OpenAI API vs OpenAI Codex vs Cursor vs Cohere

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

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OpenAI API
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OpenAI Codex
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Cursor
Competitor 3
Cohere
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool OpenAI API
platform.openai.com
The API powering the AI ecosystem
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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 Cursor
cursor.sh
Code editor that actually understands your codebase
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Competitor Cohere
cohere.com
Enterprise AI for business language
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
15.2Mvisits/mo
204.3Mvisits/mo
4.5Mvisits/mo
773.1Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 4.6%
▲ 3.6%
▲ 7.8%
▼ 14.2%
6-month growth
-2.4%
+0.3%
-1.8%
+68.3%
Global rank web
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#212
#15,584
#72,961
Avg. last 3 months
15.2M
197.3M
4.4M
758K
Bounce rate lower is better
34%
58%
57%
51%
Pages / visit
5.4
3.0
2.4
2.5
Visit duration
3m 56s
2m 31s
1m 36s
2m 21s
Traffic sources
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 17%
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
● Direct 78% · ● Referral 20%
OpenAI APIOpenAI CodexCursorCohere
066.6M133.2M199.7M266.3MOpenAI API · 18.7MOpenAI API · 16.7MOpenAI API · 16.5MOpenAI API · 15.6MOpenAI API · 15.9MOpenAI API · 15.1MOpenAI API · 15.7MOpenAI API · 14.6MOpenAI API · 15.2MOpenAI 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 · 204.3MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MCohere · 579.9KCohere · 616.7KCohere · 446KCohere · 459.3KCohere · 505.7KCohere · 536.7KCohere · 599.7KCohere · 901.3KCohere · 773.1K100K1M10M100M1BOpenAI API · 18.7MOpenAI API · 16.7MOpenAI API · 16.5MOpenAI API · 15.6MOpenAI API · 15.9MOpenAI API · 15.1MOpenAI API · 15.7MOpenAI API · 14.6MOpenAI API · 15.2MOpenAI 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 · 204.3MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MCohere · 579.9KCohere · 616.7KCohere · 446KCohere · 459.3KCohere · 505.7KCohere · 536.7KCohere · 599.7KCohere · 901.3KCohere · 773.1KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Paid
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
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$20per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Free trial
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API access
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Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
Trial FreeProduction Custom/usage-basedModel Vault Custom/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
AudioDocumentsImagesText
TextCode
CodeText
TextDocumentsAudio
Output
AudioCodeImagesTextVideo
Code
Code
TextData
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI APILarge Language Models (LLMs)
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI Agent+4 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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9
Development
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APIs
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Coding
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Agents
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Large language models
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LLM development
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Code reviews
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Debugging
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Code documentation
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Chatbots
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Customer support chatbot
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Developer tools
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GitHub automation
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GitHub pull requests
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Models
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Refactoring
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API integrations
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Chatbot building
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Productivity
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Terminal
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Terminal commands management
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