LM Studio vs GitHub Copilot CLI vs Visual Studio Code vs Windsurf

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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GitHub Copilot CLI
Competitor 2
Visual Studio Code
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Windsurf
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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 GitHub Copilot CLI
github.com
It reads, writes and runs code, works directly with your issues and pull requests, and carries a task from planning to merged code.
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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 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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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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29.6Kvisits/mo
MoM change
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▲ 7.8%
6-month growth
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+122.1%
Global rank web
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#1,172,623
Avg. last 3 months
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26.9K
Bounce rate lower is better
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50%
Pages / visit
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1.3
Visit duration
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13s
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LM StudioGitHub Copilot CLIVisual Studio CodeWindsurf
07.4K14.8K22.2K29.6KWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6K10K100KWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
Freemium
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Freemium
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
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$20per month · free tier available
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Plans
Free FreeBionic+ $20/moPro $100/mo
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Free FreePro $20/moMax $200/moTeams $80/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
AudioCodeText
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
Output
CodeDocumentsSlidesText
Code
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Code
Skill level
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Intermediate
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Categories
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant+2 more
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Coding
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Code autocompletion
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Local AI
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Documents
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Large language models
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Code reviews
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GitHub management
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Models
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Presentations
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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.