GitHub Copilot vs DeepSeek vs Gemini CLI vs Cursor

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

Your tool
GitHub Copilot
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Competitor 1
DeepSeek
Competitor 2
Gemini CLI
Competitor 3
Cursor
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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 DeepSeek
deepseek.com
DeepSeek is an AI lab and chat assistant.
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Competitor Gemini CLI
github.com
It can query and edit large codebases, generate new apps from PDFs, images, or sketches using multimodal input, and debug problems when you describe them in plain language.
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Competitor Cursor
cursor.sh
Code editor that actually understands your codebase
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
637.9Mvisits/mo
353.8Mvisits/mo
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4.5Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.7%
▲ 2.1%
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▲ 7.8%
6-month growth
+19.3%
+0.9%
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-1.8%
Global rank web
#49
#131
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#15,584
Avg. last 3 months
629.7M
357.9M
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4.4M
Bounce rate lower is better
36%
38%
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57%
Pages / visit
5.9
3.4
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2.4
Visit duration
6m 26s
5m 33s
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1m 36s
Traffic sources
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 4%
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● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
GitHub CopilotDeepSeekGemini CLICursor
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 · 637.9MDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8MCursor · 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 · 637.9MDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8MCursor · 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
Free
Freemium
Starting price
$4per month · free tier available
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Free
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
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API access
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Plans
Free FreeTeam $4/moEnterprise $21/mo
deepseek-flash Customdeepseek-v4-pro Custom
Free (personal Google account) Free
Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeImagesText
CodeDocumentsImagesText
CodeText
Output
Code
CodeText
Code
Code
Skill level
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningWriting & Content+10 more
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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7
Coding
Debugging
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Agents
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Code reviews
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Development
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Chatbots
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Code autocompletion
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Large language models
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Coding in VS Code
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Homework assistance
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Refactoring
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Research
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Summarizing
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Translations
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Vs code
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Writing
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Agent management
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Code analysis
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Code documentation
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Developer tools
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Math
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Terminal
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Terminal commands management
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Community on aitoolstime
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Saves
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Reviews
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Prompts
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Verified listing
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