Kilo Code vs OpenAI Codex vs OpenAI API vs Cursor

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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OpenAI Codex
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Cursor
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4 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 OpenAI Codex
openai.com
A dedicated coding agent that writes and runs code for you
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Competitor OpenAI API
platform.openai.com
The API powering the AI ecosystem
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Competitor Cursor
cursor.sh
Code editor that actually understands your codebase
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
1.9Kvisits/mo
204.3Mvisits/mo
15.2Mvisits/mo
4.5Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 42.3%
▲ 3.6%
▲ 4.6%
▲ 7.8%
6-month growth
-94.4%
+0.3%
-2.4%
-1.8%
Global rank web
#4,668,091
#212
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#15,584
Avg. last 3 months
10.5K
197.3M
15.2M
4.4M
Bounce rate lower is better
34%
58%
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57%
Pages / visit
2.4
3.0
5.4
2.4
Visit duration
19s
2m 31s
3m 56s
1m 36s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 81% · ● Referral 17%
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
Kilo CodeOpenAI CodexOpenAI APICursor
066.6M133.2M199.7M266.3MKilo 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 · 1.9KOpenAI 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 · 204.3MOpenAI API · 18.7MOpenAI API · 16.7MOpenAI API · 16.5MOpenAI API · 15.6MOpenAI API · 15.9MOpenAI API · 15.1MOpenAI API · 15.7MOpenAI API · 14.6MOpenAI API · 15.2MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5M1K10K100K1M10M100M1BKilo 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 · 1.9KOpenAI 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 · 204.3MOpenAI API · 18.7MOpenAI API · 16.7MOpenAI API · 16.5MOpenAI API · 15.6MOpenAI API · 15.9MOpenAI API · 15.1MOpenAI API · 15.7MOpenAI API · 14.6MOpenAI API · 15.2MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Paid
Freemium
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
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$20per month · free tier available
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Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
TextCode
TextCode
AudioDocumentsImagesText
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
AudioCodeImagesTextVideo
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
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Categories
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI APILarge Language Models (LLMs)
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Coding in VS Code
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Refactoring
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Code analysis
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Terminal commands management
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Vs code
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