Cursor vs Anthropic Claude API 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
Anthropic Claude API
Competitor 2
Zed
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 Anthropic Claude API
anthropic.com
Build on Claude's capabilities
Competitor Zed
zed.dev
Speed meets intelligence
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
4.5Mvisits/mo
13.8Mvisits/mo
1.2Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 7.8%
▼ 39.4%
▼ 18.1%
6-month growth
-1.8%
-43.4%
+26.6%
Global rank web
#15,584
#3,345
#47,672
Avg. last 3 months
4.4M
25.7M
1.5M
Bounce rate lower is better
57%
67%
42%
Pages / visit
2.4
1.8
2.8
Visit duration
1m 36s
1m 35s
1m 56s
Traffic sources
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 16%
● Direct 80% · ● Referral 18%
CursorAnthropic Claude APIZed
010.1M20.2M30.4M40.5MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MAnthropic Claude API · 9.9MAnthropic Claude API · 9.4MAnthropic Claude API · 9.5MAnthropic Claude API · 16.1MAnthropic Claude API · 24.4MAnthropic Claude API · 25.9MAnthropic Claude API · 22.4MAnthropic Claude API · 40.5MAnthropic Claude API · 22.8MAnthropic Claude API · 13.8MZed · 1.1MZed · 966.1KZed · 1.1MZed · 936.1KZed · 1.4MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.8MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.2M100K1M10M100MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MAnthropic Claude API · 9.9MAnthropic Claude API · 9.4MAnthropic Claude API · 9.5MAnthropic Claude API · 16.1MAnthropic Claude API · 24.4MAnthropic Claude API · 25.9MAnthropic Claude API · 22.4MAnthropic Claude API · 40.5MAnthropic Claude API · 22.8MAnthropic Claude API · 13.8MZed · 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
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
$17per 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
Plan $17.0 $17/moPlan $20.0 $20/moPlan $25.0 $25/moPlan $100.0 $100/mo+2 more
Personal FreePro $10/moBusiness $30/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeDocumentsImagesText
CodeText
Output
Code
CodeText
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
7
4
5
Coding
Development
Debugging
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APIs
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Code autocompletion
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Large language models
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Code reviews
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Refactoring
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Code documentation
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Git commands
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Terminal commands management
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Community on aitoolstime
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Reviews
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Prompts
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