Cursor vs GitHub Copilot vs Aider vs Gemini CLI

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
Competitor 2
Aider
Competitor 3
Gemini CLI
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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 GitHub Copilot
github.com
Your AI pair programmer that actually knows the codebase
Make main Remove
Competitor Aider
aider.chat
AI pair programming in your terminal
Make main Remove
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.
Make main Remove
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
4.5Mvisits/mo
637.9Mvisits/mo
317.9Kvisits/mo
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MoM change
▲ 7.8%
▲ 3.7%
▼ 15.9%
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6-month growth
-1.8%
+19.3%
-12.7%
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Global rank web
#15,584
#49
#140,509
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Avg. last 3 months
4.4M
629.7M
378.5K
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Bounce rate lower is better
57%
36%
48%
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Pages / visit
2.4
5.9
2.0
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Visit duration
1m 36s
6m 26s
55s
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Traffic sources
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 16%
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CursorGitHub CopilotAiderGemini CLI
0159.5M318.9M478.4M637.9MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MAider · 293.8KAider · 277.7KAider · 314.6KAider · 289.1KAider · 364.1KAider · 402KAider · 478.7KAider · 439.5KAider · 378KAider · 317.9K100K1M10M100M1BCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MAider · 293.8KAider · 277.7KAider · 314.6KAider · 289.1KAider · 364.1KAider · 402KAider · 478.7KAider · 439.5KAider · 378KAider · 317.9KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Free
Free
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
$4per month · free tier available
Free
Free
Free tier
Free trial
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Plans
Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
Free FreeTeam $4/moEnterprise $21/mo
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Free (personal Google account) Free
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
TextCode
ImagesWeb pagesTextCodeAudio
TextImagesDocumentsCode
Output
Code
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Intermediate
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
7
4
8
4
Coding
Development
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Code reviews
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Debugging
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Refactoring
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Terminal commands management
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Agents
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Code testing
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Git commands
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Terminal
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Agent management
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Code analysis
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Code documentation
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Developer tools
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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.