Cline vs Windsurf vs Zed vs Qoder

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
Zed
Competitor 3
Qoder
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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 Zed
zed.dev
Speed meets intelligence
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Competitor Qoder
qoder.com
Over a million developers already use Qoder
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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29.6Kvisits/mo
1.2Mvisits/mo
3Mvisits/mo
MoM change
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▲ 7.8%
▼ 18.1%
▼ 6.6%
6-month growth
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+122.1%
+26.6%
+22.5%
Global rank web
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#1,172,623
#47,672
#15,878
Avg. last 3 months
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26.9K
1.5M
3.1M
Bounce rate lower is better
0%
50%
42%
32%
Pages / visit
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1.3
2.8
5.0
Visit duration
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13s
1m 56s
4m 15s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 80% · ● Referral 18%
● Direct 85% · ● Referral 15%
ClineWindsurfZedQoder
0799.8K1.6M2.4M3.2MWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6KZed · 1.1MZed · 966.1KZed · 1.1MZed · 936.1KZed · 1.4MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.8MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.2MQoder · 1.1MQoder · 1.3MQoder · 1.4MQoder · 1.2MQoder · 2.4MQoder · 2.2MQoder · 2.7MQoder · 3.1MQoder · 3.2MQoder · 3M10K100K1M10MWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6KZed · 1.1MZed · 966.1KZed · 1.1MZed · 936.1KZed · 1.4MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.8MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.2MQoder · 1.1MQoder · 1.3MQoder · 1.4MQoder · 1.2MQoder · 2.4MQoder · 2.2MQoder · 2.7MQoder · 3.1MQoder · 3.2MQoder · 3MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Free
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
Free
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free trial
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API access
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Plans
Open Source CustomEnterprise Custom
Free FreePro $20/moMax $200/moTeams $80/mo
Personal FreePro $10/moBusiness $30/mo
Free FreePro $20/moPro+ $60/moUltra $200/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
CodeImagesText
Output
Code
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Intermediate
Categories
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
11
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4
Coding
Agents
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Development
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Debugging
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Agent management
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Code autocompletion
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Refactoring
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Coding in VS Code
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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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Code documentation
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Code reviews
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Git commands
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GitHub pull requests
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Terminal commands management
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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.