Claude vs Windsurf vs Cursor vs Gemini

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
Windsurf
Competitor 2
Cursor
Competitor 3
Gemini
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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 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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Competitor Cursor
cursor.sh
Code editor that actually understands your codebase
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Competitor Gemini
gemini.google.com
Google's most capable AI model
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
950.2Mvisits/mo
29.6Kvisits/mo
4.5Mvisits/mo
2.6Bvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 2.0%
▲ 7.8%
▲ 7.8%
▼ 2.6%
6-month growth
+54.8%
+122.1%
-1.8%
+0.8%
Global rank web
#40
#1,172,623
#15,584
#17
Avg. last 3 months
955.4M
26.9K
4.4M
2.7B
Bounce rate lower is better
26%
50%
57%
28%
Pages / visit
4.5
1.3
2.4
4.1
Visit duration
6m 14s
13s
1m 36s
7m 01s
Traffic sources
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 5%
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● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
ClaudeWindsurfCursorGemini
0725.8M1.5B2.2B2.9BClaude · 180.3MClaude · 172.7MClaude · 202.9MClaude · 290.3MClaude · 613.7MClaude · 823.5MClaude · 952.6MClaude · 946.8MClaude · 969.3MClaude · 950.2MWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6KCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6B10K100K1M10M100M1B10BClaude · 180.3MClaude · 172.7MClaude · 202.9MClaude · 290.3MClaude · 613.7MClaude · 823.5MClaude · 952.6MClaude · 946.8MClaude · 969.3MClaude · 950.2MWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6KCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6BNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
$4.99per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free trial
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API access
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Plans
Free FreePro $20/moMax 5x $100/moMax 20x $200/mo
Free FreePro $20/moMax $200/moTeams $80/mo
Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
Free FreeGoogle AI Plus $4.99/moGoogle AI Pro $19.99/moGoogle AI Ultra 5x $99.99/mo+1 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeTextImagesDocuments
TextCode
TextCode
ImagesTextDocumentsCodeAudio
Output
TextSlidesDocumentsDataCode
Code
Code
VideoTextImagesCodeAudio
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningProductivity & Office+19 more
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+27 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
26
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15
Coding
Debugging
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Code reviews
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Chatbots
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Agents
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Large language models
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PDF analysis
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Research
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Summarizing
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Translations
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Writing
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Email writing
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Refactoring
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Code documentation
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Agent management
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Image generation
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APIs
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Development
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Document summarization
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Essay writing
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Image to image
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Paraphrasing
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Search engine
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Terminal
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Video generation
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Video summaries
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Blogging
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Copywriting
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GitHub pull requests
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Grammar checking
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Community on aitoolstime
Rating
★ 4.610 ratings
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Upvotes
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Saves
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Reviews
10
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Prompts
19
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Verified listing
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