Cursor vs GitHub Copilot CLI vs Consensus

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
Consensus
Competitor 3
Suggested competitors for Cursor: GitHub Copilot88% Windsurf88% Google Antigravity86% CodeRabbit85% Claude Code84% Qodo (Formerly Codium)82% OpenAI Codex82% Zed80%
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3 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Cursor
cursor.sh
Code editor that actually understands your codebase
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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.
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Competitor Consensus
consensus.app
Scientific answers from peer-reviewed research
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
4.5Mvisits/mo
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5.8Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 7.8%
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▲ 3.5%
6-month growth
-1.8%
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+14.4%
Global rank web
#15,584
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#9,859
Avg. last 3 months
4.4M
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5.5M
Bounce rate lower is better
57%
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43%
Pages / visit
2.4
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4.1
Visit duration
1m 36s
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3m 56s
Traffic sources
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
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● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
CursorGitHub Copilot CLIConsensus
01.5M2.9M4.4M5.9MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8M1M10MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Free
Freemium
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
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$8.99per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Plans
Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
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Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
Text
Output
Code
Code
Text
Skill level
Advanced
Intermediate
Intermediate
Categories
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Coding
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Research
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Research papers
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Search engine
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Academic research
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Agents
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Code reviews
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Debugging
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Development
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GitHub pull requests
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Literature reviews
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Medical research
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Refactoring
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Research papers summaries
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Scientific research
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Code documentation
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Developer tools
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GitHub management
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Terminal commands management
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Reviews
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Prompts
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