Claude Code vs Cursor vs OpenAI Codex CLI vs Layercode

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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Cursor
Competitor 2
OpenAI Codex CLI
Competitor 3
LLayercode
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Claude Code
claude.com
Every plan tier hits usage limits
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Competitor Cursor
cursor.sh
Code editor that actually understands your codebase
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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 LLayercode
layercode.com
A developer building a telehealth app needs voice agents that respond instantly during patient consultations
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
123.5Mvisits/mo
4.5Mvisits/mo
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548visits/mo
MoM change
▼ 6.8%
▲ 7.8%
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▼ 75.1%
6-month growth
+106.6%
-1.8%
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-96.0%
Global rank web
#434
#15,584
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#6,604,519
Avg. last 3 months
125.2M
4.4M
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1.6K
Bounce rate lower is better
64%
57%
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36%
Pages / visit
2.2
2.4
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1.0
Visit duration
2m 36s
1m 36s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
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Claude CodeCursorOpenAI Codex CLILayercode
035M69.9M104.9M139.9MClaude 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 · 123.5MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MLayercode · 6.8KLayercode · 21.9KLayercode · 13.7KLayercode · 4.3KLayercode · 3KLayercode · 2.1KLayercode · 2.2KLayercode · 5481001K10K100K1M10M100M1BClaude 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 · 123.5MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MLayercode · 6.8KLayercode · 21.9KLayercode · 13.7KLayercode · 4.3KLayercode · 3KLayercode · 2.1KLayercode · 2.2KLayercode · 548Nov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Paid
Freemium
Starting price
$17per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
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$250per month · free tier available
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Plans
Free FreePro $17/moMax 5x $100/moMax 20x Custom/mo+2 more
Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
GPT-6-Astra $10GPT-6.1-Sol $2GPT-6-Luna $0.10GPT-Live-1 $0.05/minute+1 more
Developer FreePro $250/moEnterprise Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeImagesText
AudioText
Output
Code
Code
Code
AudioText
Skill level
Intermediate
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Productivity & OfficeAI AssistantAI Email AssistantAI Scheduling
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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3
Coding
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Code reviews
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Debugging
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Development
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Agents
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Assistant API building
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Code analysis
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Refactoring
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Assistant development
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Code documentation
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Node js
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Terminal commands management
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Reviews
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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.