OpenAI Codex CLI vs Layercode vs Cursor vs Gemini CLI

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

Your tool
OpenAI Codex CLI
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Competitor 1
LLayercode
Competitor 2
Cursor
Competitor 3
Gemini CLI
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool OpenAI Codex CLI
developers.openai.com
OpenAI Codex CLI brings the Codex coding agent to the terminal and to scripts.
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Competitor LLayercode
layercode.com
A developer building a telehealth app needs voice agents that respond instantly during patient consultations
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Competitor Cursor
cursor.sh
Code editor that actually understands your codebase
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Competitor Gemini CLI
github.com
It can query and edit large codebases, generate new apps from PDFs, images, or sketches using multimodal input, and debug problems when you describe them in plain language.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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548visits/mo
4.5Mvisits/mo
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MoM change
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▼ 75.1%
▲ 7.8%
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6-month growth
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-96.0%
-1.8%
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Global rank web
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#6,604,519
#15,584
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Avg. last 3 months
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1.6K
4.4M
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Bounce rate lower is better
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36%
57%
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Pages / visit
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1.0
2.4
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Visit duration
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1m 36s
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● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
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OpenAI Codex CLILayercodeCursorGemini CLI
01.2M2.3M3.5M4.6MLayercode · 6.8KLayercode · 21.9KLayercode · 13.7KLayercode · 4.3KLayercode · 3KLayercode · 2.1KLayercode · 2.2KLayercode · 548Cursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5M1001K10K100K1M10MLayercode · 6.8KLayercode · 21.9KLayercode · 13.7KLayercode · 4.3KLayercode · 3KLayercode · 2.1KLayercode · 2.2KLayercode · 548Cursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
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Freemium
Freemium
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Starting price
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$250per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
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Plans
GPT-6-Astra $10GPT-6.1-Sol $2GPT-6-Luna $0.10GPT-Live-1 $0.05/minute+1 more
Developer FreePro $250/moEnterprise Custom
Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
Free (personal Google account) Free
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeImagesText
AudioText
CodeText
CodeDocumentsImagesText
Output
Code
AudioText
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Productivity & OfficeAI AssistantAI Email AssistantAI Scheduling
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Code analysis
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Terminal commands management
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