GitHub Copilot vs Anthropic Claude API vs Cursor

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
Anthropic Claude API
Competitor 2
Cursor
Competitor 3
Suggested competitors for GitHub Copilot: Windsurf88% 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
Remove
Competitor Anthropic Claude API
anthropic.com
Build on Claude's capabilities
Make main Remove
Competitor Cursor
cursor.sh
Code editor that actually understands your codebase
Make main Remove
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
637.9Mvisits/mo
13.8Mvisits/mo
4.5Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.7%
▼ 39.4%
▲ 7.8%
6-month growth
+19.3%
-43.4%
-1.8%
Global rank web
#49
#3,345
#15,584
Avg. last 3 months
629.7M
25.7M
4.4M
Bounce rate lower is better
36%
67%
57%
Pages / visit
5.9
1.8
2.4
Visit duration
6m 26s
1m 35s
1m 36s
Traffic sources
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 16%
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
GitHub CopilotAnthropic Claude APICursor
0159.5M318.9M478.4M637.9MGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MAnthropic Claude API · 9.9MAnthropic Claude API · 9.4MAnthropic Claude API · 9.5MAnthropic Claude API · 16.1MAnthropic Claude API · 24.4MAnthropic Claude API · 25.9MAnthropic Claude API · 22.4MAnthropic Claude API · 40.5MAnthropic Claude API · 22.8MAnthropic Claude API · 13.8MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5M1M10M100M1BGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MAnthropic Claude API · 9.9MAnthropic Claude API · 9.4MAnthropic Claude API · 9.5MAnthropic Claude API · 16.1MAnthropic Claude API · 24.4MAnthropic Claude API · 25.9MAnthropic Claude API · 22.4MAnthropic Claude API · 40.5MAnthropic Claude API · 22.8MAnthropic Claude API · 13.8MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$4per month · free tier available
$17per 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
Plan $17.0 $17/moPlan $20.0 $20/moPlan $25.0 $25/moPlan $100.0 $100/mo+2 more
Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeDocumentsImagesText
CodeText
Output
Code
CodeText
Code
Skill level
Intermediate
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Development & CodeAI APILarge Language Models (LLMs)
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
4
4
7
Coding
Code reviews
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Development
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APIs
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Large language models
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Agents
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Debugging
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Refactoring
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Agent management
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Code documentation
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Terminal commands management
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Rating
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Upvotes
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Saves
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Reviews
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Prompts
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