GitHub Copilot vs Cursor vs Perplexity AI

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
Cursor
Competitor 2
Perplexity AI
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
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Competitor Cursor
cursor.sh
Code editor that actually understands your codebase
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Competitor Perplexity AI
perplexity.ai
Search that gives answers instead of links
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
637.9Mvisits/mo
4.5Mvisits/mo
95.2Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.7%
▲ 7.8%
▼ 8.2%
6-month growth
+19.3%
-1.8%
-42.9%
Global rank web
#49
#15,584
#446
Avg. last 3 months
629.7M
4.4M
104.9M
Bounce rate lower is better
36%
57%
33%
Pages / visit
5.9
2.4
3.6
Visit duration
6m 26s
1m 36s
4m 18s
Traffic sources
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
GitHub CopilotCursorPerplexity AI
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 · 637.9MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MPerplexity AI · 189MPerplexity AI · 179.6MPerplexity AI · 170.1MPerplexity AI · 153.8MPerplexity AI · 166.8MPerplexity AI · 154.9MPerplexity AI · 138.1MPerplexity AI · 115.8MPerplexity AI · 103.8MPerplexity AI · 95.2M1M10M100M1BGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MPerplexity AI · 189MPerplexity AI · 179.6MPerplexity AI · 170.1MPerplexity AI · 153.8MPerplexity AI · 166.8MPerplexity AI · 154.9MPerplexity AI · 138.1MPerplexity AI · 115.8MPerplexity AI · 103.8MPerplexity AI · 95.2MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$4per month · free tier available
$20per 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 $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
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Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeDocumentsImagesText
Output
Code
Code
CodeText
Skill level
Intermediate
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Chatbots & CompanionsEducation & LearningLifestyle & EntertainmentProductivity & Office+13 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
4
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10
Coding
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Code reviews
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AI search
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Research
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Search engine
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Agents
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Chatbots
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Debugging
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Development
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Document summarization
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Refactoring
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Research papers
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Summarizing
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Agent management
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Code documentation
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Homework assistance
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Literature reviews
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Terminal commands management
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Writing
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Reviews
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Prompts
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