Amazon Q Developer vs Windsurf vs Ellipsis vs Claude 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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Windsurf
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Ellipsis
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Claude 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 Windsurf
windsurf.com
Windsurf, which now appears on the web as Devin Desktop, is a desktop code editor that doubles as a control room for coding agents.
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Competitor Ellipsis
ellipsis.dev
Ellipsis is a managed cloud platform for running coding agents.
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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
62.6Mvisits/mo
29.6Kvisits/mo
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123.5Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.5%
▲ 7.8%
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▼ 6.8%
6-month growth
+13.3%
+122.1%
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+106.6%
Global rank web
#383
#1,172,623
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#434
Avg. last 3 months
60.7M
26.9K
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125.2M
Bounce rate lower is better
25%
50%
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64%
Pages / visit
13.9
1.3
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2.2
Visit duration
10m 30s
13s
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2m 36s
Traffic sources
● Direct 66% · ● Referral 30%
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● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
Amazon Q DeveloperWindsurfEllipsisClaude Code
035M69.9M104.9M139.9MAmazon 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 · 62.6MWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6KClaude 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 · 123.5M10K100K1M10M100M1BAmazon 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 · 62.6MWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6KClaude 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 '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Paid
Freemium
Starting price
$19per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
$5,000per month
$17per month · free tier available
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Free FreePro $20/moMax $200/moTeams $80/mo
Managed SaaS Usage-basedYour AWS Account Usage-based
Free FreePro $17/moMax 5x $100/moMax 20x Custom/mo+2 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Intermediate
Advanced
Advanced
Intermediate
Categories
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
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
Code reviews
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GitHub pull requests
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AWS
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Code refactoring
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AWS guidance
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Agent creation
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Code analysis
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Code documentation
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Dependency updates
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AWS management
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Code testing
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