Cursor vs OpenAI Codex CLI vs GitHub Copilot CLI vs Zed

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

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Cursor
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Competitor 1
OpenAI Codex CLI
Competitor 2
GitHub Copilot CLI
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 OpenAI Codex CLI
developers.openai.com
OpenAI Codex CLI brings the Codex coding agent to the terminal and to scripts.
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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 Zed
zed.dev
Speed meets intelligence
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
4.5Mvisits/mo
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1.2Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 7.8%
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▼ 18.1%
6-month growth
-1.8%
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+26.6%
Global rank web
#15,584
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#47,672
Avg. last 3 months
4.4M
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1.5M
Bounce rate lower is better
57%
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42%
Pages / visit
2.4
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2.8
Visit duration
1m 36s
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1m 56s
Traffic sources
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
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● Direct 80% · ● Referral 18%
CursorOpenAI Codex CLIGitHub Copilot CLIZed
01.2M2.3M3.5M4.6MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MZed · 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 · 4.5MZed · 1.1MZed · 966.1KZed · 1.1MZed · 936.1KZed · 1.4MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.8MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.2MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Paid
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Freemium
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
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Plans
Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
GPT-6-Astra $10GPT-6.1-Sol $2GPT-6-Luna $0.10GPT-Live-1 $0.05/minute+1 more
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Personal FreePro $10/moBusiness $30/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeImagesText
CodeText
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Intermediate
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Coding
Debugging
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Code reviews
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Refactoring
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Code documentation
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Git commands
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GitHub management
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Terminal commands management
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Community on aitoolstime
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Prompts
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