Aider vs Programming Helper vs Gemini CLI vs Sourcegraph Cody

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
Programming Helper
Competitor 2
Gemini CLI
Competitor 3
Sourcegraph Cody
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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 Programming Helper
programming-helper.com
Most AI chatbots force you to craft perfect prompts—then tweak whatever comes back
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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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Competitor Sourcegraph Cody
sourcegraph.com
AI that knows your codebase
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
317.9Kvisits/mo
4.6Kvisits/mo
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185.6Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 15.9%
▼ 17.6%
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▼ 10.6%
6-month growth
-12.7%
+40.4%
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-40.6%
Global rank web
#140,509
#3,812,090
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#204,583
Avg. last 3 months
378.5K
5K
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209.7K
Bounce rate lower is better
48%
48%
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42%
Pages / visit
2.0
1.3
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2.9
Visit duration
55s
16s
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1m 39s
Traffic sources
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 16%
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● Direct 91% · ● Referral 7%
AiderProgramming HelperGemini CLISourcegraph Cody
0119.7K239.3K359K478.7KAider · 293.8KAider · 277.7KAider · 314.6KAider · 289.1KAider · 364.1KAider · 402KAider · 478.7KAider · 439.5KAider · 378KAider · 317.9KProgramming Helper · 2.7KProgramming Helper · 3.7KProgramming Helper · 3.2KProgramming Helper · 2.7KProgramming Helper · 3.3KProgramming Helper · 4.1KProgramming Helper · 13.8KProgramming Helper · 4.8KProgramming Helper · 5.6KProgramming Helper · 4.6KSourcegraph Cody · 396.9KSourcegraph Cody · 383.2KSourcegraph Cody · 377.2KSourcegraph Cody · 305.8KSourcegraph Cody · 312.4KSourcegraph Cody · 254.6KSourcegraph Cody · 244.5KSourcegraph Cody · 235.9KSourcegraph Cody · 207.6KSourcegraph Cody · 185.6K1K10K100K1MAider · 293.8KAider · 277.7KAider · 314.6KAider · 289.1KAider · 364.1KAider · 402KAider · 478.7KAider · 439.5KAider · 378KAider · 317.9KProgramming Helper · 2.7KProgramming Helper · 3.7KProgramming Helper · 3.2KProgramming Helper · 2.7KProgramming Helper · 3.3KProgramming Helper · 4.1KProgramming Helper · 13.8KProgramming Helper · 4.8KProgramming Helper · 5.6KProgramming Helper · 4.6KSourcegraph Cody · 396.9KSourcegraph Cody · 383.2KSourcegraph Cody · 377.2KSourcegraph Cody · 305.8KSourcegraph Cody · 312.4KSourcegraph Cody · 254.6KSourcegraph Cody · 244.5KSourcegraph Cody · 235.9KSourcegraph Cody · 207.6KSourcegraph Cody · 185.6KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Free
Freemium
Free
Freemium
Starting price
Free
$20per month · free tier available
Free
$16,000per month
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API access
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Plans
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Free (personal Google account) Free
Enterprise $16,000/yr
Capabilities input → output
Input
Web pagesTextImagesCodeAudio
CodeText
TextImagesDocumentsCode
CodeText
Output
Code
TextCode
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Intermediate
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding AssistantSQL Query Builder
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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6
4
Coding
Debugging
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Code testing
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Code analysis
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Development
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Regex
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SQL queries
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Agents
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Code explanations
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Git commands
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Terminal
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Developer tools
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Prompt management
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Refactoring
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SQL
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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.