Cursor vs Perplexity AI vs OpenAI Codex CLI vs Windsurf

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
Perplexity AI
Competitor 2
OpenAI Codex CLI
Competitor 3
Windsurf
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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 Perplexity AI
perplexity.ai
Search that gives answers instead of links
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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 Windsurf
windsurf.com
Windsurf, which now appears on the web as Devin Desktop, is a desktop code editor that doubles as a control room for coding agents.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
4.5Mvisits/mo
95.2Mvisits/mo
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29.6Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 7.8%
▼ 8.2%
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▲ 7.8%
6-month growth
-1.8%
-42.9%
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+122.1%
Global rank web
#15,584
#446
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#1,172,623
Avg. last 3 months
4.4M
104.9M
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26.9K
Bounce rate lower is better
57%
33%
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50%
Pages / visit
2.4
3.6
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1.3
Visit duration
1m 36s
4m 18s
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13s
Traffic sources
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
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CursorPerplexity AIOpenAI Codex CLIWindsurf
047.3M94.5M141.8M189MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MPerplexity AI · 189MPerplexity AI · 179.6MPerplexity AI · 170.1MPerplexity AI · 153.8MPerplexity AI · 166.8MPerplexity AI · 154.9MPerplexity AI · 138.1MPerplexity AI · 115.8MPerplexity AI · 103.8MPerplexity AI · 95.2MWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6K10K100K1M10M100M1BCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MPerplexity AI · 189MPerplexity AI · 179.6MPerplexity AI · 170.1MPerplexity AI · 153.8MPerplexity AI · 166.8MPerplexity AI · 154.9MPerplexity AI · 138.1MPerplexity AI · 115.8MPerplexity AI · 103.8MPerplexity AI · 95.2MWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Paid
Freemium
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
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$20per month · free tier available
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Plans
Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
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GPT-6-Astra $10GPT-6.1-Sol $2GPT-6-Luna $0.10GPT-Live-1 $0.05/minute+1 more
Free FreePro $20/moMax $200/moTeams $80/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeDocumentsImagesText
CodeImagesText
CodeText
Output
Code
CodeText
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Chatbots & CompanionsEducation & LearningLifestyle & EntertainmentProductivity & Office+13 more
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Coding
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Agents
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Debugging
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Code reviews
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Developer tools
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AI search
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Agent management
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Code autocompletion
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Research
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Search engine
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Chatbots
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Development
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Document summarization
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Refactoring
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Research papers
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Summarizing
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Code documentation
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GitHub pull requests
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Homework assistance
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Literature reviews
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Terminal
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Terminal commands management
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Writing
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Prompts
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