Cursor vs ChatGPT vs Windsurf vs Zed

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
ChatGPT
Competitor 2
Windsurf
Competitor 3
Zed
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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 ChatGPT
chatgpt.com
Your AI assistant for everything
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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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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
4.5Mvisits/mo
5.6Bvisits/mo
29.6Kvisits/mo
1.2Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 7.8%
▲ 3.5%
▲ 7.8%
▼ 18.1%
6-month growth
-1.8%
-1.6%
+122.1%
+26.6%
Global rank web
#15,584
#7
#1,172,623
#47,672
Avg. last 3 months
4.4M
5.5B
26.9K
1.5M
Bounce rate lower is better
57%
30%
50%
42%
Pages / visit
2.4
4.3
1.3
2.8
Visit duration
1m 36s
6m 35s
13s
1m 56s
Traffic sources
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 3%
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● Direct 80% · ● Referral 18%
CursorChatGPTWindsurfZed
01.5B2.9B4.4B5.8BCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BWindsurf · 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 · 1.2M10K100K1M10M100M1B10BCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BWindsurf · 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 · 1.2MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
$8per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free tier
Free trial
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API access
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Plans
Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
Free FreeGo $8/moPlus $20/moPro 5x $100/mo+1 more
Free FreePro $20/moMax $200/moTeams $80/mo
Personal FreePro $10/moBusiness $30/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
TextCode
TextCode
Output
Code
TextImagesCodeAudio
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+27 more
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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19
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5
Coding
Debugging
Development
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Code reviews
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Refactoring
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Code documentation
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Agent management
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Agents
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Chatbots
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Code autocompletion
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Blogging
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Copywriting
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Email writing
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Essay writing
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Grammar checking
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Image generation
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Image to text
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Research
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Search engine
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Summarizing
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Translations
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Writing
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Git commands
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GitHub pull requests
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Image editing
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Image to image
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Terminal commands management
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Reviews
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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.