Cursor vs Stacks vs Zed 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
Stacks
Competitor 2
Zed
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 Stacks
betterstacks.com
Stacks is a personal AI workspace that gathers what you find online into one searchable place.
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Competitor Zed
zed.dev
Speed meets intelligence
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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
6.3Kvisits/mo
1.2Mvisits/mo
204.3Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 7.8%
▼ 8.4%
▼ 18.1%
▲ 3.6%
6-month growth
-1.8%
-50.8%
+26.6%
+0.3%
Global rank web
#15,584
#3,182,249
#47,672
#212
Avg. last 3 months
4.4M
6.1K
1.5M
197.3M
Bounce rate lower is better
57%
41%
42%
58%
Pages / visit
2.4
1.7
2.8
3.0
Visit duration
1m 36s
6s
1m 56s
2m 31s
Traffic sources
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
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● Direct 80% · ● Referral 18%
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 17%
CursorStacksZedOpenAI Codex
066.6M133.2M199.7M266.3MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MStacks · 7KStacks · 12.2KStacks · 12.8KStacks · 8.7KStacks · 5.7KStacks · 5.1KStacks · 6.8KStacks · 6.3KZed · 1.1MZed · 966.1KZed · 1.1MZed · 936.1KZed · 1.4MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.8MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.2MOpenAI 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 · 204.3M1K10K100K1M10M100M1BCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MStacks · 7KStacks · 12.2KStacks · 12.8KStacks · 8.7KStacks · 5.7KStacks · 5.1KStacks · 6.8KStacks · 6.3KZed · 1.1MZed · 966.1KZed · 1.1MZed · 936.1KZed · 1.4MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.8MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.2MOpenAI 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
Paid
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
$9per month
Free tier
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Plans
Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
Be Productive $89/yrBe Collaborative $199/yrBe Creative $349/yr
Personal FreePro $10/moBusiness $30/mo
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Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
DocumentsTextWeb pages
CodeText
CodeText
Output
Code
Text
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Education & LearningProductivity & OfficeAI FilesAI Knowledge Management
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Coding
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Debugging
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Development
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Code reviews
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Code documentation
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Agents
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Bookmarking
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Code autocompletion
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Digital information management
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GitHub automation
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GitHub pull requests
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Refactoring
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Git commands
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Knowledge exploration
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Note taking
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Terminal
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Terminal commands management
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Reviews
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Prompts
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