Aider vs Zed vs Kimi Code vs GitHub Copilot

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
Kimi Code
Competitor 3
GitHub Copilot
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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 Kimi Code
kimi.com
Writing code means constantly jumping between your editor and browser tabs stuffed with documentation
Competitor GitHub Copilot
github.com
Your AI pair programmer that actually knows the codebase
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
317.9Kvisits/mo
1.2Mvisits/mo
60.1Mvisits/mo
637.9Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 15.9%
▼ 18.1%
▲ 52.2%
▲ 3.7%
6-month growth
-12.7%
+26.6%
+33.8%
+19.3%
Global rank web
#140,509
#47,672
#852
#49
Avg. last 3 months
378.5K
1.5M
48.3M
629.7M
Bounce rate lower is better
48%
42%
37%
36%
Pages / visit
2.0
2.8
3.9
5.9
Visit duration
55s
1m 56s
7m 13s
6m 26s
Traffic sources
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 16%
● Direct 80% · ● Referral 18%
● Direct 89% · ● Referral 10%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
AiderZedKimi CodeGitHub Copilot
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 · 1.2MKimi Code · 43.3MKimi Code · 38.2MKimi Code · 33.5MKimi Code · 44.9MKimi Code · 48.1MKimi Code · 43MKimi Code · 45.3MKimi Code · 39.5MKimi Code · 60.1MGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9M100K1M10M100M1BAider · 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 · 1.2MKimi Code · 43.3MKimi Code · 38.2MKimi Code · 33.5MKimi Code · 44.9MKimi Code · 48.1MKimi Code · 43MKimi Code · 45.3MKimi Code · 39.5MKimi Code · 60.1MGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Free
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
Free
Free tier
$15per month · free tier available
$4per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free trial
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Plans
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Personal FreePro $10/moBusiness $30/mo
Adagio FreePlus $15/moPro $31/moMax $79/mo+1 more
Free FreeTeam $4/moEnterprise $21/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
AudioCodeImagesTextWeb pages
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Intermediate
Intermediate
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
8
5
6
2
Coding
Debugging
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Development
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Git commands
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Refactoring
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Code autocompletion
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Agents
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Code testing
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Developer tools
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Terminal
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Developer assistance
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Shell commands
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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.