Amazon Q Developer vs Visual Studio Code vs OpenAI Codex CLI vs Kilo Code

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

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Amazon Q Developer
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Visual Studio Code
Competitor 2
OpenAI Codex CLI
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Kilo Code
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Amazon Q Developer
aws.amazon.com
AWS coding assistant formerly known as CodeWhisperer
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Competitor Visual Studio Code
code.visualstudio.com
Visual Studio Code is a free, open source code editor that runs on Windows, macOS and Linux and now includes built-in AI agents.
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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 Kilo Code
kilocode.ai
Kilo Code is an open source AI agent Visual Studio (VS) Code extension that focuses on enhancing the efficiency of coding. The tool can generate code, automate tasks, and offer practical suggestions.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
62.6Mvisits/mo
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1.9Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.5%
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▼ 42.3%
6-month growth
+13.3%
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-94.4%
Global rank web
#383
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#4,668,091
Avg. last 3 months
60.7M
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10.5K
Bounce rate lower is better
25%
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34%
Pages / visit
13.9
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2.4
Visit duration
10m 30s
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19s
Traffic sources
● Direct 66% · ● Referral 30%
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Amazon Q DeveloperVisual Studio CodeOpenAI Codex CLIKilo Code
015.6M31.3M46.9M62.6MAmazon Q Developer · 58.7MAmazon Q Developer · 56.5MAmazon Q Developer · 56.6MAmazon Q Developer · 55.3MAmazon Q Developer · 61.1MAmazon Q Developer · 62.3MAmazon Q Developer · 59.1MAmazon Q Developer · 60.5MAmazon Q Developer · 62.6MKilo Code · 744.7KKilo Code · 164KKilo Code · 48.6KKilo Code · 16KKilo Code · 33.5KKilo Code · 14.4KKilo Code · 10.5KKilo Code · 26.4KKilo Code · 3.2KKilo Code · 1.9K1K10K100K1M10M100MAmazon Q Developer · 58.7MAmazon Q Developer · 56.5MAmazon Q Developer · 56.6MAmazon Q Developer · 55.3MAmazon Q Developer · 61.1MAmazon Q Developer · 62.3MAmazon Q Developer · 59.1MAmazon Q Developer · 60.5MAmazon Q Developer · 62.6MKilo Code · 744.7KKilo Code · 164KKilo Code · 48.6KKilo Code · 16KKilo Code · 33.5KKilo Code · 14.4KKilo Code · 10.5KKilo Code · 26.4KKilo Code · 3.2KKilo Code · 1.9KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
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Freemium
Starting price
$19per month · free tier available
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$20per month · free tier available
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GPT-6-Astra $10GPT-6.1-Sol $2GPT-6-Luna $0.10GPT-Live-1 $0.05/minute+1 more
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Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeImagesText
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
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Skill level
Intermediate
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Categories
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Coding
Coding in VS Code
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