Our take

The enterprise privacy pick — if your code can’t leave your network, Tabnine (with self-hosted models) is built for exactly that.

What it is

Tabnine is an AI code assistant focused on privacy, security, and compliance. Unlike cloud-only tools, it can run on your own infrastructure with your own models, making it popular in regulated industries (finance, defense, healthcare). It integrates across VS Code, JetBrains, and Visual Studio.

Best for

Code completion where code can’t leave the company
Compliant AI assistance in regulated industries
Self-hosted AI coding for security teams

Pros

Strong privacy and self-host story
Works across all major IDEs
Enterprise compliance features

Cons

Weaker agentic capabilities than Cursor/Windsurf
Self-hosted setup is non-trivial

Quick start

Install the Tabnine extension in VS Code / JetBrains / Visual Studio.
Pick your plan: Free basic autocomplete, Pro $12/mo (chat + full-agent mode), Enterprise (self-hosted).
For self-hosted: deploy the Tabnine app on Kubernetes behind your firewall → connect the IDE extension to your org endpoint.
Tabnine learns your team's codebase patterns to personalize completions — runs locally to keep code on your network.
For air-gapped deployments: Self-hosted Enterprise + bring-your-own-model (e.g. fine-tuned Code Llama) works fully offline.

Sample input / output

Input

Self-hosted setup (Enterprise):
  helm install tabnine tabnine/tabnine \
    --set selfHosted=true \
    --set model=finetuned-code-llama-13b.gguf \
    --set airGap.enabled=true
  → IDE plugin → Settings → Enterprise endpoint → auth via SSO.
  All completions served from your own GPUs. Code never leaves.

Output

A 1-line autocomplete suggestion appears in 80ms. A multi-line block suggestion appears in ~250ms with the model's top-p=0.95. Telemetry (usage stats) stays in your cluster.

Benchmarks

License / hosting SaaS + self-hosted; on-prem Kubernetes support

BYO model Yes — point Tabnine at any OpenAI-compatible LLM endpoint

Compliance SOC 2, ISO 27001; on-prem for air-gapped teams

Pricing Free basic / Pro $12/mo / Enterprise custom

Pricing

Free basic; Pro $12/mo; Enterprise custom

Underlying models

Proprietaryself-hosted open models

Self-hosting

Yes — Tabnine can be self-hosted . This gives you full control over data and deployment.

Should you pick this?

Pick it if You're in regulated industry (finance / defense / healthcare) and the network policy is "code never leaves" — Tabnine self-hosted with a BYO model is the standard answer.

Skip it if You're a solo dev or small team without compliance constraints — Copilot, Cursor, and Continue will give you more model variety and faster autocomplete for cheaper.

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