LM Studio vs Augment Code vs Windsurf vs Manus

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

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LM Studio
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Augment Code
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Windsurf
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Manus
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool LM Studio
lmstudio.ai
LM Studio is a desktop application for running large language models on your own computer, and its Bionic release adds an agent for work and code.
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Competitor Augment Code
augmentcode.com
Augment Code is an agentic software development company whose Cosmos platform runs software agents across the development lifecycle.
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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 Manus
manus.im
Manus is an AI agent that goes beyond answering questions to carry out tasks and automate workflows.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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29.6Kvisits/mo
25Mvisits/mo
MoM change
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▲ 7.8%
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6-month growth
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+122.1%
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Global rank web
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#1,172,623
#2,481
Avg. last 3 months
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26.9K
22.6M
Bounce rate lower is better
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50%
37%
Pages / visit
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1.3
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Visit duration
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13s
6m 52s
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● Direct 84% · ● Referral 13%
LM StudioAugment CodeWindsurfManus
07.4M14.7M22.1M29.4MWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6KManus · 14.8MManus · 14.4MManus · 18.6MManus · 21.1MManus · 28.8MManus · 29.4MManus · 28MManus · 23.2MManus · 19.6MManus · 25M10K100K1M10M100MWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6KManus · 14.8MManus · 14.4MManus · 18.6MManus · 21.1MManus · 28.8MManus · 29.4MManus · 28MManus · 23.2MManus · 19.6MManus · 25MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Paid
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
$20per month
$20per month · free tier available
$16per month · free tier available
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Plans
Free FreeBionic+ $20/moPro $100/mo
Standard $20/moBusiness $100/moEnterprise Custom
Free FreePro $20/moMax $200/moTeams $80/mo
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Capabilities input → output
Input
TextCodeAudio
TextCode
CodeText
TextImagesDocuments
Output
TextSlidesDocumentsCode
Code
Code
SlidesVideoImagesDocumentsApps
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
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Intermediate
Categories
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant+2 more
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+2 more
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Audio & MusicDesign & CreativeDevelopment & CodeImage Generation+15 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Agents
Coding
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Debugging
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Developer tools
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Documents
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Large language models
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Research
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Testing
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Website building
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Code testing
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Image generation
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Models
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Music
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Transcription
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Video generation
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