Cline vs GitHub Copilot vs Windsurf vs Tabnine

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

Your tool
Cline
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Competitor 1
GitHub Copilot
Competitor 2
Windsurf
Competitor 3
Tabnine
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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 GitHub Copilot
github.com
Your AI pair programmer that actually knows the codebase
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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 Tabnine
tabnine.com
AI coding with privacy built in
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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637.9Mvisits/mo
29.6Kvisits/mo
131.2Kvisits/mo
MoM change
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▲ 3.7%
▲ 7.8%
▼ 22.7%
6-month growth
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+19.3%
+122.1%
-53.5%
Global rank web
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#49
#1,172,623
#283,229
Avg. last 3 months
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629.7M
26.9K
164.1K
Bounce rate lower is better
0%
36%
50%
46%
Pages / visit
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5.9
1.3
1.7
Visit duration
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6m 26s
13s
28s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
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● Direct 82% · ● Referral 17%
ClineGitHub CopilotWindsurfTabnine
0159.5M318.9M478.4M637.9MGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6KTabnine · 359.1KTabnine · 311.6KTabnine · 301.4KTabnine · 275.9KTabnine · 281.9KTabnine · 248KTabnine · 241.5KTabnine · 191.4KTabnine · 169.7KTabnine · 131.2K10K100K1M10M100M1BGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6KTabnine · 359.1KTabnine · 311.6KTabnine · 301.4KTabnine · 275.9KTabnine · 281.9KTabnine · 248KTabnine · 241.5KTabnine · 191.4KTabnine · 169.7KTabnine · 131.2KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Free
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
Free
$4per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
$39per month
Free tier
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API access
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Plans
Open Source CustomEnterprise Custom
Free FreeTeam $4/moEnterprise $21/mo
Free FreePro $20/moMax $200/moTeams $80/mo
Code Assistant $39/moAgentic Platform $59/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Intermediate
Advanced
Intermediate
Categories
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
11
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6
1
Coding
Agents
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Agent management
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Code reviews
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Refactoring
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Coding in VS Code
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Debugging
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MCP
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Shell commands
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Terminal
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Vs code
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Bash
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Development
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GitHub pull requests
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Terminal commands management
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Community on aitoolstime
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Reviews
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Prompts
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Verified listing
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