GitHub Copilot vs ChatGPT vs Windsurf

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

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GitHub Copilot
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Competitor 1
ChatGPT
Competitor 2
Windsurf
Competitor 3
Suggested competitors for GitHub Copilot: Cursor90% CodeRabbit85% Sourcegraph Cody82% Continue82% Claude Code82% Tabnine80% Gemini Code Assist80% Devin80%
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3 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool GitHub Copilot
github.com
Your AI pair programmer that actually knows the codebase
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Competitor ChatGPT
chatgpt.com
Your AI assistant for everything
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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.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
637.9Mvisits/mo
5.6Bvisits/mo
29.6Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.7%
▲ 3.5%
▲ 7.8%
6-month growth
+19.3%
-1.6%
+122.1%
Global rank web
#49
#7
#1,172,623
Avg. last 3 months
629.7M
5.5B
26.9K
Bounce rate lower is better
36%
30%
50%
Pages / visit
5.9
4.3
1.3
Visit duration
6m 26s
6m 35s
13s
Traffic sources
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 3%
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GitHub CopilotChatGPTWindsurf
01.5B2.9B4.4B5.8BGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6K10K100K1M10M100M1B10BGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$4per month · free tier available
$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
Free FreeTeam $4/moEnterprise $21/mo
Free FreeGo $8/moPlus $20/moPro 5x $100/mo+1 more
Free FreePro $20/moMax $200/moTeams $80/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
AudioCodeDocumentsImagesText
CodeText
Output
Code
AudioCodeImagesText
Code
Skill level
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+27 more
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
4
19
6
Coding
Agents
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Agent management
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Code reviews
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Debugging
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Chatbots
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Blogging
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Copywriting
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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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Code documentation
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GitHub pull requests
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Image editing
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Image to image
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Refactoring
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Reviews
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Prompts
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