Cursor vs Visual Studio Code vs Jules vs Kilo Code

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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Visual Studio Code
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Jules
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Kilo Code
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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 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.
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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
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Competitor Kilo Code
kilocode.ai
Kilo Code is an open source AI agent Visual Studio (VS) Code extension that focuses on enhancing the efficiency of coding. The tool can generate code, automate tasks, and offer practical suggestions.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
4.5Mvisits/mo
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280.8Kvisits/mo
1.9Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 7.8%
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▼ 27.6%
▼ 42.3%
6-month growth
-1.8%
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-46.5%
-94.4%
Global rank web
#15,584
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#198,101
#4,668,091
Avg. last 3 months
4.4M
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435.9K
10.5K
Bounce rate lower is better
57%
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49%
34%
Pages / visit
2.4
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1.6
2.4
Visit duration
1m 36s
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42s
19s
Traffic sources
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
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● Direct 71% · ● Referral 28%
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CursorVisual Studio CodeJulesKilo Code
01.2M2.3M3.5M4.6MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MJules · 804.2KJules · 742.5KJules · 525.1KJules · 315.3KJules · 476.6KJules · 638.7KJules · 388.1KJules · 280.8KKilo Code · 744.7KKilo Code · 164KKilo Code · 48.6KKilo Code · 16KKilo Code · 33.5KKilo Code · 14.4KKilo Code · 10.5KKilo Code · 26.4KKilo Code · 3.2KKilo Code · 1.9K1K10K100K1M10MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MJules · 804.2KJules · 742.5KJules · 525.1KJules · 315.3KJules · 476.6KJules · 638.7KJules · 388.1KJules · 280.8KKilo Code · 744.7KKilo Code · 164KKilo Code · 48.6KKilo Code · 16KKilo Code · 33.5KKilo Code · 14.4KKilo Code · 10.5KKilo Code · 26.4KKilo Code · 3.2KKilo Code · 1.9KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Free
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
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Plans
Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
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Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
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Categories
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
7
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4
Coding
Coding in VS Code
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Debugging
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Developer tools
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Refactoring
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Testing
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Code analysis
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Code documentation
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Terminal commands management
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UI testing
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Community on aitoolstime
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Prompts
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