Aider vs OpenAI Codex CLI vs Windsurf

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
OpenAI Codex CLI
Competitor 2
Windsurf
Competitor 3
Suggested competitors for Aider: OpenCode92% OpenAI Codex84% Cline80% Claude Code78% Cursor72% GitHub Copilot70% Kimi Code70% Gemini CLI64%
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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 OpenAI Codex CLI
developers.openai.com
OpenAI Codex CLI brings the Codex coding agent to the terminal and to scripts.
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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
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29.6Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 15.9%
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▲ 7.8%
6-month growth
-12.7%
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+122.1%
Global rank web
#140,509
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#1,172,623
Avg. last 3 months
378.5K
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26.9K
Bounce rate lower is better
48%
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50%
Pages / visit
2.0
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1.3
Visit duration
55s
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13s
Traffic sources
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 16%
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AiderOpenAI Codex CLIWindsurf
0119.7K239.3K359K478.7KAider · 293.8KAider · 277.7KAider · 314.6KAider · 289.1KAider · 364.1KAider · 402KAider · 478.7KAider · 439.5KAider · 378KAider · 317.9KWindsurf · 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 · 317.9KWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Free
Paid
Freemium
Starting price
Free
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$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Free trial
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API access
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GPT-6-Astra $10GPT-6.1-Sol $2GPT-6-Luna $0.10GPT-Live-1 $0.05/minute+1 more
Free FreePro $20/moMax $200/moTeams $80/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
AudioCodeImagesTextWeb pages
CodeImagesText
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI 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
Debugging
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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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Code reviews
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Developer tools
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Development
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GitHub pull requests
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Refactoring
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Terminal commands management
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Community on aitoolstime
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Saves
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Reviews
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Prompts
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