Cursor vs Runcell vs Jules vs Visual Studio Code

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

Your tool
Cursor
vs
Competitor 1
Runcell
Competitor 2
Jules
Competitor 3
Visual Studio Code
Compare
4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Cursor
cursor.sh
Code editor that actually understands your codebase
Remove
Competitor Runcell
runcell.dev
Make main Remove
Competitor Jules
jules.google
An AI coding assistant that works while you sleep sounds like science fiction, but Jules runs continuously in the cloud doing exactly that
Make main Remove
Competitor Visual Studio Code
code.visualstudio.com
Visual Studio Code is a free, open source code editor that runs on Windows, macOS and Linux and now includes built-in AI agents.
Make main Remove
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
4.5Mvisits/mo
176.9Kvisits/mo
280.8Kvisits/mo
—
MoM change
▲ 7.8%
▲ 4.1%
▼ 27.6%
—
6-month growth
-1.8%
+13.2%
-46.5%
—
Global rank web
#15,584
#279,476
#198,101
—
Avg. last 3 months
4.4M
168.7K
435.9K
—
Bounce rate lower is better
57%
45%
49%
—
Pages / visit
2.4
1.8
1.6
—
Visit duration
1m 36s
45s
42s
—
Traffic sources
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
● Direct 73% · ● Referral 27%
● Direct 71% · ● Referral 28%
—
CursorRuncellJulesVisual Studio Code
01.2M2.3M3.5M4.6MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MRuncell · 52KRuncell · 99.5KRuncell · 144.1KRuncell · 154KRuncell · 156.3KRuncell · 140.4KRuncell · 170.3KRuncell · 159.2KRuncell · 170KRuncell · 176.9KJules · 804.2KJules · 742.5KJules · 525.1KJules · 315.3KJules · 476.6KJules · 638.7KJules · 388.1KJules · 280.8K10K100K1M10MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MRuncell · 52KRuncell · 99.5KRuncell · 144.1KRuncell · 154KRuncell · 156.3KRuncell · 140.4KRuncell · 170.3KRuncell · 159.2KRuncell · 170KRuncell · 176.9KJules · 804.2KJules · 742.5KJules · 525.1KJules · 315.3KJules · 476.6KJules · 638.7KJules · 388.1KJules · 280.8KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Free
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
—
Free
Free tier
–
Free trial
–
–
–
–
API access
–
–
Plans
Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
Hobby FreePro $20/moPro+ $60/moUltra $200/mo+1 more
—
—
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
DataText
CodeText
CodeText
Output
Code
CodeData
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeResearch & AnalyticsAI Coding AssistantAI For Data Analytics
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
7
6
6
4
Coding
Code reviews
–
–
Development
–
–
Coding in VS Code
–
–
–
Data analysis
–
–
–
Jupyter notebooks
–
–
–
Vs code
–
–
–
Agents
–
–
–
Code explanations
–
–
–
Debugging
–
–
–
Developer tools
–
–
–
Python code debugging
–
–
–
Refactoring
–
–
–
Testing
–
–
–
Code documentation
–
–
–
Data science
–
–
–
Terminal commands management
–
–
–
UI testing
–
–
–
Community on aitoolstime
Rating
no ratings yet
no ratings yet
no ratings yet
no ratings yet
Upvotes
▲ 1
▲ 0
▲ 0
▲ 0
Saves
0
0
0
0
Reviews
0
0
0
0
Prompts
3
0
0
0
Verified listing
–
–
–
–

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.