Kimi Code vs Cursor vs OpenAI Codex CLI vs OpenAI Codex

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

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Kimi Code
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Cursor
Competitor 2
OpenAI Codex CLI
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OpenAI Codex
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Kimi Code
kimi.com
Writing code means constantly jumping between your editor and browser tabs stuffed with documentation
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Competitor Cursor
cursor.sh
Code editor that actually understands your codebase
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Competitor OpenAI Codex CLI
developers.openai.com
OpenAI Codex CLI brings the Codex coding agent to the terminal and to scripts.
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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
60.1Mvisits/mo
4.5Mvisits/mo
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204.3Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 52.2%
▲ 7.8%
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▲ 3.6%
6-month growth
+33.8%
-1.8%
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+0.3%
Global rank web
#852
#15,584
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#212
Avg. last 3 months
48.3M
4.4M
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197.3M
Bounce rate lower is better
37%
57%
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58%
Pages / visit
3.9
2.4
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3.0
Visit duration
7m 13s
1m 36s
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2m 31s
Traffic sources
● Direct 89% · ● Referral 10%
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
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● Direct 81% · ● Referral 17%
Kimi CodeCursorOpenAI Codex CLIOpenAI Codex
066.6M133.2M199.7M266.3MKimi Code · 43.3MKimi Code · 38.2MKimi Code · 33.5MKimi Code · 44.9MKimi Code · 48.1MKimi Code · 43MKimi Code · 45.3MKimi Code · 39.5MKimi Code · 60.1MCursor · 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 · 204.3M1M10M100M1BKimi Code · 43.3MKimi Code · 38.2MKimi Code · 33.5MKimi Code · 44.9MKimi Code · 48.1MKimi Code · 43MKimi Code · 45.3MKimi Code · 39.5MKimi Code · 60.1MCursor · 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
Freemium
Paid
Freemium
Starting price
$15per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
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$20per month · free tier available
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Plans
Adagio FreePlus $15/moPro $31/moMax $79/mo+1 more
Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
GPT-6-Astra $10GPT-6.1-Sol $2GPT-6-Luna $0.10GPT-Live-1 $0.05/minute+1 more
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Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeImagesText
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Intermediate
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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4
Coding
Debugging
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Developer tools
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Development
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Code documentation
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Shell commands
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Terminal commands management
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Prompts
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