Jules vs Claude Code vs LM Studio vs OpenAI Codex

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

Your tool
Jules
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Competitor 1
Claude Code
Competitor 2
LM Studio
Competitor 3
OpenAI Codex
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Jules
jules.google
An AI coding assistant that works while you sleep sounds like science fiction, but Jules runs continuously in the cloud doing exactly that
Competitor Claude Code
claude.com
Every plan tier hits usage limits
Competitor LM Studio
lmstudio.ai
LM Studio is a desktop application for running large language models on your own computer, and its Bionic release adds an agent for work and code.
Competitor OpenAI Codex
openai.com
A dedicated coding agent that writes and runs code for you
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
280.8Kvisits/mo
123.5Mvisits/mo
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204.3Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 27.6%
▼ 6.8%
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▲ 3.6%
6-month growth
-46.5%
+106.6%
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+0.3%
Global rank web
#198,101
#434
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#212
Avg. last 3 months
435.9K
125.2M
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197.3M
Bounce rate lower is better
49%
64%
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58%
Pages / visit
1.6
2.2
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3.0
Visit duration
42s
2m 36s
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2m 31s
Traffic sources
● Direct 71% · ● Referral 28%
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
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● Direct 81% · ● Referral 17%
JulesClaude CodeLM StudioOpenAI Codex
066.6M133.2M199.7M266.3MJules · 804.2KJules · 742.5KJules · 525.1KJules · 315.3KJules · 476.6KJules · 638.7KJules · 388.1KJules · 280.8KClaude Code · 19.2MClaude Code · 19.5MClaude Code · 35.8MClaude Code · 59.8MClaude Code · 139.9MClaude Code · 133.1MClaude Code · 119.5MClaude Code · 132.6MClaude Code · 123.5MOpenAI Codex · 266.3MOpenAI Codex · 225MOpenAI Codex · 210.1MOpenAI Codex · 191.2MOpenAI Codex · 203.7MOpenAI Codex · 195.7MOpenAI Codex · 203.1MOpenAI Codex · 190.4MOpenAI Codex · 197.2MOpenAI Codex · 204.3M100K1M10M100M1BJules · 804.2KJules · 742.5KJules · 525.1KJules · 315.3KJules · 476.6KJules · 638.7KJules · 388.1KJules · 280.8KClaude Code · 19.2MClaude Code · 19.5MClaude Code · 35.8MClaude Code · 59.8MClaude Code · 139.9MClaude Code · 133.1MClaude Code · 119.5MClaude Code · 132.6MClaude Code · 123.5MOpenAI Codex · 266.3MOpenAI Codex · 225MOpenAI Codex · 210.1MOpenAI Codex · 191.2MOpenAI Codex · 203.7MOpenAI Codex · 195.7MOpenAI Codex · 203.1MOpenAI Codex · 190.4MOpenAI Codex · 197.2MOpenAI Codex · 204.3MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
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$17per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
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Free FreePro $17/moMax 5x $100/moMax 20x Custom/mo+2 more
Free FreeBionic+ $20/moPro $100/mo
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Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
AudioCodeText
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
CodeDocumentsSlidesText
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Intermediate
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Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Coding
Agents
Code reviews
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Terminal
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Debugging
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Code analysis
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Code explanations
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Documents
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GitHub automation
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Large language models
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Testing
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Code documentation
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Models
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Presentations
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Transcription
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UI testing
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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.