Cursor vs Aider vs OpenAI Codex vs Gemini CLI

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

Your tool
Cursor
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Aider
Competitor 2
OpenAI Codex
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 OpenAI Codex
openai.com
A dedicated coding agent that writes and runs code for you
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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
204.3Mvisits/mo
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MoM change
▲ 7.8%
▼ 15.9%
▲ 3.6%
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6-month growth
-1.8%
-12.7%
+0.3%
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Global rank web
#15,584
#140,509
#212
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Avg. last 3 months
4.4M
378.5K
197.3M
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Bounce rate lower is better
57%
48%
58%
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Pages / visit
2.4
2.0
3.0
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Visit duration
1m 36s
55s
2m 31s
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Traffic sources
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 16%
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 17%
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CursorAiderOpenAI CodexGemini CLI
066.6M133.2M199.7M266.3MCursor · 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 · 317.9KOpenAI Codex · 266.3MOpenAI Codex · 225MOpenAI Codex · 210.1MOpenAI Codex · 191.2MOpenAI Codex · 203.7MOpenAI Codex · 195.7MOpenAI Codex · 203.1MOpenAI Codex · 190.4MOpenAI Codex · 197.2MOpenAI Codex · 204.3M100K1M10M100M1BCursor · 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 · 317.9KOpenAI Codex · 266.3MOpenAI Codex · 225MOpenAI Codex · 210.1MOpenAI Codex · 191.2MOpenAI Codex · 203.7MOpenAI Codex · 195.7MOpenAI Codex · 203.1MOpenAI Codex · 190.4MOpenAI Codex · 197.2MOpenAI Codex · 204.3MNov '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 Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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1
Coding
Code reviews
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Debugging
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Development
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Refactoring
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Terminal commands management
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Code testing
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Git commands
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Terminal
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Code documentation
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Prompts
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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.