GitHub Copilot vs Visual Studio Code vs Stacks vs Sourcegraph Cody

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

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GitHub Copilot
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Visual Studio Code
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Stacks
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Sourcegraph Cody
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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 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 Stacks
betterstacks.com
Stacks is a personal AI workspace that gathers what you find online into one searchable place.
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Competitor Sourcegraph Cody
sourcegraph.com
AI that knows your codebase
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
637.9Mvisits/mo
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6.3Kvisits/mo
185.6Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.7%
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▼ 8.4%
▼ 10.6%
6-month growth
+19.3%
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-50.8%
-40.6%
Global rank web
#49
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#3,182,249
#204,583
Avg. last 3 months
629.7M
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6.1K
209.7K
Bounce rate lower is better
36%
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41%
42%
Pages / visit
5.9
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1.7
2.9
Visit duration
6m 26s
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6s
1m 39s
Traffic sources
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
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● Direct 91% · ● Referral 7%
GitHub CopilotVisual Studio CodeStacksSourcegraph Cody
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 · 637.9MStacks · 7KStacks · 12.2KStacks · 12.8KStacks · 8.7KStacks · 5.7KStacks · 5.1KStacks · 6.8KStacks · 6.3KSourcegraph Cody · 396.9KSourcegraph Cody · 383.2KSourcegraph Cody · 377.2KSourcegraph Cody · 305.8KSourcegraph Cody · 312.4KSourcegraph Cody · 254.6KSourcegraph Cody · 244.5KSourcegraph Cody · 235.9KSourcegraph Cody · 207.6KSourcegraph Cody · 185.6K1K10K100K1M10M100M1BGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MStacks · 7KStacks · 12.2KStacks · 12.8KStacks · 8.7KStacks · 5.7KStacks · 5.1KStacks · 6.8KStacks · 6.3KSourcegraph Cody · 396.9KSourcegraph Cody · 383.2KSourcegraph Cody · 377.2KSourcegraph Cody · 305.8KSourcegraph Cody · 312.4KSourcegraph Cody · 254.6KSourcegraph Cody · 244.5KSourcegraph Cody · 235.9KSourcegraph Cody · 207.6KSourcegraph Cody · 185.6KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Free
Paid
Freemium
Starting price
$4per month · free tier available
Free
$9per month
$16,000per month
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Plans
Free FreeTeam $4/moEnterprise $21/mo
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Be Productive $89/yrBe Collaborative $199/yrBe Creative $349/yr
Enterprise $16,000/yr
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
DocumentsTextWeb pages
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
Text
Code
Skill level
Intermediate
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Education & LearningProductivity & OfficeAI FilesAI Knowledge Management
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Coding
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Debugging
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Coding in VS Code
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Vs code
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Bookmarking
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Code autocompletion
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Digital information management
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Knowledge bases
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Code reviews
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Developer tools
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Agent management
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Code analysis
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Knowledge exploration
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Note taking
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Prompt management
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Terminal
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Reviews
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Prompts
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