ChatGPT vs Cursor vs Windsurf

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

Your tool
ChatGPT
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Competitor 1
Cursor
Competitor 2
Windsurf
Competitor 3
Suggested competitors for ChatGPT: Claude92% Gemini92% Perplexity AI88% Microsoft Copilot85% Claude Code82% Grok82% DeepSeek82% Qwen80%
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3 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool ChatGPT
chatgpt.com
Your AI assistant for everything
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Competitor Cursor
cursor.sh
Code editor that actually understands your codebase
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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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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
5.6Bvisits/mo
4.5Mvisits/mo
29.6Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.5%
▲ 7.8%
▲ 7.8%
6-month growth
-1.6%
-1.8%
+122.1%
Global rank web
#7
#15,584
#1,172,623
Avg. last 3 months
5.5B
4.4M
26.9K
Bounce rate lower is better
30%
57%
50%
Pages / visit
4.3
2.4
1.3
Visit duration
6m 35s
1m 36s
13s
Traffic sources
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 3%
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
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ChatGPTCursorWindsurf
01.5B2.9B4.4B5.8BChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6K10K100K1M10M100M1B10BChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$8per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free trial
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API access
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Plans
Free FreeGo $8/moPlus $20/moPro 5x $100/mo+1 more
Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
Free FreePro $20/moMax $200/moTeams $80/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
AudioCodeDocumentsImagesText
CodeText
CodeText
Output
AudioCodeImagesText
Code
Code
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+27 more
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
19
7
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Coding
Debugging
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Refactoring
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Code documentation
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Agents
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Chatbots
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Blogging
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Code reviews
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Copywriting
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Development
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Email writing
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Essay writing
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Grammar checking
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Image generation
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Image to text
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Research
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Search engine
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Summarizing
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Translations
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Writing
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Image editing
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Image to image
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Terminal commands management
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Community on aitoolstime
Rating
★ 4.34 ratings
no ratings yet
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Upvotes
▲ 17
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Saves
4
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Reviews
4
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Prompts
17
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Verified listing
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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.