Cline vs Windsurf vs GitHub Copilot vs Jules

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
Windsurf
Competitor 2
GitHub Copilot
Competitor 3
Jules
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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 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 GitHub Copilot
github.com
Your AI pair programmer that actually knows the codebase
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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
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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29.6Kvisits/mo
637.9Mvisits/mo
280.8Kvisits/mo
MoM change
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▲ 7.8%
▲ 3.7%
▼ 27.6%
6-month growth
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+122.1%
+19.3%
-46.5%
Global rank web
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#1,172,623
#49
#198,101
Avg. last 3 months
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26.9K
629.7M
435.9K
Bounce rate lower is better
0%
50%
36%
49%
Pages / visit
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1.3
5.9
1.6
Visit duration
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13s
6m 26s
42s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 71% · ● Referral 28%
ClineWindsurfGitHub CopilotJules
0159.5M318.9M478.4M637.9MWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6KGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MJules · 804.2KJules · 742.5KJules · 525.1KJules · 315.3KJules · 476.6KJules · 638.7KJules · 388.1KJules · 280.8K10K100K1M10M100M1BWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6KGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MJules · 804.2KJules · 742.5KJules · 525.1KJules · 315.3KJules · 476.6KJules · 638.7KJules · 388.1KJules · 280.8KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
Free
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
Free
$20per month · free tier available
$4per month · free tier available
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Plans
Open Source CustomEnterprise Custom
Free FreePro $20/moMax $200/moTeams $80/mo
Free FreeTeam $4/moEnterprise $21/mo
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Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Intermediate
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
11
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6
Coding
Agents
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Terminal
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Testing
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Bash
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Terminal commands management
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UI testing
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Traffic figures are third-party estimates for the tool's own domain; tools sharing a domain with a bigger product are not counted. Pricing is captured from each tool's site and may lag.