Kimi Code vs Windsurf vs Visual Studio Code vs Continue

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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Windsurf
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Visual Studio Code
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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 Windsurf
windsurf.com
Windsurf, which now appears on the web as Devin Desktop, is a desktop code editor that doubles as a control room for coding agents.
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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 Continue
continue.dev
Continue is an open-source AI coding agent that was built by a community of developers and has since been acquired by Cursor.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
60.1Mvisits/mo
29.6Kvisits/mo
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410.4Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 52.2%
▲ 7.8%
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▼ 16.6%
6-month growth
+33.8%
+122.1%
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-24.4%
Global rank web
#852
#1,172,623
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#106,338
Avg. last 3 months
48.3M
26.9K
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539.2K
Bounce rate lower is better
37%
50%
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48%
Pages / visit
3.9
1.3
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2.4
Visit duration
7m 13s
13s
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1m 44s
Traffic sources
● Direct 89% · ● Referral 10%
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● Direct 93% · ● Referral 6%
Kimi CodeWindsurfVisual Studio CodeContinue
015M30.1M45.1M60.1MKimi Code · 43.3MKimi Code · 38.2MKimi Code · 33.5MKimi Code · 44.9MKimi Code · 48.1MKimi Code · 43MKimi Code · 45.3MKimi Code · 39.5MKimi Code · 60.1MWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6KContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4K10K100K1M10M100MKimi Code · 43.3MKimi Code · 38.2MKimi Code · 33.5MKimi Code · 44.9MKimi Code · 48.1MKimi Code · 43MKimi Code · 45.3MKimi Code · 39.5MKimi Code · 60.1MWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6KContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
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Free
Starting price
$15per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
Free
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Plans
Adagio FreePlus $15/moPro $31/moMax $79/mo+1 more
Free FreePro $20/moMax $200/moTeams $80/mo
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Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Intermediate
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
6
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Coding
Debugging
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Developer tools
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Code reviews
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Agent management
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Agents
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Coding in VS Code
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Vs code
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Refactoring
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Developer assistance
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Development
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GitHub pull requests
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Shell commands
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Community on aitoolstime
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Upvotes
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Prompts
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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.