Cursor vs OpenAI Codex vs Cline vs Gemini CLI

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
Competitor 2
Cline
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 OpenAI Codex
openai.com
A dedicated coding agent that writes and runs code for you
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Competitor Cline
cline.bot
Terminal-first coders get a different kind of AI assistant here
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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.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
4.5Mvisits/mo
204.3Mvisits/mo
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MoM change
▲ 7.8%
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6-month growth
-1.8%
+0.3%
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Global rank web
#15,584
#212
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Avg. last 3 months
4.4M
197.3M
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Bounce rate lower is better
57%
58%
0%
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Pages / visit
2.4
3.0
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Visit duration
1m 36s
2m 31s
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Traffic sources
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 17%
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CursorOpenAI CodexClineGemini CLI
066.6M133.2M199.7M266.3MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MOpenAI Codex · 266.3MOpenAI Codex · 225MOpenAI Codex · 210.1MOpenAI Codex · 191.2MOpenAI Codex · 203.7MOpenAI Codex · 195.7MOpenAI Codex · 203.1MOpenAI Codex · 190.4MOpenAI Codex · 197.2MOpenAI Codex · 204.3M1M10M100M1BCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MOpenAI Codex · 266.3MOpenAI Codex · 225MOpenAI Codex · 210.1MOpenAI Codex · 191.2MOpenAI Codex · 203.7MOpenAI Codex · 195.7MOpenAI Codex · 203.1MOpenAI Codex · 190.4MOpenAI Codex · 197.2MOpenAI Codex · 204.3MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
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Free
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
Free
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Free tier
Free trial
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Plans
Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
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Open Source CustomEnterprise Custom
Free (personal Google account) Free
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
CodeDocumentsImagesText
Output
Code
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
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Categories
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Coding
Development
Refactoring
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Code documentation
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Terminal commands management
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Coding in VS Code
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Debugging
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MCP
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Shell commands
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Terminal
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Code analysis
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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.