Cursor vs Qwen Code vs Gemini 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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Qwen Code
Competitor 2
Gemini CLI
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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 Qwen Code
github.com
Qwen Code is an open-source AI coding agent that lives in the terminal and also runs in editors, a desktop app, a Web UI and chat apps.
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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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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
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29.6Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 7.8%
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▲ 7.8%
6-month growth
-1.8%
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+122.1%
Global rank web
#15,584
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#1,172,623
Avg. last 3 months
4.4M
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26.9K
Bounce rate lower is better
57%
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50%
Pages / visit
2.4
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1.3
Visit duration
1m 36s
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13s
Traffic sources
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
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CursorQwen CodeGemini CLIWindsurf
01.2M2.3M3.5M4.6MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6K10K100K1M10MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
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Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
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$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Plans
Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
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Free (personal Google account) Free
Free FreePro $20/moMax $200/moTeams $80/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeDocumentsImagesText
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
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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Coding
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Code reviews
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Debugging
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Development
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Code documentation
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Terminal commands management
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Community on aitoolstime
Rating
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Upvotes
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Saves
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Reviews
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Prompts
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