GitHub Copilot vs Windsurf vs Claude

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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Competitor 1
Windsurf
Competitor 2
Claude
Competitor 3
Suggested competitors for GitHub Copilot: Cursor90% CodeRabbit85% Sourcegraph Cody82% Continue82% Claude Code82% Tabnine80% Gemini Code Assist80% Devin80%
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3 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 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 Claude
claude.ai
AI assistant built to be helpful, harmless, and honest
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
637.9Mvisits/mo
29.6Kvisits/mo
950.2Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.7%
▲ 7.8%
▼ 2.0%
6-month growth
+19.3%
+122.1%
+54.8%
Global rank web
#49
#1,172,623
#40
Avg. last 3 months
629.7M
26.9K
955.4M
Bounce rate lower is better
36%
50%
26%
Pages / visit
5.9
1.3
4.5
Visit duration
6m 26s
13s
6m 14s
Traffic sources
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
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● Direct 93% · ● Referral 5%
GitHub CopilotWindsurfClaude
0242.3M484.7M727M969.3MGitHub 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 · 29.6KClaude · 180.3MClaude · 172.7MClaude · 202.9MClaude · 290.3MClaude · 613.7MClaude · 823.5MClaude · 952.6MClaude · 946.8MClaude · 969.3MClaude · 950.2M10K100K1M10M100M1BGitHub 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 · 29.6KClaude · 180.3MClaude · 172.7MClaude · 202.9MClaude · 290.3MClaude · 613.7MClaude · 823.5MClaude · 952.6MClaude · 946.8MClaude · 969.3MClaude · 950.2MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$4per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
$20per 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 FreePro $20/moMax $200/moTeams $80/mo
Free FreePro $20/moMax 5x $100/moMax 20x $200/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeDocumentsImagesText
Output
Code
Code
CodeDataDocumentsSlidesText
Skill level
Intermediate
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningProductivity & Office+19 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 3 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
4
6
26
Coding
Agents
Code reviews
Agent management
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Debugging
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Chatbots
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APIs
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Document summarization
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Essay writing
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Large language models
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PDF analysis
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Paraphrasing
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Research
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Summarizing
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Terminal
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Translations
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Writing
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Blogging
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Code documentation
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Copywriting
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Email writing
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GitHub pull requests
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Grammar checking
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Proofreading
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Refactoring
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SQL queries
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Testing
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Tutoring
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Prompts
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