Factory vs Windsurf vs Gemini Code Assist vs Ellipsis

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

Your tool
Factory
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Competitor 1
Windsurf
Competitor 2
Gemini Code Assist
Competitor 3
Ellipsis
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Factory
factory.ai
Factory is an agent-native software development platform built around autonomous coding agents called Droids.
Competitor Windsurf
windsurf.com
Windsurf, which now appears on the web as Devin Desktop, is a desktop code editor that doubles as a control room for coding agents.
Competitor Gemini Code Assist
codeassist.google
It provides a chat interface that is aware of the code in the open files, automatic completions as you type, and generation or transformation of whole functions and files on demand.
Competitor Ellipsis
ellipsis.dev
Ellipsis is a managed cloud platform for running coding agents.
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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29.6Kvisits/mo
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MoM change
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▲ 7.8%
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6-month growth
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+122.1%
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Global rank web
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#1,172,623
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Avg. last 3 months
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26.9K
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Bounce rate lower is better
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50%
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Pages / visit
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1.3
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Visit duration
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13s
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FactoryWindsurfGemini Code AssistEllipsis
07.4K14.8K22.2K29.6KWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6K10K100KWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
Paid
Freemium
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Starting price
$20per month
$20per month · free tier available
$19per month · free tier available
$5,000per month
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Plans
Pro $20/moPlus $100/moMax $200/moTeams $60/mo+2 more
Free FreePro $20/moMax $200/moTeams $80/mo
Individuals FreeStandard $19/moEnterprise $45/mo
Managed SaaS Usage-basedYour AWS Account Usage-based
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
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Output
Code
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Code
Skill level
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Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 3 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Coding
Agents
Code reviews
Agent management
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Code autocompletion
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Debugging
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Agent creation
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Dependency updates
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Code validation
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