Claude vs Visual Studio Code vs GitHub Copilot vs ChatGPT

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

Your tool
Claude
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Competitor 1
Visual Studio Code
Competitor 2
GitHub Copilot
Competitor 3
ChatGPT
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Claude
claude.ai
AI assistant built to be helpful, harmless, and honest
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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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Competitor GitHub Copilot
github.com
Your AI pair programmer that actually knows the codebase
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Competitor ChatGPT
chatgpt.com
Your AI assistant for everything
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
950.2Mvisits/mo
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637.9Mvisits/mo
5.6Bvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 2.0%
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▲ 3.7%
▲ 3.5%
6-month growth
+54.8%
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+19.3%
-1.6%
Global rank web
#40
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#49
#7
Avg. last 3 months
955.4M
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629.7M
5.5B
Bounce rate lower is better
26%
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36%
30%
Pages / visit
4.5
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5.9
4.3
Visit duration
6m 14s
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6m 26s
6m 35s
Traffic sources
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 5%
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● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 3%
ClaudeVisual Studio CodeGitHub CopilotChatGPT
01.5B2.9B4.4B5.8BClaude · 180.3MClaude · 172.7MClaude · 202.9MClaude · 290.3MClaude · 613.7MClaude · 823.5MClaude · 952.6MClaude · 946.8MClaude · 969.3MClaude · 950.2MGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6B100M1B10BClaude · 180.3MClaude · 172.7MClaude · 202.9MClaude · 290.3MClaude · 613.7MClaude · 823.5MClaude · 952.6MClaude · 946.8MClaude · 969.3MClaude · 950.2MGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Free
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
Free
$4per month · free tier available
$8per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free trial
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Plans
Free FreePro $20/moMax 5x $100/moMax 20x $200/mo
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Free FreeTeam $4/moEnterprise $21/mo
Free FreeGo $8/moPlus $20/moPro 5x $100/mo+1 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
TextImagesDocumentsCode
TextCode
TextCode
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
Output
TextSlidesDocumentsDataCode
Code
Code
TextImagesCodeAudio
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningProductivity & Office+19 more
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+27 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
26
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9
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Coding
Debugging
Agents
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Chatbots
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Coding in VS Code
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Vs code
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Code reviews
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Essay writing
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Research
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Summarizing
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Translations
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Writing
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Blogging
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Copywriting
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Email writing
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Grammar checking
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Terminal
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Code documentation
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Refactoring
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Code autocompletion
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APIs
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Developer tools
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Document summarization
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Image generation
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Image to text
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Large language models
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PDF analysis
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Paraphrasing
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Search engine
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Agent management
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Community on aitoolstime
Rating
★ 4.610 ratings
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Upvotes
▲ 50
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▲ 17
Saves
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Reviews
10
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Prompts
19
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17
Verified listing
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