Cursor vs OpenRouter vs CometAPI vs OpenAI Codex

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
OpenRouter
Competitor 2
CometAPI
Competitor 3
OpenAI Codex
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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 OpenRouter
openrouter.ai
Every model, one endpoint
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Competitor CometAPI
cometapi.com
CometAPI functions as an aggregation layer that sits between your application and hundreds of AI model providers
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Competitor OpenAI Codex
openai.com
A dedicated coding agent that writes and runs code for you
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
4.5Mvisits/mo
22Mvisits/mo
302.3Kvisits/mo
204.3Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 7.8%
▲ 14.6%
▲ 9.9%
▲ 3.6%
6-month growth
-1.8%
+39.6%
-16.5%
+0.3%
Global rank web
#15,584
#2,023
#157,147
#212
Avg. last 3 months
4.4M
19.5M
295.7K
197.3M
Bounce rate lower is better
57%
32%
46%
58%
Pages / visit
2.4
7.7
2.9
3.0
Visit duration
1m 36s
6m 13s
38s
2m 31s
Traffic sources
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
● Direct 89% · ● Referral 10%
● Direct 69% · ● Referral 30%
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 17%
CursorOpenRouterCometAPIOpenAI Codex
066.6M133.2M199.7M266.3MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MOpenRouter · 7.5MOpenRouter · 8.6MOpenRouter · 8.4MOpenRouter · 11.2MOpenRouter · 15.8MOpenRouter · 17.9MOpenRouter · 16.8MOpenRouter · 17.3MOpenRouter · 19.2MOpenRouter · 22MCometAPI · 834.4KCometAPI · 619.7KCometAPI · 437.2KCometAPI · 362.2KCometAPI · 355.5KCometAPI · 362.7KCometAPI · 309.5KCometAPI · 275.2KCometAPI · 302.3KOpenAI 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 · 204.3M100K1M10M100M1BCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MOpenRouter · 7.5MOpenRouter · 8.6MOpenRouter · 8.4MOpenRouter · 11.2MOpenRouter · 15.8MOpenRouter · 17.9MOpenRouter · 16.8MOpenRouter · 17.3MOpenRouter · 19.2MOpenRouter · 22MCometAPI · 834.4KCometAPI · 619.7KCometAPI · 437.2KCometAPI · 362.2KCometAPI · 355.5KCometAPI · 362.7KCometAPI · 309.5KCometAPI · 275.2KCometAPI · 302.3KOpenAI 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
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
$4per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free trial
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Plans
Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
Free FreeStandard Custom/moBusiness Custom/moEnterprise Custom
Free Trial FreePay-as-you-go Custom/usage-basedEnterprise Custom/mo
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Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
VideoTextImagesAudio
TextImages
TextCode
Output
Code
TextVideoImagesAudio
VideoTextImages
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI APILarge Language Models (LLMs)
Development & CodeAI API
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Development
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Coding
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LLM gateway
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Code reviews
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Debugging
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Code documentation
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Agents
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API integrations
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Developer tools
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GitHub automation
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GitHub pull requests
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Large language models
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Refactoring
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Image generation
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LLM comparison
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Terminal
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Terminal commands management
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Video generation
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Prompts
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