Cursor vs Claude Code vs ReadDocs 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
Claude Code
Competitor 2
ReadDocs
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
Competitor Claude Code
claude.com
Every plan tier hits usage limits
Competitor ReadDocs
readdocs.co.uk
Upload a PDF contract and ReadDocs spits out a one-minute summary, bullet points, and answers to specific questions you ask
Competitor Zed
zed.dev
Speed meets intelligence
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
4.5Mvisits/mo
123.5Mvisits/mo
744visits/mo
1.2Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 7.8%
▼ 6.8%
▲ 141.6%
▼ 18.1%
6-month growth
-1.8%
+106.6%
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+26.6%
Global rank web
#15,584
#434
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#47,672
Avg. last 3 months
4.4M
125.2M
384
1.5M
Bounce rate lower is better
57%
64%
39%
42%
Pages / visit
2.4
2.2
1.1
2.8
Visit duration
1m 36s
2m 36s
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1m 56s
Traffic sources
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
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● Direct 80% · ● Referral 18%
CursorClaude CodeReadDocsZed
035M69.9M104.9M139.9MCursor · 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 · 123.5MReadDocs · 101ReadDocs · 308ReadDocs · 744Zed · 1.1MZed · 966.1KZed · 1.1MZed · 936.1KZed · 1.4MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.8MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.2M1001K10K100K1M10M100M1BCursor · 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 · 123.5MReadDocs · 101ReadDocs · 308ReadDocs · 744Zed · 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
$17per month · free tier available
Free tier
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 FreePro $17/moMax 5x $100/moMax 20x Custom/mo+2 more
Free FreePro £9.99/moBusiness £29/mo
Personal FreePro $10/moBusiness $30/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
DocumentsImagesText
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
Text
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
7
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5
Coding
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Debugging
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Development
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Code reviews
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Refactoring
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Code autocompletion
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Document chat
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Document q a
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Document summaries
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Document summarization
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PDF summaries
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Summarizing
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Terminal
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Agents
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Code analysis
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Code explanations
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Interactive PDF processing
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OCR
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Official documents q a
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PDF analysis
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Summaries
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Code documentation
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Git commands
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Meeting summaries
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Terminal commands management
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YouTube summaries
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Prompts
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