Cursor vs GitHub Copilot CLI vs ChatGPT

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

Your tool
Cursor
vs
Competitor 1
GitHub Copilot CLI
Competitor 2
ChatGPT
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 GitHub Copilot CLI
github.com
It reads, writes and runs code, works directly with your issues and pull requests, and carries a task from planning to merged code.
Competitor ChatGPT
chatgpt.com
Your AI assistant for everything
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
4.5Mvisits/mo
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5.6Bvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 7.8%
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▲ 3.5%
6-month growth
-1.8%
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-1.6%
Global rank web
#15,584
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#7
Avg. last 3 months
4.4M
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5.5B
Bounce rate lower is better
57%
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30%
Pages / visit
2.4
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4.3
Visit duration
1m 36s
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6m 35s
Traffic sources
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
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● Direct 95% · ● Referral 3%
CursorGitHub Copilot CLIChatGPT
01.5B2.9B4.4B5.8BCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MChatGPT · 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 · 4.5MChatGPT · 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
Free
Freemium
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
Free
$8per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free trial
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API access
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Plans
Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
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Free FreeGo $8/moPlus $20/moPro 5x $100/mo+1 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
AudioCodeDocumentsImagesText
Output
Code
Code
AudioCodeImagesText
Skill level
Advanced
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
7
4
19
Coding
Debugging
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Refactoring
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Code documentation
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Chatbots
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Agents
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Blogging
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Code reviews
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Copywriting
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Development
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Email writing
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Essay writing
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Grammar checking
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Image generation
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Image to text
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Research
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Search engine
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Summarizing
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Translations
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Writing
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Developer tools
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GitHub management
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Image editing
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Image to image
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Terminal commands management
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Community on aitoolstime
Rating
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no ratings yet
★ 4.34 ratings
Upvotes
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Saves
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4
Reviews
0
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4
Prompts
3
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17
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