Cursor vs Aider vs Kilo Code vs Gemini CLI

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

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Cursor
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Aider
Competitor 2
Kilo Code
Competitor 3
Gemini CLI
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Cursor
cursor.sh
Code editor that actually understands your codebase
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Competitor Aider
aider.chat
AI pair programming in your terminal
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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 Gemini CLI
github.com
It can query and edit large codebases, generate new apps from PDFs, images, or sketches using multimodal input, and debug problems when you describe them in plain language.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
4.5Mvisits/mo
317.9Kvisits/mo
1.9Kvisits/mo
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MoM change
▲ 7.8%
▼ 15.9%
▼ 42.3%
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6-month growth
-1.8%
-12.7%
-94.4%
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Global rank web
#15,584
#140,509
#4,668,091
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Avg. last 3 months
4.4M
378.5K
10.5K
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Bounce rate lower is better
57%
48%
34%
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Pages / visit
2.4
2.0
2.4
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Visit duration
1m 36s
55s
19s
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Traffic sources
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 16%
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CursorAiderKilo CodeGemini CLI
01.2M2.3M3.5M4.6MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MAider · 293.8KAider · 277.7KAider · 314.6KAider · 289.1KAider · 364.1KAider · 402KAider · 478.7KAider · 439.5KAider · 378KAider · 317.9KKilo 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 · 1.9K1K10K100K1M10MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MAider · 293.8KAider · 277.7KAider · 314.6KAider · 289.1KAider · 364.1KAider · 402KAider · 478.7KAider · 439.5KAider · 378KAider · 317.9KKilo 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 · 1.9KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Free
Freemium
Free
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
Free
$20per month · free tier available
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Plans
Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
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Free (personal Google account) Free
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
Web pagesTextImagesCodeAudio
TextCode
TextImagesDocumentsCode
Output
Code
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Coding
Development
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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.