Cline vs Jules vs Claude Code

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
Jules
Competitor 2
Claude Code
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3 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Cline
cline.bot
Terminal-first coders get a different kind of AI assistant here
Competitor Jules
jules.google
An AI coding assistant that works while you sleep sounds like science fiction, but Jules runs continuously in the cloud doing exactly that
Competitor Claude Code
claude.com
Every plan tier hits usage limits
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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280.8Kvisits/mo
123.5Mvisits/mo
MoM change
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▼ 27.6%
▼ 6.8%
6-month growth
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-46.5%
+106.6%
Global rank web
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#198,101
#434
Avg. last 3 months
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435.9K
125.2M
Bounce rate lower is better
0%
49%
64%
Pages / visit
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1.6
2.2
Visit duration
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42s
2m 36s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 71% · ● Referral 28%
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
ClineJulesClaude Code
035M69.9M104.9M139.9MJules · 804.2KJules · 742.5KJules · 525.1KJules · 315.3KJules · 476.6KJules · 638.7KJules · 388.1KJules · 280.8KClaude 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 · 123.5M100K1M10M100M1BJules · 804.2KJules · 742.5KJules · 525.1KJules · 315.3KJules · 476.6KJules · 638.7KJules · 388.1KJules · 280.8KClaude 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 · 123.5MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
Free
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
Free
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$17per month · free tier available
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Plans
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Free FreePro $17/moMax 5x $100/moMax 20x Custom/mo+2 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Intermediate
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 3 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
11
6
6
Coding
Agents
Development
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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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Testing
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Vs code
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Bash
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Terminal commands management
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UI testing
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