GitHub Copilot vs StartKit vs Visual Studio Code 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
StartKit
Competitor 2
Visual Studio Code
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 StartKit
startkit.ai
StartKit hands you the entire backend so you can ship your product faster
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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.
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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
1.3Kvisits/mo
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29.6Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.7%
▲ 79.8%
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▲ 7.8%
6-month growth
+19.3%
-36.9%
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+122.1%
Global rank web
#49
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#1,172,623
Avg. last 3 months
629.7M
756
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26.9K
Bounce rate lower is better
36%
38%
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50%
Pages / visit
5.9
1.0
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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 CopilotStartKitVisual Studio CodeWindsurf
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 · 637.9MStartKit · 1.6KStartKit · 1.4KStartKit · 2.2KStartKit · 2KStartKit · 1.6KStartKit · 181StartKit · 300StartKit · 704StartKit · 1.3KWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6K1001K10K100K1M10M100M1BGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MStartKit · 1.6KStartKit · 1.4KStartKit · 2.2KStartKit · 2KStartKit · 1.6KStartKit · 181StartKit · 300StartKit · 704StartKit · 1.3KWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Free
Freemium
Starting price
$4per month · free tier available
$149per month
Free
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Plans
Free FreeTeam $4/moEnterprise $21/mo
Starter $149Growth $249Concierge $0
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Free FreePro $20/moMax $200/moTeams $80/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
Text
CodeText
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Intermediate
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Development & CodeAI Developer Tools
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
9
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6
8
Coding
Agents
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Developer tools
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Debugging
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Code autocompletion
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Coding in VS Code
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Vs code
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Agent management
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Code reviews
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Backend development
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Development
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Frontend development
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GitHub pull requests
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LLM development
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SaaS product launches
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Terminal
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Prompts
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