Cursor vs GitHub Copilot CLI vs Runcell 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
GitHub Copilot CLI
Competitor 2
Runcell
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 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 Runcell
runcell.dev
Competitor Zed
zed.dev
Speed meets intelligence
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
4.5Mvisits/mo
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176.9Kvisits/mo
1.2Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 7.8%
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▲ 4.1%
▼ 18.1%
6-month growth
-1.8%
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+13.2%
+26.6%
Global rank web
#15,584
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#279,476
#47,672
Avg. last 3 months
4.4M
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168.7K
1.5M
Bounce rate lower is better
57%
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45%
42%
Pages / visit
2.4
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1.8
2.8
Visit duration
1m 36s
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45s
1m 56s
Traffic sources
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
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● Direct 73% · ● Referral 27%
● Direct 80% · ● Referral 18%
CursorGitHub Copilot CLIRuncellZed
01.2M2.3M3.5M4.6MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MRuncell · 52KRuncell · 99.5KRuncell · 144.1KRuncell · 154KRuncell · 156.3KRuncell · 140.4KRuncell · 170.3KRuncell · 159.2KRuncell · 170KRuncell · 176.9KZed · 1.1MZed · 966.1KZed · 1.1MZed · 936.1KZed · 1.4MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.8MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.2M10K100K1M10MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MRuncell · 52KRuncell · 99.5KRuncell · 144.1KRuncell · 154KRuncell · 156.3KRuncell · 140.4KRuncell · 170.3KRuncell · 159.2KRuncell · 170KRuncell · 176.9KZed · 1.1MZed · 966.1KZed · 1.1MZed · 936.1KZed · 1.4MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.8MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.2MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Free
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
Free
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
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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Hobby FreePro $20/moPro+ $60/moUltra $200/mo+1 more
Personal FreePro $10/moBusiness $30/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
DataText
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
CodeData
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Intermediate
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
7
5
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5
Coding
Debugging
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Development
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Code autocompletion
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Data analysis
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Jupyter notebooks
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Agents
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Code explanations
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Code reviews
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GitHub pull requests
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Python code debugging
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Refactoring
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Code documentation
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Data science
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Developer tools
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Git commands
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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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Traffic figures are third-party estimates for the tool's own domain; tools sharing a domain with a bigger product are not counted. Pricing is captured from each tool's site and may lag.