Tabnine
Tabnine is the originator of AI code assistants (2018). Offers code completion, chat, and AI agents for the entire SDLC. Privacy-first with SaaS, VPC, on-prem, or air-gapped deployment. 1M+ developers, 80+ languages. Founded 2013 in Tel Aviv. $55M funding.
Description
Tabnine
What is Tabnine?
Company and History
| Data | Information |
|---|---|
| Original Name | Codota |
| Founded | 2013 (as Codota) |
| Rebranding | May 2021 (to Tabnine) |
| Headquarters | Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Founders | Dror Weiss (CEO), Eran Yahav (CTO) |
| CEO | Dror Weiss |
| CTO | Prof. Eran Yahav |
| Executive Chairman | Gus Robertson (ex-CEO NGINX) |
| Total Funding | $55M |
| 2022 Revenue | $5.8M |
| Developers | 1+ million |
| Installations | 10+ million |
| Enterprise Customers | 10,000+ |
| Employees | ~74-150 |
- 2013: Founded as Codota by Dror Weiss and Eran Yahav in Tel Aviv, based on over a decade of academic research at Technion (Israel Institute of Technology)
- Eran Yahav: Professor at Technion, formerly at IBM Research
- Dror Weiss: Technion Computer Science graduate
- 2017: $2M seed funding
- 2018: Jacob Jackson creates Tabnine product at University of Waterloo using new large language models
- 2019: Codota acquires Tabnine and combines both models
- Apr 2020: $12M Series A
- May 2021: Rebranding from Codota to Tabnine after launching first LLM-based AI coding assistant
- Apr 2022: 1+ million users
- Jun 2022: $15.5M funding (Qualcomm, Samsung NEXT, OurCrowd)
- Jun 2023: Launch of AI Chat agent
- Nov 2023: $25M Series B (Telstra Ventures)
- Sep 2024: Jira Implementation Agent and Validation Agent
- Oct 2024: Code Review Agent
- Nov 2024: Upgrades to free plan with Claude 3.5 Sonnet
- Apr 2025: Basic plan sunset (free tier)
- Nov 2025: Tabnine Agents (Org-Native AI for Enterprise)
| Round | Date | Amount | Lead Investor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | Jun 2017 | $2M | - |
| Series A | Apr 2020 | $12M | - |
| Funding | Jun 2022 | $15.5M | Qualcomm Ventures, Samsung NEXT |
| Series B | Nov 2023 | $25M | Telstra Ventures |
| Total | - | $55M | - |
- Khosla Ventures
- Headline (formerly e.ventures)
- Telstra Ventures
- Atlassian Ventures
- Qualcomm Ventures
- Samsung NEXT Ventures
- OurCrowd
- TPY Capital
- Elaia
- Hetz Ventures
- Gartner 2024: Top-ranked in all 5 categories of AI Code Assistant Critical Capabilities Report
- InfoWorld 2025: Technology of the Year
- AI TechAwards 2025: Best Innovation in AI Coding (Code Review Agent)
- Omdia 2025: Leader in Universe for no/low-pro coding assistants
- Gartner Magic Quadrant 2025: Visionary in AI Coding Assistants
Products and Features
Code Completion
- Whole-line completions: Complete lines of code
- Full-function completions: Entire functions
- Natural language to code: Code from comments
- Context-aware suggestions: Based on local context
- Real-time completions on every keystroke
- Learning patterns from codebase
Tabnine Chat
- Code generation from natural language
- Legacy code explanation
- Documentation generation
- Test creation
- Fix proposals
- Q&A about the codebase
Enterprise Context Engine
- Learns unique architecture, frameworks, and standards
- Adapts to mixed stacks and legacy systems
- Aligns with security and compliance requirements
- Enterprise knowledge embedded in coding experience
AI Agents
Jira Implementation Agent (Sep 2024)
- One-click code generation from Jira issues
- Generates code from requirements in stories, bugs, tasks
- First AI code assistant with full Jira integration
- Uses context from title, description, and local code
Jira Validation Agent (Sep 2024)
- Validates code against Jira issue requirements
- Instant feedback if specs aren't met
- Works with human or AI-generated code
Code Review Agent (Oct 2024)
- First personalized AI code review in the industry
- Custom rules in plain language
- Predefined rules for industry standards
- Enforces team best practices and patterns
- Reviews PRs against established rules
Testing Agent
- Generates comprehensive test plans
- Identifies gaps in test coverage
- Updates tests for code changes
- Test cases with clear descriptions
Onboarding Agent
- Helps new developers understand projects
- Accelerates ramp-up on new codebases
- Explains structures and dependencies
Documentation Agent
- Generates automatic documentation
- Context-sensitive documentation
Code Fix Agent
- Proposes fixes for bugs and errors
Code Explain Agent
- Explains complex and legacy code
Personalization (RAG)
- 14 data sources from IDE
- Variables, types, classes
- Chat history, cursor, highlights
- Open files, dependencies
- Imported packages, libraries
- 40% increase in code acceptance rates
- Repository connection (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Perforce P4)
- Semantic and graph-based indexing
- Maps relationships between services, functions, files
- Jira/Confluence integration
- Context from tickets and documentation
- Fine-tuning on proprietary code
- Private models trained on internal repositories
Model Flexibility
- Tabnine Models: Private proprietary models
- GPT-3.5 Turbo
- GPT-4o Turbo
- Claude 3.5 Sonnet
- GCP Vertex AI (Claude series)
- Open source models
- Organization's internal models
Code Provenance (Dec 2024)
- Determines code origins
- Protection against license risks
- Flags code without permissive license
Deployment and Security
Deployment Options
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Secure SaaS | Tabnine cloud |
| VPC | Private AWS, GCP, or Azure |
| On-Premises | Your own servers |
| Air-Gapped | Completely isolated |
Privacy and Security
- Zero Data Retention: Doesn't store or train on user code
- Code Never Leaves: In on-premises deployment
- No Code Sharing: Never shares code
- Opt-in Required: For team model training
- Permissive Licenses Only: Models trained only on open source code with permissive licenses (MIT, Apache-2.0, BSD, etc.)
Compliance
- SOC 2 Type II
- GDPR
- ISO 27001
- HIPAA (Enterprise)
- SCIM/IdP Sync
- SSO/SAML
Supported IDEs and Languages
Supported IDEs
| IDE | Min Version | Max Version |
|---|---|---|
| VS Code | 1.85 | 1.106 |
| JetBrains IDEs | 2023.2 | 2025.2 |
| Eclipse | 4.28 (2023-06) | 4.37 (2025-09) |
| Visual Studio 2022 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vim/Neovim | ✓ | ✓ |
| Emacs | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sublime Text | ✓ | ✓ |
| Atom (legacy) | ✓ | ✓ |
- IntelliJ IDEA
- PyCharm
- WebStorm
- PHPStorm
- Android Studio
- CLion
- GoLand
- Rider
- RubyMine
- DataGrip
Supported Languages
- Python
- JavaScript
- TypeScript
- Java
- Go
- C/C++
- C#
- PHP
- Rust
- Ruby
- Kotlin
- Swift
- Dart
- Scala
- SQL
- Bash
- HTML/CSS
- Julia
- Lua
- OCaml
- Perl
- Haskell
- React/JSX
Integrations
Version Control
- GitHub
- GitLab
- Bitbucket
- Perforce P4 (Helix Core)
Project Management
- Atlassian Jira (Cloud and Data Center)
- Confluence
Cloud Providers
- AWS
- GCP
- Azure
Pricing and Plans
Pricing Evolution
Dev Plan (formerly Pro)
| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Price | $9/user/month |
| Trial | 14 days free |
| Max users | 100 |
| Code Completions | Whole-line, full-function |
| Natural Language to Code | ✓ |
| Tabnine Chat | ✓ |
| Basic AI Agents | ✓ |
| Local Context | ✓ |
| Support | Standard |
Enterprise Plan
| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Price | $39/user/month |
| Users | Unlimited |
| Private Deployment | SaaS, VPC, On-prem, Air-gapped |
| Custom AI Models | Trained on your code |
| Codebase Connection | Unlimited (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, P4) |
| Jira Integration | Cloud and Data Center |
| Code Review Agent | ✓ |
| Testing Agent | ✓ |
| Enterprise Search | ✓ |
| Model Flexibility | All models |
| SSO/SAML | ✓ |
| SCIM Provisioning | ✓ |
| Admin Console | ✓ |
| Usage Reports | ✓ |
| SOC 2, HIPAA | ✓ |
| Support | Premium |
| Success Manager | Dedicated |
Add-ons
- Token consumption quota (for Tabnine LLM access): provider price + 5% handling fee
Impact Metrics
- 50% of code and artifacts automated
- 20% reduction in coding time
- 90% of basic programming tasks automated
- 40% increase in code acceptance with local context
- 82% boost in code consumption with Enterprise Context Engine
- 2x faster in development and QA cycles
Competition
| Competitor | Tabnine Differentiator |
|---|---|
| GitHub Copilot | Tabnine: total privacy, on-prem, IP-safe |
| Amazon CodeWhisperer | Tabnine: more IDEs, model flexibility |
| Cursor | Tabnine: enterprise-ready, zero data retention |
| Cody (Sourcegraph) | Tabnine: AI agents for complete SDLC |
| Kite (closed 2022) | Tabnine survived and grew |
Competitive Advantages
- Category originator (2018)
- Privacy-first: Zero data retention
- Deployment flexibility: SaaS, VPC, on-prem, air-gapped
- IP-safe: Only permissively licensed code
- Model flexibility: Switch models in real-time
- Enterprise Context Engine: Deep personalization
- AI Agents: For entire SDLC
- Jira Integration: First to market
Notable Customers
- Accenture
- LG
- Samsung
- Fortune 500 teams
- Fintech, healthcare, SaaS companies
Technical Details
Architecture
- Language-specialized "code-native" models
- Can run on developer's laptop
- Or on server behind firewall
- Or in the cloud
Training Data
- Only open source code with permissive licenses
- MIT, MIT-0, Apache-2.0
- BSD-2-Clause, BSD-3-Clause
- Unlicense, CC0-1.0
- CC-BY-3.0, CC-BY-4.0
- RSA-MD, 0BSD, WTFPL, ISC
Roadmap and Future
- Google Vertex AI integration
- Real-time multi-agent code suggestions
- AI-powered security scanning
- Expanded project context and memory in chat
- More agents for complete SDLC
- Continued enterprise-first innovation
Restructuring Notes
Key Features
Whole-line and full-function code completion
Tabnine Chat for Q&A and code generation
Enterprise Context Engine for deep personalization
Jira Implementation Agent - generates code from issues
Jira Validation Agent - validates code vs requirements
Code Review Agent - team-personalized review
Testing Agent - generates test plans and test cases
Onboarding Agent - accelerates new dev ramp-up
Model flexibility: GPT-4o, Claude 3.5, custom models
RAG with 4 levels of personalization
Flexible deployment: SaaS, VPC, on-prem, air-gapped
Zero data retention - code never stored
Support for 80+ programming languages
Integration with VS Code, JetBrains, Eclipse, Visual Studio
Connection to GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Perforce P4
IP-safe: only permissively licensed code
Code Provenance - detects code origins
SSO/SAML and SCIM provisioning for enterprise
SOC 2, GDPR, ISO 27001, HIPAA compliance
Admin console and usage reports
Use Cases
Real-time intelligent code autocompletion
Code generation from natural language
Legacy and complex code explanation
Automatic documentation generation
Unit tests and test plan creation
Automated code review with custom rules
One-click Jira issue implementation
Code validation against ticket requirements
Accelerated onboarding of new developers
Refactoring and improvement of existing code
Bug detection and fix proposals
Enterprise development with maximum privacy
Development in secure air-gapped environments
Team coding pattern standardization
Multi-language development in complex projects
Integration with Jira/Confluence workflows
Compliance in regulated industries (finance, healthcare)
Reduced time on repetitive coding tasks
AI pair programming as assistant
Custom model training on internal code
Categories
Information
Company
Tabnine Inc. (formerly Codota)
Website
www.tabnine.comUser Reviews
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