Claude Code vs Microsoft Copilot vs GitHub Copilot vs OpenAI Codex CLI

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

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Claude Code
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Competitor 1
Microsoft Copilot
Competitor 2
GitHub Copilot
Competitor 3
OpenAI Codex CLI
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Claude Code
claude.com
Every plan tier hits usage limits
Competitor Microsoft Copilot
copilot.microsoft.com
AI across Microsoft
Competitor GitHub Copilot
github.com
Your AI pair programmer that actually knows the codebase
Competitor OpenAI Codex CLI
developers.openai.com
OpenAI Codex CLI brings the Codex coding agent to the terminal and to scripts.
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
123.5Mvisits/mo
81.9Mvisits/mo
637.9Mvisits/mo
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MoM change
▼ 6.8%
▼ 31.3%
▲ 3.7%
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6-month growth
+106.6%
-16.6%
+19.3%
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Global rank web
#434
#609
#49
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Avg. last 3 months
125.2M
110.9M
629.7M
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Bounce rate lower is better
64%
36%
36%
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Pages / visit
2.2
3.6
5.9
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Visit duration
2m 36s
5m 32s
6m 26s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 87% · ● Referral 11%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
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Claude CodeMicrosoft CopilotGitHub CopilotOpenAI Codex CLI
0159.5M318.9M478.4M637.9MClaude 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 · 123.5MMicrosoft Copilot · 105.6MMicrosoft Copilot · 97.9MMicrosoft Copilot · 101.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 98.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 123.8MMicrosoft Copilot · 130MMicrosoft Copilot · 131.6MMicrosoft Copilot · 119.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 81.9MGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9M10M100M1BClaude 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 · 123.5MMicrosoft Copilot · 105.6MMicrosoft Copilot · 97.9MMicrosoft Copilot · 101.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 98.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 123.8MMicrosoft Copilot · 130MMicrosoft Copilot · 131.6MMicrosoft Copilot · 119.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 81.9MGitHub 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 '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Paid
Starting price
$17per month · free tier available
Free tier
$4per month · free tier available
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Free tier
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Plans
Free FreePro $17/moMax 5x $100/moMax 20x Custom/mo+2 more
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Free FreeTeam $4/moEnterprise $21/mo
GPT-6-Astra $10GPT-6.1-Sol $2GPT-6-Luna $0.10GPT-Live-1 $0.05/minute+1 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
TextImagesDocumentsCodeAudio
CodeText
TextImagesCode
Output
Code
CodeTextImagesAudio
Code
Code
Skill level
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Advanced
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
6
11
4
2
Coding
Agents
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Code reviews
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Chatbots
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Code analysis
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Debugging
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Homework assistance
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Image generation
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Productivity
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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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Voice assistance
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Writing
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Agent management
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Developer tools
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Development
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Prompts
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