GitHub Copilot vs Zed vs Visual Studio Code vs Amazon Q Developer

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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Zed
Competitor 2
Visual Studio Code
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Amazon Q Developer
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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 Zed
zed.dev
Speed meets intelligence
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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 Amazon Q Developer
aws.amazon.com
AWS coding assistant formerly known as CodeWhisperer
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
637.9Mvisits/mo
1.2Mvisits/mo
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62.6Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.7%
▼ 18.1%
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▲ 3.5%
6-month growth
+19.3%
+26.6%
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+13.3%
Global rank web
#49
#47,672
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#383
Avg. last 3 months
629.7M
1.5M
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60.7M
Bounce rate lower is better
36%
42%
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25%
Pages / visit
5.9
2.8
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13.9
Visit duration
6m 26s
1m 56s
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10m 30s
Traffic sources
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 80% · ● Referral 18%
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● Direct 66% · ● Referral 30%
GitHub CopilotZedVisual Studio CodeAmazon Q Developer
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 · 637.9MZed · 1.1MZed · 966.1KZed · 1.1MZed · 936.1KZed · 1.4MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.8MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.2MAmazon Q Developer · 58.7MAmazon Q Developer · 56.5MAmazon Q Developer · 56.6MAmazon Q Developer · 55.3MAmazon Q Developer · 61.1MAmazon Q Developer · 62.3MAmazon Q Developer · 59.1MAmazon Q Developer · 60.5MAmazon Q Developer · 62.6M100K1M10M100M1BGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MZed · 1.1MZed · 966.1KZed · 1.1MZed · 936.1KZed · 1.4MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.8MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.2MAmazon Q Developer · 58.7MAmazon Q Developer · 56.5MAmazon Q Developer · 56.6MAmazon Q Developer · 55.3MAmazon Q Developer · 61.1MAmazon Q Developer · 62.3MAmazon Q Developer · 59.1MAmazon Q Developer · 60.5MAmazon Q Developer · 62.6MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Free
Freemium
Starting price
$4per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free
$19per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Plans
Free FreeTeam $4/moEnterprise $21/mo
Personal FreePro $10/moBusiness $30/mo
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Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Intermediate
Advanced
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Intermediate
Categories
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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9
Coding
Debugging
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Code autocompletion
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Code refactoring
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Coding in VS Code
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Vs code
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AWS guidance
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Agents
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Code documentation
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Developer tools
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Development
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AWS management
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Agent management
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Code testing
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Prompts
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