Cursor vs GitHub Copilot vs Programming Helper vs OpenAI Codex 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
Programming Helper
Competitor 3
OpenAI Codex 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
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Competitor Programming Helper
programming-helper.com
Most AI chatbots force you to craft perfect prompts—then tweak whatever comes back
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Competitor OpenAI Codex CLI
developers.openai.com
OpenAI Codex CLI brings the Codex coding agent to the terminal and to scripts.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
4.5Mvisits/mo
637.9Mvisits/mo
4.6Kvisits/mo
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MoM change
▲ 7.8%
▲ 3.7%
▼ 17.6%
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6-month growth
-1.8%
+19.3%
+40.4%
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Global rank web
#15,584
#49
#3,812,090
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Avg. last 3 months
4.4M
629.7M
5K
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Bounce rate lower is better
57%
36%
48%
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Pages / visit
2.4
5.9
1.3
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Visit duration
1m 36s
6m 26s
16s
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Traffic sources
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
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CursorGitHub CopilotProgramming HelperOpenAI Codex 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 · 637.9MProgramming Helper · 2.7KProgramming Helper · 3.7KProgramming Helper · 3.2KProgramming Helper · 2.7KProgramming Helper · 3.3KProgramming Helper · 4.1KProgramming Helper · 13.8KProgramming Helper · 4.8KProgramming Helper · 5.6KProgramming Helper · 4.6K1K10K100K1M10M100M1BCursor · 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 · 637.9MProgramming Helper · 2.7KProgramming Helper · 3.7KProgramming Helper · 3.2KProgramming Helper · 2.7KProgramming Helper · 3.3KProgramming Helper · 4.1KProgramming Helper · 13.8KProgramming Helper · 4.8KProgramming Helper · 5.6KProgramming Helper · 4.6KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Paid
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
$4per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
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Free tier
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Free trial
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API access
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Plans
Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
Free FreeTeam $4/moEnterprise $21/mo
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GPT-6-Astra $10GPT-6.1-Sol $2GPT-6-Luna $0.10GPT-Live-1 $0.05/minute+1 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
CodeImagesText
Output
Code
Code
CodeText
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Intermediate
Intermediate
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Development & CodeAI Coding AssistantSQL Query Builder
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
7
4
6
2
Coding
Code reviews
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Regex
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SQL queries
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Agents
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Code explanations
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Code testing
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Debugging
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Development
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Refactoring
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Agent management
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Code documentation
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Developer tools
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SQL
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Terminal commands management
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Community on aitoolstime
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Upvotes
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Saves
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Reviews
0
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Prompts
3
2
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Verified listing
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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.