GitHub Copilot CLI vs ChatGPT vs Cursor

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

Your tool
GitHub Copilot CLI
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Competitor 1
ChatGPT
Competitor 2
Cursor
Competitor 3
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3 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool GitHub Copilot CLI
github.com
It reads, writes and runs code, works directly with your issues and pull requests, and carries a task from planning to merged code.
Competitor ChatGPT
chatgpt.com
Your AI assistant for everything
Competitor Cursor
cursor.sh
Code editor that actually understands your codebase
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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5.6Bvisits/mo
4.5Mvisits/mo
MoM change
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▲ 3.5%
▲ 7.8%
6-month growth
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-1.6%
-1.8%
Global rank web
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#7
#15,584
Avg. last 3 months
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5.5B
4.4M
Bounce rate lower is better
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30%
57%
Pages / visit
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4.3
2.4
Visit duration
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6m 35s
1m 36s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 95% · ● Referral 3%
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
GitHub Copilot CLIChatGPTCursor
01.5B2.9B4.4B5.8BChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5M1M10M100M1B10BChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Free
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
Free
$8per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free trial
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API access
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Plans
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Free FreeGo $8/moPlus $20/moPro 5x $100/mo+1 more
Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
AudioCodeDocumentsImagesText
CodeText
Output
Code
AudioCodeImagesText
Code
Skill level
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
4
19
7
Coding
Debugging
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Refactoring
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Code documentation
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Chatbots
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Agents
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Blogging
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Code reviews
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Copywriting
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Development
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Email writing
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Essay writing
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Grammar checking
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Image generation
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Image to text
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Research
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Search engine
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Summarizing
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Translations
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Writing
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Developer tools
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GitHub management
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Image editing
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Image to image
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Terminal commands management
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Community on aitoolstime
Rating
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Saves
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Reviews
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Prompts
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