GitHub Copilot vs LM Studio vs Windsurf vs Continue

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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LM Studio
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Windsurf
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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 LM Studio
lmstudio.ai
LM Studio is a desktop application for running large language models on your own computer, and its Bionic release adds an agent for work and code.
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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 Continue
continue.dev
Continue is an open-source AI coding agent that was built by a community of developers and has since been acquired by Cursor.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
637.9Mvisits/mo
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29.6Kvisits/mo
410.4Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.7%
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▲ 7.8%
▼ 16.6%
6-month growth
+19.3%
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+122.1%
-24.4%
Global rank web
#49
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#1,172,623
#106,338
Avg. last 3 months
629.7M
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26.9K
539.2K
Bounce rate lower is better
36%
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50%
48%
Pages / visit
5.9
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Visit duration
6m 26s
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13s
1m 44s
Traffic sources
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
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● Direct 93% · ● Referral 6%
GitHub CopilotLM StudioWindsurfContinue
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 · 29.6KContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4K10K100K1M10M100M1BGitHub 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 · 29.6KContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
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Starting price
$4per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
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Plans
Free FreeTeam $4/moEnterprise $21/mo
Free FreeBionic+ $20/moPro $100/mo
Free FreePro $20/moMax $200/moTeams $80/mo
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Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
AudioCodeText
CodeText
CodeText
Output
Code
CodeDocumentsSlidesText
Code
Code
Skill level
Intermediate
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant+2 more
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Coding
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Documents
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Large language models
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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.