Jules vs Visual Studio Code vs Cursor vs OpenAI Codex

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

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Jules
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Visual Studio Code
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Cursor
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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
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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 Cursor
cursor.sh
Code editor that actually understands your codebase
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Competitor OpenAI Codex
openai.com
A dedicated coding agent that writes and runs code for you
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
280.8Kvisits/mo
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4.5Mvisits/mo
204.3Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 27.6%
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▲ 7.8%
▲ 3.6%
6-month growth
-46.5%
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-1.8%
+0.3%
Global rank web
#198,101
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#15,584
#212
Avg. last 3 months
435.9K
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4.4M
197.3M
Bounce rate lower is better
49%
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57%
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Pages / visit
1.6
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3.0
Visit duration
42s
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1m 36s
2m 31s
Traffic sources
● Direct 71% · ● Referral 28%
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● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 17%
JulesVisual Studio CodeCursorOpenAI Codex
066.6M133.2M199.7M266.3MJules · 804.2KJules · 742.5KJules · 525.1KJules · 315.3KJules · 476.6KJules · 638.7KJules · 388.1KJules · 280.8KCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MOpenAI 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 · 280.8KCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MOpenAI 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
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Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
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Free
$20per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
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Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
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Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
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CodeText
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Output
Code
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
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Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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2
Coding
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Debugging
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Terminal commands management
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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.