Cursor vs Zed vs Cline vs GitHub Copilot

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
Zed
Competitor 2
Cline
Competitor 3
GitHub Copilot
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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 Zed
zed.dev
Speed meets intelligence
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Competitor Cline
cline.bot
Terminal-first coders get a different kind of AI assistant here
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Competitor GitHub Copilot
github.com
Your AI pair programmer that actually knows the codebase
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
4.5Mvisits/mo
1.2Mvisits/mo
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637.9Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 7.8%
▼ 18.1%
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▲ 3.7%
6-month growth
-1.8%
+26.6%
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+19.3%
Global rank web
#15,584
#47,672
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#49
Avg. last 3 months
4.4M
1.5M
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629.7M
Bounce rate lower is better
57%
42%
0%
36%
Pages / visit
2.4
2.8
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5.9
Visit duration
1m 36s
1m 56s
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6m 26s
Traffic sources
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
● Direct 80% · ● Referral 18%
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● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
CursorZedClineGitHub Copilot
0159.5M318.9M478.4M637.9MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MZed · 1.1MZed · 966.1KZed · 1.1MZed · 936.1KZed · 1.4MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.8MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.2MGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9M100K1M10M100M1BCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MZed · 1.1MZed · 966.1KZed · 1.1MZed · 936.1KZed · 1.4MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.8MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.2MGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Free
Freemium
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free
$4per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free trial
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API access
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Plans
Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
Personal FreePro $10/moBusiness $30/mo
Open Source CustomEnterprise Custom
Free FreeTeam $4/moEnterprise $21/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Intermediate
Categories
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
7
5
3
2
Coding
Agents
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Debugging
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Development
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Refactoring
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Code autocompletion
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Code reviews
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Code documentation
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Git commands
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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
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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.