Claude Code vs Cursor vs Zed 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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Cursor
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Zed
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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
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Competitor Cursor
cursor.sh
Code editor that actually understands your codebase
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Competitor Zed
zed.dev
Speed meets intelligence
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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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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
123.5Mvisits/mo
4.5Mvisits/mo
1.2Mvisits/mo
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MoM change
▼ 6.8%
▲ 7.8%
▼ 18.1%
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6-month growth
+106.6%
-1.8%
+26.6%
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Global rank web
#434
#15,584
#47,672
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Avg. last 3 months
125.2M
4.4M
1.5M
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Bounce rate lower is better
64%
57%
42%
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Pages / visit
2.2
2.4
2.8
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Visit duration
2m 36s
1m 36s
1m 56s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
● Direct 80% · ● Referral 18%
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Claude CodeCursorZedOpenAI Codex CLI
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 · 4.5MZed · 1.1MZed · 966.1KZed · 1.1MZed · 936.1KZed · 1.4MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.8MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.2M100K1M10M100M1BClaude 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 · 4.5MZed · 1.1MZed · 966.1KZed · 1.1MZed · 936.1KZed · 1.4MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.8MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.2MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
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Starting price
$17per month · free tier available
$20per 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
Personal FreePro $10/moBusiness $30/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
CodeText
CodeText
CodeImagesText
Output
Code
Code
Code
Code
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
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Coding
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Prompts
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