Aider vs OpenAI Codex vs Cursor vs Claude Code

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
Competitor 2
Cursor
Competitor 3
Claude Code
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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 OpenAI Codex
openai.com
A dedicated coding agent that writes and runs code for you
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Competitor Cursor
cursor.sh
Code editor that actually understands your codebase
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Competitor Claude Code
claude.com
Every plan tier hits usage limits
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
317.9Kvisits/mo
204.3Mvisits/mo
4.5Mvisits/mo
123.5Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 15.9%
▲ 3.6%
▲ 7.8%
▼ 6.8%
6-month growth
-12.7%
+0.3%
-1.8%
+106.6%
Global rank web
#140,509
#212
#15,584
#434
Avg. last 3 months
378.5K
197.3M
4.4M
125.2M
Bounce rate lower is better
48%
58%
57%
64%
Pages / visit
2.0
3.0
2.4
2.2
Visit duration
55s
2m 31s
1m 36s
2m 36s
Traffic sources
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 16%
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 17%
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
AiderOpenAI CodexCursorClaude Code
066.6M133.2M199.7M266.3MAider · 293.8KAider · 277.7KAider · 314.6KAider · 289.1KAider · 364.1KAider · 402KAider · 478.7KAider · 439.5KAider · 378KAider · 317.9KOpenAI Codex · 266.3MOpenAI Codex · 225MOpenAI Codex · 210.1MOpenAI Codex · 191.2MOpenAI Codex · 203.7MOpenAI Codex · 195.7MOpenAI Codex · 203.1MOpenAI Codex · 190.4MOpenAI Codex · 197.2MOpenAI Codex · 204.3MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MClaude Code · 19.2MClaude Code · 19.5MClaude Code · 35.8MClaude Code · 59.8MClaude Code · 139.9MClaude Code · 133.1MClaude Code · 119.5MClaude Code · 132.6MClaude Code · 123.5M100K1M10M100M1BAider · 293.8KAider · 277.7KAider · 314.6KAider · 289.1KAider · 364.1KAider · 402KAider · 478.7KAider · 439.5KAider · 378KAider · 317.9KOpenAI Codex · 266.3MOpenAI Codex · 225MOpenAI Codex · 210.1MOpenAI Codex · 191.2MOpenAI Codex · 203.7MOpenAI Codex · 195.7MOpenAI Codex · 203.1MOpenAI Codex · 190.4MOpenAI Codex · 197.2MOpenAI Codex · 204.3MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MClaude Code · 19.2MClaude Code · 19.5MClaude Code · 35.8MClaude Code · 59.8MClaude Code · 139.9MClaude Code · 133.1MClaude Code · 119.5MClaude Code · 132.6MClaude Code · 123.5MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Free
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
Free
$20per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
$17per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
Free FreePro $17/moMax 5x $100/moMax 20x Custom/mo+2 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
AudioCodeImagesTextWeb pages
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Intermediate
Categories
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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6
Coding
Development
Code reviews
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Debugging
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Refactoring
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Code documentation
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Terminal commands management
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Agents
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Code analysis
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Code testing
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Git commands
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Terminal
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