AIQ Rank vs WakaTime

TL;DR

WakaTime measures how much time you spend coding, in which editors, on which projects. It’s a time tracker for developers.

AIQ Rank measures how good you are at using AI coding agents like Claude Code, Codex CLI, and OpenCode. It’s a proficiency benchmark for AI-native development.

If you want to know how many hours you coded, use WakaTime. If you want to know how well you use AI tools, use AIQ Rank. They’re not substitutes; they answer different questions.

What WakaTime does

WakaTime is a developer time-tracking platform. A plugin installs into your IDE (VS Code, JetBrains, Vim, dozens of others) and quietly logs every keystroke, every file open, every language you write in. The dashboard shows your time per project, per language, per day, with public profiles and team analytics.

Strengths:

• Broad editor support (50+ IDEs and editors)
• Mature integrations and a long history
• Team dashboards for engineering managers
• Free tier for individuals

What it does not measure: AI coding agent proficiency. WakaTime tracks the editor session you spent typing. It doesn’t know whether you were using Claude Code’s plan mode, orchestrating parallel subagents, or just hammering tab-complete.

What AIQ Rank does

AIQ Rank reads the structural activity from Claude Code, Codex CLI, OpenCode, Cursor, and Cowork. The plugin scans your local session logs (transcripts never leave your machine) and produces a score per skill dimension:

• Customization (your CLAUDE.md, custom commands, hooks)
• Parallel Agents (subagent orchestration)
• Tool Breadth (MCP servers, skills, plugins)
• Planning (plan-mode usage, structured workflows)
• Multi-Tasking (sessions in parallel)
• Custom Skills (workflows you’ve built yourself)

The output is a percentile and a composite AIQ rank, plus per-tool rollups. Free for individuals, free during launch for teams, with private leaderboards for companies who want to measure existing team members or screen prospects.

When to pick which

Pick WakaTime if:

• You want to know hours coded, languages used, editor share
• Your team wants timesheets or general dev-time visibility
• You’re optimizing for editor activity, not AI tool skill

Pick AIQ Rank if:

• You want to benchmark your Claude Code, Codex CLI, or OpenCode skill
• You’re hiring developers and need to verify their actual AI tool proficiency
• You want a leaderboard of who on your team is using AI well, beyond token counts
• You’re a marketer, PM, or non-engineer evaluating AI tool fluency in the broader space

You can run both. They measure different layers of the same workday.

Common questions

Does AIQ Rank track coding time like WakaTime?

No. AIQ Rank specifically measures AI coding agent skill, not editor time. If you want general dev-time tracking, use WakaTime alongside.

Can I see how my team compares on AI tool skill?

Yes. AIQ Rank supports private team leaderboards. Free during launch. WakaTime has team dashboards too, but they show coding time, not AI proficiency.

Does AIQ Rank work with editors WakaTime supports?

AIQ Rank reads Claude Code, Codex CLI, OpenCode, Cursor, and Cowork session logs. WakaTime’s IDE-plugin model is broader (50+ editors) but measures keystroke time, not AI tool usage.

Is AIQ Rank free like WakaTime’s individual tier?

Yes. AIQ Rank is free for individuals with no credit card. Companies are in free private beta during launch.