GitHub Copilot vs Cline vs Windsurf vs GitHub Copilot CLI

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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Cline
Competitor 2
Windsurf
Competitor 3
GitHub Copilot CLI
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4 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 Cline
cline.bot
Terminal-first coders get a different kind of AI assistant here
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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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Competitor 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.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
637.9Mvisits/mo
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29.6Kvisits/mo
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MoM change
▲ 3.7%
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▲ 7.8%
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6-month growth
+19.3%
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+122.1%
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Global rank web
#49
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#1,172,623
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Avg. last 3 months
629.7M
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26.9K
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Bounce rate lower is better
36%
0%
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Pages / visit
5.9
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1.3
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Visit duration
6m 26s
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13s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
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GitHub CopilotClineWindsurfGitHub Copilot CLI
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 · 637.9MWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6K10K100K1M10M100M1BGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Free
Freemium
Free
Starting price
$4per month · free tier available
Free
$20per month · free tier available
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Plans
Free FreeTeam $4/moEnterprise $21/mo
Open Source CustomEnterprise Custom
Free FreePro $20/moMax $200/moTeams $80/mo
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Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Intermediate
Advanced
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Intermediate
Categories
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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4
Coding
Agents
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Coding in VS Code
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Debugging
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Shell commands
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Terminal
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Bash
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Developer tools
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Development
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GitHub management
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Terminal commands management
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Prompts
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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.