Cline vs Windsurf vs Kilo Code vs Aider

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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Windsurf
Competitor 2
Kilo Code
Competitor 3
Aider
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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 Kilo Code
kilocode.ai
Kilo Code is an open source AI agent Visual Studio (VS) Code extension that focuses on enhancing the efficiency of coding. The tool can generate code, automate tasks, and offer practical suggestions.
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Competitor Aider
aider.chat
AI pair programming in your terminal
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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29.6Kvisits/mo
1.9Kvisits/mo
317.9Kvisits/mo
MoM change
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▲ 7.8%
▼ 42.3%
▼ 15.9%
6-month growth
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+122.1%
-94.4%
-12.7%
Global rank web
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#1,172,623
#4,668,091
#140,509
Avg. last 3 months
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26.9K
10.5K
378.5K
Bounce rate lower is better
0%
50%
34%
48%
Pages / visit
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1.3
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2.0
Visit duration
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13s
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Traffic sources
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● Direct 83% · ● Referral 16%
ClineWindsurfKilo CodeAider
0186.2K372.3K558.5K744.7KWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6KKilo Code · 744.7KKilo Code · 164KKilo Code · 48.6KKilo Code · 16KKilo Code · 33.5KKilo Code · 14.4KKilo Code · 10.5KKilo Code · 26.4KKilo Code · 3.2KKilo Code · 1.9KAider · 293.8KAider · 277.7KAider · 314.6KAider · 289.1KAider · 364.1KAider · 402KAider · 478.7KAider · 439.5KAider · 378KAider · 317.9K1K10K100K1MWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6KKilo Code · 744.7KKilo Code · 164KKilo Code · 48.6KKilo Code · 16KKilo Code · 33.5KKilo Code · 14.4KKilo Code · 10.5KKilo Code · 26.4KKilo Code · 3.2KKilo Code · 1.9KAider · 293.8KAider · 277.7KAider · 314.6KAider · 289.1KAider · 364.1KAider · 402KAider · 478.7KAider · 439.5KAider · 378KAider · 317.9KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
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Freemium
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Starting price
Free
$20per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
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Capabilities input → output
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CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
AudioCodeImagesTextWeb pages
Output
Code
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Coding
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Coding in VS Code
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Refactoring
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Code autocompletion
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Code testing
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MCP
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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.