GitHub Copilot vs Shortwave vs CodeRabbit vs Cursor

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
Shortwave
Competitor 2
CodeRabbit
Competitor 3
Cursor
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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 Shortwave
shortwave.com
Shortwave is an AI email client that puts an assistant inside the inbox.
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Competitor CodeRabbit
coderabbit.ai
Automated code review that matters
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Competitor Cursor
cursor.sh
Code editor that actually understands your codebase
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
637.9Mvisits/mo
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1Mvisits/mo
4.5Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.7%
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▼ 22.7%
▲ 7.8%
6-month growth
+19.3%
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+50.4%
-1.8%
Global rank web
#49
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#38,145
#15,584
Avg. last 3 months
629.7M
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1.2M
4.4M
Bounce rate lower is better
36%
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49%
57%
Pages / visit
5.9
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3.5
2.4
Visit duration
6m 26s
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1m 55s
1m 36s
Traffic sources
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
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● Direct 73% · ● Referral 24%
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
GitHub CopilotShortwaveCodeRabbitCursor
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 · 637.9MCodeRabbit · 442KCodeRabbit · 588.1KCodeRabbit · 711.7KCodeRabbit · 641.9KCodeRabbit · 681.8KCodeRabbit · 694.5KCodeRabbit · 869.9KCodeRabbit · 1.1MCodeRabbit · 1.3MCodeRabbit · 1MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5M100K1M10M100M1BGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MCodeRabbit · 442KCodeRabbit · 588.1KCodeRabbit · 711.7KCodeRabbit · 641.9KCodeRabbit · 681.8KCodeRabbit · 694.5KCodeRabbit · 869.9KCodeRabbit · 1.1MCodeRabbit · 1.3MCodeRabbit · 1MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Free Trial
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$4per month · free tier available
$30per month
$24per month
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Plans
Free FreeTeam $4/moEnterprise $21/mo
Business $30/moPremier $45/moMax $120/mo
Essentials $24/moTeam $48/moAdvanced $72/moEnterprise Custom
Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
DocumentsText
Code
CodeText
Output
Code
Text
CodeText
Code
Skill level
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Productivity & OfficeAI AssistantAI Email Assistant
Development & CodeAI Code Review
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
4
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7
Code reviews
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Coding
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Code documentation
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Development
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Email management
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GitHub pull requests
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Agents
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Code analysis
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Code quality
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Code security analysis
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Code testing
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Debugging
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Email
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Email automation
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Email replies
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Email writing
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Refactoring
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Agent management
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Email enhancement
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Email tracking
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Meeting scheduling
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Task management
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Team collaboration
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Terminal commands management
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Reviews
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Prompts
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