GitHub Copilot vs Gemini CLI vs Shortwave 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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Gemini CLI
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Shortwave
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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 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 Shortwave
shortwave.com
Shortwave is an AI email client that puts an assistant inside the inbox.
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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
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4.5Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.7%
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▲ 7.8%
6-month growth
+19.3%
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-1.8%
Global rank web
#49
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#15,584
Avg. last 3 months
629.7M
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4.4M
Bounce rate lower is better
36%
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57%
Pages / visit
5.9
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2.4
Visit duration
6m 26s
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1m 36s
Traffic sources
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
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● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
GitHub CopilotGemini CLIShortwaveCursor
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 · 4.5M1M10M100M1BGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Free
Free Trial
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Starting price
$4per month · free tier available
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Plans
Free FreeTeam $4/moEnterprise $21/mo
Free (personal Google account) Free
Business $30/moPremier $45/moMax $120/mo
Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeDocumentsImagesText
DocumentsText
CodeText
Output
Code
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Text
Code
Skill level
Intermediate
Advanced
Intermediate
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Productivity & OfficeAI AssistantAI Email Assistant
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Coding
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Code reviews
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Development
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Coding in VS Code
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Email
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Email automation
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Email writing
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Refactoring
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Agent management
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Developer tools
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Email enhancement
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Task 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.