GitHub Copilot vs OpenAI Codex CLI vs Gemini CLI vs Windsurf

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
OpenAI Codex CLI
Competitor 2
Gemini CLI
Competitor 3
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 OpenAI Codex CLI
developers.openai.com
OpenAI Codex CLI brings the Codex coding agent to the terminal and to scripts.
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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 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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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
637.9Mvisits/mo
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29.6Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.7%
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▲ 7.8%
6-month growth
+19.3%
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+122.1%
Global rank web
#49
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#1,172,623
Avg. last 3 months
629.7M
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26.9K
Bounce rate lower is better
36%
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50%
Pages / visit
5.9
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1.3
Visit duration
6m 26s
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13s
Traffic sources
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
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GitHub CopilotOpenAI Codex CLIGemini CLIWindsurf
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 · 29.6K10K100K1M10M100M1BGitHub 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 · 29.6KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
Freemium
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Free
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Starting price
$4per month · free tier available
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$20per month · free tier available
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Plans
Free FreeTeam $4/moEnterprise $21/mo
GPT-6-Astra $10GPT-6.1-Sol $2GPT-6-Luna $0.10GPT-Live-1 $0.05/minute+1 more
Free (personal Google account) Free
Free FreePro $20/moMax $200/moTeams $80/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeImagesText
CodeDocumentsImagesText
CodeText
Output
Code
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Code
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Skill level
Intermediate
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
4
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Coding
Agents
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Debugging
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Prompts
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