetBrains, and Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf) offers unlimited Tab completions on its free plan.
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