DeepSeek vs Visual Studio Code vs Kilo Code vs ChatGPT

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

Your tool
DeepSeek
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Competitor 1
Visual Studio Code
Competitor 2
Kilo Code
Competitor 3
ChatGPT
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool DeepSeek
deepseek.com
DeepSeek is an AI lab and chat assistant.
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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 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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Competitor ChatGPT
chatgpt.com
Your AI assistant for everything
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
353.8Mvisits/mo
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1.9Kvisits/mo
5.6Bvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 2.1%
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▼ 42.3%
▲ 3.5%
6-month growth
+0.9%
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-94.4%
-1.6%
Global rank web
#131
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#4,668,091
#7
Avg. last 3 months
357.9M
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10.5K
5.5B
Bounce rate lower is better
38%
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34%
30%
Pages / visit
3.4
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2.4
4.3
Visit duration
5m 33s
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19s
6m 35s
Traffic sources
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 4%
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● Direct 95% · ● Referral 3%
DeepSeekVisual Studio CodeKilo CodeChatGPT
01.5B2.9B4.4B5.8BDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8MKilo 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 · 1.9KChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6B1K10K100K1M10M100M1B10BDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8MKilo 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 · 1.9KChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Free
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
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$20per month · free tier available
$8per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Plans
deepseek-flash Customdeepseek-v4-pro Custom
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Free FreeGo $8/moPlus $20/moPro 5x $100/mo+1 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeImagesText
TextCode
TextCode
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
Output
TextCode
Code
Code
TextImagesCodeAudio
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningWriting & Content+10 more
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+27 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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19
Coding
Chatbots
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Coding in VS Code
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Research
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Summarizing
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Translations
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Vs code
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Writing
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Debugging
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Large language models
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Agents
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Blogging
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Copywriting
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Developer tools
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Email writing
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Essay writing
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Grammar checking
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Homework assistance
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Image generation
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Image to text
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Search engine
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Code analysis
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Code documentation
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Development
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Image editing
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Image to image
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Math
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Refactoring
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Rating
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★ 4.34 ratings
Upvotes
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Saves
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Reviews
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Prompts
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