Aider vs GitHub Copilot vs Windsurf vs Gemini CLI

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

Your tool
Aider
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Competitor 1
GitHub Copilot
Competitor 2
Windsurf
Competitor 3
Gemini CLI
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Aider
aider.chat
AI pair programming in your terminal
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Competitor GitHub Copilot
github.com
Your AI pair programmer that actually knows the codebase
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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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Competitor Gemini CLI
github.com
It can query and edit large codebases, generate new apps from PDFs, images, or sketches using multimodal input, and debug problems when you describe them in plain language.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
317.9Kvisits/mo
637.9Mvisits/mo
29.6Kvisits/mo
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MoM change
▼ 15.9%
▲ 3.7%
▲ 7.8%
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6-month growth
-12.7%
+19.3%
+122.1%
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Global rank web
#140,509
#49
#1,172,623
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Avg. last 3 months
378.5K
629.7M
26.9K
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Bounce rate lower is better
48%
36%
50%
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Pages / visit
2.0
5.9
1.3
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Visit duration
55s
6m 26s
13s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 16%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
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AiderGitHub CopilotWindsurfGemini CLI
0159.5M318.9M478.4M637.9MAider · 293.8KAider · 277.7KAider · 314.6KAider · 289.1KAider · 364.1KAider · 402KAider · 478.7KAider · 439.5KAider · 378KAider · 317.9KGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6K10K100K1M10M100M1BAider · 293.8KAider · 277.7KAider · 314.6KAider · 289.1KAider · 364.1KAider · 402KAider · 478.7KAider · 439.5KAider · 378KAider · 317.9KGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Free
Freemium
Freemium
Free
Starting price
Free
$4per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
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Free FreeTeam $4/moEnterprise $21/mo
Free FreePro $20/moMax $200/moTeams $80/mo
Free (personal Google account) Free
Capabilities input → output
Input
ImagesWeb pagesTextCodeAudio
CodeText
TextCode
TextImagesDocumentsCode
Output
Code
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Intermediate
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
8
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4
Coding
Agents
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Code reviews
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Debugging
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Development
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Code testing
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Git commands
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Terminal
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Code analysis
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Developer tools
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GitHub pull requests
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Refactoring
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Terminal commands management
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Traffic figures are third-party estimates for the tool's own domain; tools sharing a domain with a bigger product are not counted. Pricing is captured from each tool's site and may lag.