Cursor vs Claude Code vs Microsoft Copilot vs ChatGPT

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

Your tool
Cursor
vs
Competitor 1
Claude Code
Competitor 2
Microsoft Copilot
Competitor 3
ChatGPT
Compare
4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Cursor
cursor.sh
Code editor that actually understands your codebase
Remove
Competitor Claude Code
claude.com
Every plan tier hits usage limits
Make main Remove
Competitor Microsoft Copilot
copilot.microsoft.com
AI across Microsoft
Make main Remove
Competitor ChatGPT
chatgpt.com
Your AI assistant for everything
Make main Remove
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
4.5Mvisits/mo
123.5Mvisits/mo
81.9Mvisits/mo
5.6Bvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 7.8%
▼ 6.8%
▼ 31.3%
▲ 3.5%
6-month growth
-1.8%
+106.6%
-16.6%
-1.6%
Global rank web
#15,584
#434
#609
#7
Avg. last 3 months
4.4M
125.2M
110.9M
5.5B
Bounce rate lower is better
57%
64%
36%
30%
Pages / visit
2.4
2.2
3.6
4.3
Visit duration
1m 36s
2m 36s
5m 32s
6m 35s
Traffic sources
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 87% · ● Referral 11%
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 3%
CursorClaude CodeMicrosoft CopilotChatGPT
01.5B2.9B4.4B5.8BCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MClaude Code · 19.2MClaude Code · 19.5MClaude Code · 35.8MClaude Code · 59.8MClaude Code · 139.9MClaude Code · 133.1MClaude Code · 119.5MClaude Code · 132.6MClaude Code · 123.5MMicrosoft Copilot · 105.6MMicrosoft Copilot · 97.9MMicrosoft Copilot · 101.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 98.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 123.8MMicrosoft Copilot · 130MMicrosoft Copilot · 131.6MMicrosoft Copilot · 119.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 81.9MChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6B1M10M100M1B10BCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MClaude Code · 19.2MClaude Code · 19.5MClaude Code · 35.8MClaude Code · 59.8MClaude Code · 139.9MClaude Code · 133.1MClaude Code · 119.5MClaude Code · 132.6MClaude Code · 123.5MMicrosoft Copilot · 105.6MMicrosoft Copilot · 97.9MMicrosoft Copilot · 101.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 98.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 123.8MMicrosoft Copilot · 130MMicrosoft Copilot · 131.6MMicrosoft Copilot · 119.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 81.9MChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
$17per month · free tier available
Free tier
$8per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free trial
–
–
–
–
API access
–
–
–
–
Plans
Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
Free FreePro $17/moMax 5x $100/moMax 20x Custom/mo+2 more
—
Free FreeGo $8/moPlus $20/moPro 5x $100/mo+1 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
TextCode
TextCode
TextImagesDocumentsCodeAudio
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
Output
Code
Code
TextImagesCodeAudio
TextImagesCodeAudio
Skill level
Advanced
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Generation+16 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+27 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
7
6
11
19
Coding
Debugging
–
Chatbots
–
–
Code reviews
–
–
Image generation
–
–
Research
–
–
Search engine
–
–
Summarizing
–
–
Translations
–
–
Writing
–
–
Development
–
–
Refactoring
–
–
Code documentation
–
–
Agents
–
–
–
Blogging
–
–
–
Code analysis
–
–
–
Copywriting
–
–
–
Email writing
–
–
–
Essay writing
–
–
–
Grammar checking
–
–
–
Homework assistance
–
–
–
Image to text
–
–
–
Productivity
–
–
–
Voice assistance
–
–
–
Image editing
–
–
–
Image to image
–
–
–
Terminal commands management
–
–
–
Community on aitoolstime
Rating
no ratings yet
no ratings yet
no ratings yet
★ 4.34 ratings
Upvotes
▲ 1
▲ 0
▲ 2
▲ 17
Saves
0
0
0
4
Reviews
0
0
0
4
Prompts
3
2
0
17
Verified listing
–
–
–
–

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.