Cursor vs Gemini CLI vs Augment Code vs Visual Studio Code

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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Gemini CLI
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Augment Code
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Visual Studio Code
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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 Gemini CLI
github.com
It can query and edit large codebases, generate new apps from PDFs, images, or sketches using multimodal input, and debug problems when you describe them in plain language.
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Competitor Augment Code
augmentcode.com
Augment Code is an agentic software development company whose Cosmos platform runs software agents across the development lifecycle.
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Competitor Visual Studio Code
code.visualstudio.com
Visual Studio Code is a free, open source code editor that runs on Windows, macOS and Linux and now includes built-in AI agents.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
4.5Mvisits/mo
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MoM change
▲ 7.8%
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6-month growth
-1.8%
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Global rank web
#15,584
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Avg. last 3 months
4.4M
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Bounce rate lower is better
57%
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Pages / visit
2.4
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Visit duration
1m 36s
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Traffic sources
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
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Pricing
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Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
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Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
Free (personal Google account) Free
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Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeDocumentsImagesText
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CodeText
Output
Code
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
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Categories
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+2 more
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Coding
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Testing
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Code analysis
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Code documentation
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Code testing
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Cve monitoring
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Terminal commands management
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Prompts
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