Cursor vs Jules vs Visual Studio Code 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
Jules
Competitor 2
Visual Studio Code
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
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Competitor Jules
jules.google
An AI coding assistant that works while you sleep sounds like science fiction, but Jules runs continuously in the cloud doing exactly that
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Competitor Visual Studio Code
code.visualstudio.com
Visual Studio Code is a free, open source code editor that runs on Windows, macOS and Linux and now includes built-in AI agents.
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Competitor Zed
zed.dev
Speed meets intelligence
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
4.5Mvisits/mo
280.8Kvisits/mo
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1.2Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 7.8%
▼ 27.6%
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▼ 18.1%
6-month growth
-1.8%
-46.5%
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+26.6%
Global rank web
#15,584
#198,101
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#47,672
Avg. last 3 months
4.4M
435.9K
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1.5M
Bounce rate lower is better
57%
49%
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42%
Pages / visit
2.4
1.6
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2.8
Visit duration
1m 36s
42s
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1m 56s
Traffic sources
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
● Direct 71% · ● Referral 28%
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● Direct 80% · ● Referral 18%
CursorJulesVisual Studio CodeZed
01.2M2.3M3.5M4.6MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MJules · 804.2KJules · 742.5KJules · 525.1KJules · 315.3KJules · 476.6KJules · 638.7KJules · 388.1KJules · 280.8KZed · 1.1MZed · 966.1KZed · 1.1MZed · 936.1KZed · 1.4MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.8MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.2M100K1M10MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MJules · 804.2KJules · 742.5KJules · 525.1KJules · 315.3KJules · 476.6KJules · 638.7KJules · 388.1KJules · 280.8KZed · 1.1MZed · 966.1KZed · 1.1MZed · 936.1KZed · 1.4MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.8MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.2MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Free
Freemium
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
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Free
Free tier
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API access
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Plans
Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
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Personal FreePro $10/moBusiness $30/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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5
Coding
Development
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Code reviews
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Debugging
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Code autocompletion
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Agents
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Refactoring
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Testing
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Code documentation
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Git commands
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Terminal commands management
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UI testing
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Reviews
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Prompts
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