GitHub Copilot vs OpenAI API vs Visual Studio Code vs OpenAI Codex

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

Your tool
GitHub Copilot
vs
Competitor 1
OpenAI API
Competitor 2
Visual Studio Code
Competitor 3
OpenAI Codex
Compare
4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool GitHub Copilot
github.com
Your AI pair programmer that actually knows the codebase
Remove
Competitor OpenAI API
platform.openai.com
The API powering the AI ecosystem
Make main Remove
Competitor Visual Studio Code
code.visualstudio.com
Visual Studio Code is a free, open source code editor that runs on Windows, macOS and Linux and now includes built-in AI agents.
Make main Remove
Competitor OpenAI Codex
openai.com
A dedicated coding agent that writes and runs code for you
Make main Remove
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
637.9Mvisits/mo
15.2Mvisits/mo
—
204.3Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.7%
▲ 4.6%
—
▲ 3.6%
6-month growth
+19.3%
-2.4%
—
+0.3%
Global rank web
#49
—
—
#212
Avg. last 3 months
629.7M
15.2M
—
197.3M
Bounce rate lower is better
36%
34%
—
58%
Pages / visit
5.9
5.4
—
3.0
Visit duration
6m 26s
3m 56s
—
2m 31s
Traffic sources
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
—
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 17%
GitHub CopilotOpenAI APIVisual Studio CodeOpenAI Codex
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 · 637.9MOpenAI API · 18.7MOpenAI API · 16.7MOpenAI API · 16.5MOpenAI API · 15.6MOpenAI API · 15.9MOpenAI API · 15.1MOpenAI API · 15.7MOpenAI API · 14.6MOpenAI API · 15.2MOpenAI Codex · 266.3MOpenAI Codex · 225MOpenAI Codex · 210.1MOpenAI Codex · 191.2MOpenAI Codex · 203.7MOpenAI Codex · 195.7MOpenAI Codex · 203.1MOpenAI Codex · 190.4MOpenAI Codex · 197.2MOpenAI Codex · 204.3M10M100M1BGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MOpenAI API · 18.7MOpenAI API · 16.7MOpenAI API · 16.5MOpenAI API · 15.6MOpenAI API · 15.9MOpenAI API · 15.1MOpenAI API · 15.7MOpenAI API · 14.6MOpenAI API · 15.2MOpenAI Codex · 266.3MOpenAI Codex · 225MOpenAI Codex · 210.1MOpenAI Codex · 191.2MOpenAI Codex · 203.7MOpenAI Codex · 195.7MOpenAI Codex · 203.1MOpenAI Codex · 190.4MOpenAI Codex · 197.2MOpenAI Codex · 204.3MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Paid
Free
Freemium
Starting price
$4per month · free tier available
—
Free
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
–
Free trial
–
–
API access
–
–
–
Plans
Free FreeTeam $4/moEnterprise $21/mo
—
—
—
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
AudioDocumentsImagesText
TextCode
TextCode
Output
Code
AudioCodeImagesTextVideo
Code
Code
Skill level
Intermediate
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Development & CodeAI APILarge Language Models (LLMs)
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
9
6
6
9
Coding
–
Agents
–
Debugging
–
Coding in VS Code
–
–
Vs code
–
–
Developer tools
–
–
Code reviews
–
–
Terminal
–
–
APIs
–
–
–
Code autocompletion
–
–
–
GitHub automation
–
–
–
GitHub pull requests
–
–
–
LLM development
–
–
–
Large language models
–
–
–
API integrations
–
–
–
Agent management
–
–
–
Chatbot building
–
–
–
Code documentation
–
–
–
Development
–
–
–
Community on aitoolstime
Rating
no ratings yet
no ratings yet
no ratings yet
no ratings yet
Upvotes
▲ 0
▲ 1
▲ 0
▲ 1
Saves
0
0
0
0
Reviews
0
0
0
0
Prompts
2
0
0
0
Verified listing
–
–
–
–

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.