Mintlify vs Cursor vs OpenAI Codex vs ReadMe

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

Your tool
Mintlify
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Cursor
Competitor 2
OpenAI Codex
Competitor 3
ReadMe
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Mintlify
mintlify.com
Documentation that writes itself from your code
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Competitor Cursor
cursor.sh
Code editor that actually understands your codebase
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Competitor OpenAI Codex
openai.com
A dedicated coding agent that writes and runs code for you
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Competitor ReadMe
readme.com
ReadMe builds interactive API documentation that developers can read, test and search.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
387.9Kvisits/mo
4.5Mvisits/mo
204.3Mvisits/mo
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MoM change
▲ 4.0%
▲ 7.8%
▲ 3.6%
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6-month growth
-37.3%
-1.8%
+0.3%
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Global rank web
#114,864
#15,584
#212
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Avg. last 3 months
367.8K
4.4M
197.3M
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Bounce rate lower is better
47%
57%
58%
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Pages / visit
3.5
2.4
3.0
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Visit duration
1m 51s
1m 36s
2m 31s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 74% · ● Referral 25%
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 17%
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MintlifyCursorOpenAI CodexReadMe
066.6M133.2M199.7M266.3MMintlify · 373.1KMintlify · 331.3KMintlify · 338.6KMintlify · 353.9KMintlify · 618.3KMintlify · 1.4MMintlify · 718.1KMintlify · 342.3KMintlify · 373.1KMintlify · 387.9KCursor · 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 · 204.3M100K1M10M100M1BMintlify · 373.1KMintlify · 331.3KMintlify · 338.6KMintlify · 353.9KMintlify · 618.3KMintlify · 1.4MMintlify · 718.1KMintlify · 342.3KMintlify · 373.1KMintlify · 387.9KCursor · 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
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$450per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
$250per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Plans
Starter FreePro $450/moEnterprise Custom
Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
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Starter FreePro $250/moEnterprise Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
DocumentsTextWeb pages
Output
Documents
Code
Code
DocumentsText
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Intermediate
Categories
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI Developer ToolsAI Documents Generator
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeEducation & LearningAI Developer ToolsAI Knowledge Management
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Code documentation
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Code reviews
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Debugging
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API docs
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Agents
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Writing documentation
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GitHub automation
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GitHub pull requests
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Refactoring
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AI search
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Documents
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Terminal
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Terminal commands management
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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.