Cursor vs Programming Helper vs OpenAI Codex CLI vs Windsurf

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
Programming Helper
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 Programming Helper
programming-helper.com
Most AI chatbots force you to craft perfect prompts—then tweak whatever comes back
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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
4.6Kvisits/mo
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29.6Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 7.8%
▼ 17.6%
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▲ 7.8%
6-month growth
-1.8%
+40.4%
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+122.1%
Global rank web
#15,584
#3,812,090
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#1,172,623
Avg. last 3 months
4.4M
5K
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26.9K
Bounce rate lower is better
57%
48%
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50%
Pages / visit
2.4
1.3
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1.3
Visit duration
1m 36s
16s
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13s
Traffic sources
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
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CursorProgramming HelperOpenAI Codex CLIWindsurf
01.2M2.3M3.5M4.6MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MProgramming Helper · 2.7KProgramming Helper · 3.7KProgramming Helper · 3.2KProgramming Helper · 2.7KProgramming Helper · 3.3KProgramming Helper · 4.1KProgramming Helper · 13.8KProgramming Helper · 4.8KProgramming Helper · 5.6KProgramming Helper · 4.6KWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6K1K10K100K1M10MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MProgramming Helper · 2.7KProgramming Helper · 3.7KProgramming Helper · 3.2KProgramming Helper · 2.7KProgramming Helper · 3.3KProgramming Helper · 4.1KProgramming Helper · 13.8KProgramming Helper · 4.8KProgramming Helper · 5.6KProgramming Helper · 4.6KWindsurf · 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
Free tier
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Free trial
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API access
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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
CodeText
CodeImagesText
CodeText
Output
Code
CodeText
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Intermediate
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding AssistantSQL Query Builder
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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8
Coding
Agents
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Debugging
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Code reviews
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Developer tools
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Agent management
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Code autocompletion
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Regex
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SQL queries
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Code explanations
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Code testing
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Development
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Refactoring
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Code documentation
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GitHub pull requests
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SQL
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Terminal
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Terminal commands management
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Community on aitoolstime
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Upvotes
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Saves
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Reviews
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Prompts
3
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Verified listing
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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.