Aider vs Continue vs Windsurf

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

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Aider
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Competitor 1
Continue
Competitor 2
Windsurf
Competitor 3
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3 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Aider
aider.chat
AI pair programming in your terminal
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Competitor Continue
continue.dev
Continue is an open-source AI coding agent that was built by a community of developers and has since been acquired by Cursor.
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Competitor Windsurf
windsurf.com
Windsurf, which now appears on the web as Devin Desktop, is a desktop code editor that doubles as a control room for coding agents.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
317.9Kvisits/mo
410.4Kvisits/mo
29.6Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 15.9%
▼ 16.6%
▲ 7.8%
6-month growth
-12.7%
-24.4%
+122.1%
Global rank web
#140,509
#106,338
#1,172,623
Avg. last 3 months
378.5K
539.2K
26.9K
Bounce rate lower is better
48%
48%
50%
Pages / visit
2.0
2.4
1.3
Visit duration
55s
1m 44s
13s
Traffic sources
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 16%
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 6%
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AiderContinueWindsurf
0193.8K387.7K581.5K775.3KAider · 293.8KAider · 277.7KAider · 314.6KAider · 289.1KAider · 364.1KAider · 402KAider · 478.7KAider · 439.5KAider · 378KAider · 317.9KContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6K10K100K1MAider · 293.8KAider · 277.7KAider · 314.6KAider · 289.1KAider · 364.1KAider · 402KAider · 478.7KAider · 439.5KAider · 378KAider · 317.9KContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Free
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Freemium
Starting price
Free
Free
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free trial
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Free FreePro $20/moMax $200/moTeams $80/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
AudioCodeImagesTextWeb pages
CodeText
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
8
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6
Coding
Code reviews
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Debugging
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Development
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Agent management
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Agents
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Code testing
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Git commands
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Terminal
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GitHub pull requests
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Refactoring
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Terminal commands management
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