Cursor vs Zed vs Visual Studio Code

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
Visual Studio Code
Competitor 3
Suggested competitors for Cursor: GitHub Copilot88% Windsurf88% Google Antigravity86% CodeRabbit85% Claude Code84% Qodo (Formerly Codium)82% OpenAI Codex82% Cline80%
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3 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Cursor
cursor.sh
Code editor that actually understands your codebase
Remove
Competitor Zed
zed.dev
Speed meets intelligence
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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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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
4.5Mvisits/mo
1.2Mvisits/mo
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MoM change
▲ 7.8%
▼ 18.1%
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6-month growth
-1.8%
+26.6%
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Global rank web
#15,584
#47,672
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Avg. last 3 months
4.4M
1.5M
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Bounce rate lower is better
57%
42%
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Pages / visit
2.4
2.8
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Visit duration
1m 36s
1m 56s
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Traffic sources
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
● Direct 80% · ● Referral 18%
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CursorZedVisual Studio Code
01.2M2.3M3.5M4.6MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MZed · 1.1MZed · 966.1KZed · 1.1MZed · 936.1KZed · 1.4MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.8MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.2M100K1M10MCursor · 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 · 1.2MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Free
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free
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
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Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
7
5
2
Coding
Debugging
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Development
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Code autocompletion
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Vs code
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Code reviews
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Refactoring
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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
Rating
no ratings yet
no ratings yet
no ratings yet
Upvotes
▲ 1
▲ 0
▲ 0
Saves
0
0
0
Reviews
0
0
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Prompts
3
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0
Verified listing
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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.