Amazon Q Developer vs Zed vs Cursor vs Visual Studio 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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Zed
Competitor 2
Cursor
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Visual Studio 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 Zed
zed.dev
Speed meets intelligence
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Competitor Cursor
cursor.sh
Code editor that actually understands your codebase
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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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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
62.6Mvisits/mo
1.2Mvisits/mo
4.5Mvisits/mo
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MoM change
▲ 3.5%
▼ 18.1%
▲ 7.8%
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6-month growth
+13.3%
+26.6%
-1.8%
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Global rank web
#383
#47,672
#15,584
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Avg. last 3 months
60.7M
1.5M
4.4M
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Bounce rate lower is better
25%
42%
57%
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Pages / visit
13.9
2.8
2.4
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Visit duration
10m 30s
1m 56s
1m 36s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 66% · ● Referral 30%
● Direct 80% · ● Referral 18%
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
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Amazon Q DeveloperZedCursorVisual Studio 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 · 62.6MZed · 1.1MZed · 966.1KZed · 1.1MZed · 936.1KZed · 1.4MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.8MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.2MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5M100K1M10M100MAmazon 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 · 62.6MZed · 1.1MZed · 966.1KZed · 1.1MZed · 936.1KZed · 1.4MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.8MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.2MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Free
Starting price
$19per month · free tier available
Free tier
$20per month · free tier available
Free
Free tier
Free trial
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Plans
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Personal FreePro $10/moBusiness $30/mo
Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
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Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Intermediate
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Coding
Debugging
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Development
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Code documentation
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AWS
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Code autocompletion
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Code refactoring
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Coding in VS Code
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Vs code
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AWS guidance
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Developer tools
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Refactoring
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AWS management
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Code testing
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Git commands
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Terminal commands management
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Prompts
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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.