Cursor vs Claude Code vs Perplexity AI vs OpenAI Codex CLI

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

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Cursor
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Claude Code
Competitor 2
Perplexity AI
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OpenAI Codex 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 Claude Code
claude.com
Every plan tier hits usage limits
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Competitor Perplexity AI
perplexity.ai
Search that gives answers instead of links
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Competitor OpenAI Codex CLI
developers.openai.com
OpenAI Codex CLI brings the Codex coding agent to the terminal and to scripts.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
4.5Mvisits/mo
123.5Mvisits/mo
95.2Mvisits/mo
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MoM change
▲ 7.8%
▼ 6.8%
▼ 8.2%
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6-month growth
-1.8%
+106.6%
-42.9%
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Global rank web
#15,584
#434
#446
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Avg. last 3 months
4.4M
125.2M
104.9M
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Bounce rate lower is better
57%
64%
33%
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Pages / visit
2.4
2.2
3.6
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Visit duration
1m 36s
2m 36s
4m 18s
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Traffic sources
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
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CursorClaude CodePerplexity AIOpenAI Codex CLI
047.3M94.5M141.8M189MCursor · 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 · 123.5MPerplexity AI · 189MPerplexity AI · 179.6MPerplexity AI · 170.1MPerplexity AI · 153.8MPerplexity AI · 166.8MPerplexity AI · 154.9MPerplexity AI · 138.1MPerplexity AI · 115.8MPerplexity AI · 103.8MPerplexity AI · 95.2M1M10M100M1BCursor · 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 · 123.5MPerplexity AI · 189MPerplexity AI · 179.6MPerplexity AI · 170.1MPerplexity AI · 153.8MPerplexity AI · 166.8MPerplexity AI · 154.9MPerplexity AI · 138.1MPerplexity AI · 115.8MPerplexity AI · 103.8MPerplexity AI · 95.2MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
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Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
$17per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
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Plans
Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
Free FreePro $17/moMax 5x $100/moMax 20x Custom/mo+2 more
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GPT-6-Astra $10GPT-6.1-Sol $2GPT-6-Luna $0.10GPT-Live-1 $0.05/minute+1 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeDocumentsImagesText
CodeImagesText
Output
Code
Code
CodeText
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Chatbots & CompanionsEducation & LearningLifestyle & EntertainmentProductivity & Office+13 more
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Code analysis
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Document summarization
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Refactoring
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Research papers
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Summarizing
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Code documentation
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Developer tools
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Homework assistance
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Literature reviews
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Terminal commands management
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Writing
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Prompts
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