Cursor vs GitHub Copilot CLI vs ChatGPT vs GitHub Copilot

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
GitHub Copilot CLI
Competitor 2
ChatGPT
Competitor 3
GitHub Copilot
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4 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
Competitor GitHub Copilot
github.com
Your AI pair programmer that actually knows the codebase
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
4.5Mvisits/mo
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5.6Bvisits/mo
637.9Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 7.8%
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▲ 3.5%
▲ 3.7%
6-month growth
-1.8%
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-1.6%
+19.3%
Global rank web
#15,584
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#7
#49
Avg. last 3 months
4.4M
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5.5B
629.7M
Bounce rate lower is better
57%
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30%
36%
Pages / visit
2.4
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4.3
5.9
Visit duration
1m 36s
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6m 35s
6m 26s
Traffic sources
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
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● Direct 95% · ● Referral 3%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
CursorGitHub Copilot CLIChatGPTGitHub Copilot
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 · 5.6BGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9M1M10M100M1B10BCursor · 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 · 5.6BGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Free
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
Free
$8per month · free tier available
$4per 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
Free FreeTeam $4/moEnterprise $21/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
TextCode
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
TextCode
Output
Code
Code
TextImagesCodeAudio
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
7
5
19
9
Coding
Debugging
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Agents
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Code reviews
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Refactoring
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Code documentation
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Chatbots
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Code autocompletion
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Blogging
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Coding in VS Code
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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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GitHub pull requests
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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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Vs code
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Writing
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Agent management
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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
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Community on aitoolstime
Rating
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★ 4.34 ratings
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Upvotes
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Saves
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Reviews
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4
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Prompts
3
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Verified listing
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