Cursor vs Aider vs Trae

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

Your tool
Cursor
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Competitor 1
Aider
Competitor 2
Trae
Competitor 3
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3 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Cursor
cursor.sh
Code editor that actually understands your codebase
Competitor Aider
aider.chat
AI pair programming in your terminal
Competitor Trae
trae.ai
Trae is an AI product line with two parts: TraeCode, which it calls a 10x AI coding engineer, and TraeWork, a professional AI work assistant available on the web and as a download.
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
4.5Mvisits/mo
317.9Kvisits/mo
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MoM change
▲ 7.8%
▼ 15.9%
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6-month growth
-1.8%
-12.7%
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Global rank web
#15,584
#140,509
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Avg. last 3 months
4.4M
378.5K
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Bounce rate lower is better
57%
48%
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Pages / visit
2.4
2.0
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Visit duration
1m 36s
55s
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Traffic sources
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 16%
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CursorAiderTrae
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 · 317.9K100K1M10MCursor · 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 · 317.9KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Free
Freemium
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
Free
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free trial
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API access
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Plans
Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
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Free FreePro $20/moPro+ $60/moUltra $200/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
AudioCodeImagesTextWeb pages
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Intermediate
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
7
8
4
Coding
Development
Debugging
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Refactoring
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Terminal commands management
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Code autocompletion
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Code reviews
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Code testing
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Git commands
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Terminal
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Agents
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Code documentation
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Community on aitoolstime
Rating
no ratings yet
no ratings yet
no ratings yet
Upvotes
▲ 1
▲ 0
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Saves
0
0
0
Reviews
0
0
0
Prompts
3
0
0
Verified listing
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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.