Cline vs Amazon Q Developer vs CodeGPT vs Windsurf

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

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Cline
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Competitor 1
Amazon Q Developer
Competitor 2
CodeGPT
Competitor 3
Windsurf
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Cline
cline.bot
Terminal-first coders get a different kind of AI assistant here
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Competitor Amazon Q Developer
aws.amazon.com
AWS coding assistant formerly known as CodeWhisperer
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Competitor CodeGPT
codegpt.co
ChatGPT in your code editor
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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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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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62.6Mvisits/mo
188.3Kvisits/mo
29.6Kvisits/mo
MoM change
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▲ 3.5%
▲ 0.8%
▲ 7.8%
6-month growth
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+13.3%
-37.2%
+122.1%
Global rank web
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#383
#251,957
#1,172,623
Avg. last 3 months
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60.7M
196.6K
26.9K
Bounce rate lower is better
0%
25%
43%
50%
Pages / visit
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13.9
1.9
1.3
Visit duration
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10m 30s
38s
13s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 66% · ● Referral 30%
● Direct 58% · ● Referral 42%
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ClineAmazon Q DeveloperCodeGPTWindsurf
015.6M31.3M46.9M62.6MAmazon Q Developer · 58.7MAmazon Q Developer · 56.5MAmazon Q Developer · 56.6MAmazon Q Developer · 55.3MAmazon Q Developer · 61.1MAmazon Q Developer · 62.3MAmazon Q Developer · 59.1MAmazon Q Developer · 60.5MAmazon Q Developer · 62.6MCodeGPT · 267.5KCodeGPT · 278.8KCodeGPT · 284.1KCodeGPT · 233.4KCodeGPT · 299.7KCodeGPT · 277.1KCodeGPT · 262.2KCodeGPT · 214.6KCodeGPT · 186.8KCodeGPT · 188.3KWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6K10K100K1M10M100MAmazon Q Developer · 58.7MAmazon Q Developer · 56.5MAmazon Q Developer · 56.6MAmazon Q Developer · 55.3MAmazon Q Developer · 61.1MAmazon Q Developer · 62.3MAmazon Q Developer · 59.1MAmazon Q Developer · 60.5MAmazon Q Developer · 62.6MCodeGPT · 267.5KCodeGPT · 278.8KCodeGPT · 284.1KCodeGPT · 233.4KCodeGPT · 299.7KCodeGPT · 277.1KCodeGPT · 262.2KCodeGPT · 214.6KCodeGPT · 186.8KCodeGPT · 188.3KWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Free
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
Free
$19per month · free tier available
$9per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Plans
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Free FreeProfessional $9/moTeams $27/moEnterprise Custom
Free FreePro $20/moMax $200/moTeams $80/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Intermediate
Intermediate
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Coding
Debugging
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Code refactoring
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Refactoring
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AWS guidance
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Coding in VS Code
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AWS management
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Bash
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Code testing
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Development
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Terminal commands management
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