GitHub Copilot vs OpenAI Codex CLI vs NovaKit 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
NCNovaKit 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 NCNovaKit CLI
novakit.ai
Developers lose 30 seconds each time they switch AI providers or undo a bad code suggestion
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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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1.7Kvisits/mo
29.6Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.7%
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▼ 35.7%
▲ 7.8%
6-month growth
+19.3%
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-56.6%
+122.1%
Global rank web
#49
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#12,617,937
#1,172,623
Avg. last 3 months
629.7M
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2.1K
26.9K
Bounce rate lower is better
36%
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38%
50%
Pages / visit
5.9
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1.0
1.3
Visit duration
6m 26s
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13s
Traffic sources
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
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GitHub CopilotOpenAI Codex CLINovaKit 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 · 637.9MNovaKit CLI · 1.8KNovaKit CLI · 3.8KNovaKit CLI · 6.9KNovaKit CLI · 1.4KNovaKit CLI · 2.2KNovaKit CLI · 2.6KNovaKit CLI · 1.7KWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6K1K10K100K1M10M100M1BGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MNovaKit CLI · 1.8KNovaKit CLI · 3.8KNovaKit CLI · 6.9KNovaKit CLI · 1.4KNovaKit CLI · 2.2KNovaKit CLI · 2.6KNovaKit CLI · 1.7KWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Paid
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$4per month · free tier available
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$12per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
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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
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Free FreePro $20/moMax $200/moTeams $80/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeImagesText
CodeText
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
Code
Code
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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2
6
Coding
Code reviews
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Agents
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Agent management
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GitHub pull requests
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Prompts
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