Kilo Code vs Aider vs Zed

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

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Kilo Code
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Aider
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Suggested competitors for Kilo Code: Cline88% Visual Studio Code88% GoCodeo87% TITheia IDE84% Claude Code84% SSafurai83% Gemini CLI83% Windsurf82%
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3 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Kilo Code
kilocode.ai
Kilo Code is an open source AI agent Visual Studio (VS) Code extension that focuses on enhancing the efficiency of coding. The tool can generate code, automate tasks, and offer practical suggestions.
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Competitor Aider
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AI pair programming in your terminal
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Competitor Zed
zed.dev
Speed meets intelligence
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
1.9Kvisits/mo
317.9Kvisits/mo
1.2Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 42.3%
▼ 15.9%
▼ 18.1%
6-month growth
-94.4%
-12.7%
+26.6%
Global rank web
#4,668,091
#140,509
#47,672
Avg. last 3 months
10.5K
378.5K
1.5M
Bounce rate lower is better
34%
48%
42%
Pages / visit
2.4
2.0
2.8
Visit duration
19s
55s
1m 56s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 83% · ● Referral 16%
● Direct 80% · ● Referral 18%
Kilo CodeAiderZed
0462K923.9K1.4M1.8MKilo Code · 744.7KKilo Code · 164KKilo Code · 48.6KKilo Code · 16KKilo Code · 33.5KKilo Code · 14.4KKilo Code · 10.5KKilo Code · 26.4KKilo Code · 3.2KKilo Code · 1.9KAider · 293.8KAider · 277.7KAider · 314.6KAider · 289.1KAider · 364.1KAider · 402KAider · 478.7KAider · 439.5KAider · 378KAider · 317.9KZed · 1.1MZed · 966.1KZed · 1.1MZed · 936.1KZed · 1.4MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.8MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.2M1K10K100K1M10MKilo Code · 744.7KKilo Code · 164KKilo Code · 48.6KKilo Code · 16KKilo Code · 33.5KKilo Code · 14.4KKilo Code · 10.5KKilo Code · 26.4KKilo Code · 3.2KKilo Code · 1.9KAider · 293.8KAider · 277.7KAider · 314.6KAider · 289.1KAider · 364.1KAider · 402KAider · 478.7KAider · 439.5KAider · 378KAider · 317.9KZed · 1.1MZed · 966.1KZed · 1.1MZed · 936.1KZed · 1.4MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.8MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.2MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Free
Freemium
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
Free
Free tier
Free tier
Free trial
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Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
AudioCodeImagesTextWeb pages
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Coding
Debugging
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Development
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Git commands
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Code autocompletion
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Code testing
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Coding in VS Code
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Terminal
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Code analysis
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Refactoring
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Terminal commands management
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Vs code
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