Aider vs Zed vs GitHub Copilot vs Sourcegraph Cody

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

Your tool
Aider
vs
Competitor 1
Zed
Competitor 2
GitHub Copilot
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
Competitor Zed
zed.dev
Speed meets intelligence
Competitor GitHub Copilot
github.com
Your AI pair programmer that actually knows the codebase
Competitor Sourcegraph Cody
sourcegraph.com
AI that knows your codebase
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
317.9Kvisits/mo
1.2Mvisits/mo
637.9Mvisits/mo
185.6Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 15.9%
▼ 18.1%
▲ 3.7%
▼ 10.6%
6-month growth
-12.7%
+26.6%
+19.3%
-40.6%
Global rank web
#140,509
#47,672
#49
#204,583
Avg. last 3 months
378.5K
1.5M
629.7M
209.7K
Bounce rate lower is better
48%
42%
36%
42%
Pages / visit
2.0
2.8
5.9
2.9
Visit duration
55s
1m 56s
6m 26s
1m 39s
Traffic sources
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 16%
● Direct 80% · ● Referral 18%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 91% · ● Referral 7%
AiderZedGitHub CopilotSourcegraph Cody
0159.5M318.9M478.4M637.9MAider · 293.8KAider · 277.7KAider · 314.6KAider · 289.1KAider · 364.1KAider · 402KAider · 478.7KAider · 439.5KAider · 378KAider · 317.9KZed · 1.1MZed · 966.1KZed · 1.1MZed · 936.1KZed · 1.4MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.8MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.2MGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MSourcegraph 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 · 185.6K100K1M10M100M1BAider · 293.8KAider · 277.7KAider · 314.6KAider · 289.1KAider · 364.1KAider · 402KAider · 478.7KAider · 439.5KAider · 378KAider · 317.9KZed · 1.1MZed · 966.1KZed · 1.1MZed · 936.1KZed · 1.4MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.8MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.2MGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MSourcegraph 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
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
Free
Free tier
$4per month · free tier available
$16,000per month
Free tier
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Free trial
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API access
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Plans
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Personal FreePro $10/moBusiness $30/mo
Free FreeTeam $4/moEnterprise $21/mo
Enterprise $16,000/yr
Capabilities input → output
Input
AudioCodeImagesTextWeb pages
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Intermediate
Advanced
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
8
5
4
4
Coding
Debugging
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Development
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Git commands
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Code autocompletion
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Agents
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Code reviews
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Code testing
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Terminal
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Agent management
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Code analysis
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Prompt management
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Refactoring
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Terminal commands management
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Reviews
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Prompts
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