Kilo Code vs Visual Studio Code vs Codespell 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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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 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 Codespell
codespell.ai
CodeSpell, recently rebranded as SoftSpell, operates as an IDE-integrated coding assistant that generates code and documentation through a combination of inline suggestions and chat-based interactions
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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
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4.5Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 42.3%
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▼ 53.3%
▲ 7.8%
6-month growth
-94.4%
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-1.8%
Global rank web
#4,668,091
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#9,819,950
#15,584
Avg. last 3 months
10.5K
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1.6K
4.4M
Bounce rate lower is better
34%
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0%
57%
Pages / visit
2.4
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2.4
Visit duration
19s
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1m 36s
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● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
Kilo CodeVisual Studio CodeCodespellCursor
01.2M2.3M3.5M4.6MKilo 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 · 1.9KCodespell · 4.6KCodespell · 3.9KCodespell · 3.2KCodespell · 1.5KCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5M1K10K100K1M10MKilo 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 · 1.9KCodespell · 4.6KCodespell · 3.9KCodespell · 3.2KCodespell · 1.5KCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
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Free Trial
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Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
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$12per month
$20per month · free tier available
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Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
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Output
Code
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CodeDocuments
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Skill level
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Categories
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding AssistantAI Testing
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Coding
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