GitHub Copilot CLI vs Qwen Code vs Cursor vs OpenAI Codex CLI

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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Qwen Code
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Cursor
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OpenAI Codex CLI
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4 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 Qwen Code
github.com
Qwen Code is an open-source AI coding agent that lives in the terminal and also runs in editors, a desktop app, a Web UI and chat apps.
Competitor Cursor
cursor.sh
Code editor that actually understands your codebase
Competitor OpenAI Codex CLI
developers.openai.com
OpenAI Codex CLI brings the Codex coding agent to the terminal and to scripts.
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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4.5Mvisits/mo
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MoM change
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▲ 7.8%
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6-month growth
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-1.8%
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Global rank web
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#15,584
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Avg. last 3 months
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4.4M
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Bounce rate lower is better
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57%
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Pages / visit
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2.4
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Visit duration
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1m 36s
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Traffic sources
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● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
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GitHub Copilot CLIQwen CodeCursorOpenAI Codex CLI
01.2M2.3M3.5M4.6MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5M1M10MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
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Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
GPT-6-Astra $10GPT-6.1-Sol $2GPT-6-Luna $0.10GPT-Live-1 $0.05/minute+1 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
CodeImagesText
Output
Code
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Code
Skill level
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Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Coding
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Code reviews
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Debugging
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Code documentation
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GitHub management
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Terminal commands management
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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.