Remix IDE comparisons

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Remix IDE is compared head-to-head with Foundry, Hardhat and Ape Framework and more: 7 head-to-heads in Smart Contracts Software, each with the specs and prices we checked.

9.2/10★★★★★Editor score

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Remix IDE head-to-head

• Remix IDE vs Foundry
• Remix IDE vs Hardhat
• Remix IDE vs Ape Framework
• Remix IDE vs thirdweb
• Remix IDE vs Circle Contracts
• Remix IDE vs Tenderly
• SRemix IDE vs Slither

Remix IDE vs each of them

#	Tool	Free plan	Paid from	Chain coverage	Contract languages	Deployment targets	Security analysis	Score
1	Remix IDE	Yes	Free	Multi-chain	Multiple	Both	Yes	9.2
2	Foundry	Yes	Free	Multi-chain	Multiple	Both	No	8.9
3	Hardhat	Yes	Free	Multi-chain	Solidity	Both	No	8.8
4	Ape Framework	Yes	Free	Multi-chain	Multiple	Both		8.7
5	thirdweb	Yes	$9/mo	Multi-chain	Solidity	Both	No	8.5
6	Circle Contracts	Yes	$0.00025/unit usage-based	Multi-chain	Multiple	Both		8.3
7	Tenderly	Yes		Multi-chain		Both		8.2
8	SSlither	Yes	Free	Single-chain	Multiple		Yes	7.9

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