GitHub Copilot vs OpenRouter vs Cursor vs Claude Code

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
OpenRouter
Competitor 2
Cursor
Competitor 3
Claude Code
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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
Competitor OpenRouter
openrouter.ai
Every model, one endpoint
Competitor Cursor
cursor.sh
Code editor that actually understands your codebase
Competitor Claude Code
claude.com
Every plan tier hits usage limits
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
637.9Mvisits/mo
22Mvisits/mo
4.5Mvisits/mo
123.5Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.7%
▲ 14.6%
▲ 7.8%
▼ 6.8%
6-month growth
+19.3%
+39.6%
-1.8%
+106.6%
Global rank web
#49
#2,023
#15,584
#434
Avg. last 3 months
629.7M
19.5M
4.4M
125.2M
Bounce rate lower is better
36%
32%
57%
64%
Pages / visit
5.9
7.7
2.4
2.2
Visit duration
6m 26s
6m 13s
1m 36s
2m 36s
Traffic sources
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 89% · ● Referral 10%
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
GitHub CopilotOpenRouterCursorClaude Code
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 · 637.9MOpenRouter · 7.5MOpenRouter · 8.6MOpenRouter · 8.4MOpenRouter · 11.2MOpenRouter · 15.8MOpenRouter · 17.9MOpenRouter · 16.8MOpenRouter · 17.3MOpenRouter · 19.2MOpenRouter · 22MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MClaude Code · 19.2MClaude Code · 19.5MClaude Code · 35.8MClaude Code · 59.8MClaude Code · 139.9MClaude Code · 133.1MClaude Code · 119.5MClaude Code · 132.6MClaude Code · 123.5M1M10M100M1BGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MOpenRouter · 7.5MOpenRouter · 8.6MOpenRouter · 8.4MOpenRouter · 11.2MOpenRouter · 15.8MOpenRouter · 17.9MOpenRouter · 16.8MOpenRouter · 17.3MOpenRouter · 19.2MOpenRouter · 22MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MClaude Code · 19.2MClaude Code · 19.5MClaude Code · 35.8MClaude Code · 59.8MClaude Code · 139.9MClaude Code · 133.1MClaude Code · 119.5MClaude Code · 132.6MClaude Code · 123.5MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$4per month · free tier available
Free tier
$20per month · free tier available
$17per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free trial
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API access
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Plans
Free FreeTeam $4/moEnterprise $21/mo
Free FreeStandard Custom/moBusiness Custom/moEnterprise Custom
Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
Free FreePro $17/moMax 5x $100/moMax 20x Custom/mo+2 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
TextCode
TextVideoImagesAudio
CodeText
TextCode
Output
Code
VideoTextImagesAudio
Code
Code
Skill level
Intermediate
Advanced
Advanced
Intermediate
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
2
5
7
3
Coding
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Debugging
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Agents
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Development
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APIs
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LLM gateway
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Code reviews
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Large language models
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Refactoring
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Code documentation
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LLM comparison
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Terminal commands management
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Community on aitoolstime
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Upvotes
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Saves
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Reviews
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Prompts
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Verified listing
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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.