GitHub Copilot vs Trae vs Windsurf vs Zed

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
Trae
Competitor 2
Windsurf
Competitor 3
Zed
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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 Trae
trae.ai
Trae is an AI product line with two parts: TraeCode, which it calls a 10x AI coding engineer, and TraeWork, a professional AI work assistant available on the web and as a download.
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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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Competitor Zed
zed.dev
Speed meets intelligence
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
637.9Mvisits/mo
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29.6Kvisits/mo
1.2Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.7%
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▲ 7.8%
▼ 18.1%
6-month growth
+19.3%
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+122.1%
+26.6%
Global rank web
#49
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#1,172,623
#47,672
Avg. last 3 months
629.7M
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26.9K
1.5M
Bounce rate lower is better
36%
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50%
42%
Pages / visit
5.9
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1.3
2.8
Visit duration
6m 26s
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13s
1m 56s
Traffic sources
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
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● Direct 80% · ● Referral 18%
GitHub CopilotTraeWindsurfZed
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 · 29.6KZed · 1.1MZed · 966.1KZed · 1.1MZed · 936.1KZed · 1.4MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.8MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.2M10K100K1M10M100M1BGitHub 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 · 29.6KZed · 1.1MZed · 966.1KZed · 1.1MZed · 936.1KZed · 1.4MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.8MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.2MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$4per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free tier
Free trial
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API access
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Plans
Free FreeTeam $4/moEnterprise $21/mo
Free FreePro $20/moPro+ $60/moUltra $200/mo
Free FreePro $20/moMax $200/moTeams $80/mo
Personal FreePro $10/moBusiness $30/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Intermediate
Intermediate
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AssistantAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
4
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5
Coding
Agents
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Code autocompletion
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Agent management
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Debugging
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Code reviews
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Development
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Git commands
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GitHub pull requests
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Community on aitoolstime
Rating
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Upvotes
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Saves
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Reviews
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Prompts
2
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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.