OpenAI Codex vs Microsoft Copilot vs Gemini vs Cursor

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

Your tool
OpenAI Codex
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Competitor 1
Microsoft Copilot
Competitor 2
Gemini
Competitor 3
Cursor
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool OpenAI Codex
openai.com
A dedicated coding agent that writes and runs code for you
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Competitor Microsoft Copilot
copilot.microsoft.com
AI across Microsoft
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Competitor Gemini
gemini.google.com
Google's most capable AI model
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Competitor Cursor
cursor.sh
Code editor that actually understands your codebase
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
204.3Mvisits/mo
81.9Mvisits/mo
2.6Bvisits/mo
4.5Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.6%
▼ 31.3%
▼ 2.6%
▲ 7.8%
6-month growth
+0.3%
-16.6%
+0.8%
-1.8%
Global rank web
#212
#609
#17
#15,584
Avg. last 3 months
197.3M
110.9M
2.7B
4.4M
Bounce rate lower is better
58%
36%
28%
57%
Pages / visit
3.0
3.6
4.1
2.4
Visit duration
2m 31s
5m 32s
7m 01s
1m 36s
Traffic sources
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 17%
● Direct 87% · ● Referral 11%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
OpenAI CodexMicrosoft CopilotGeminiCursor
0725.8M1.5B2.2B2.9BOpenAI 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 · 204.3MMicrosoft Copilot · 105.6MMicrosoft Copilot · 97.9MMicrosoft Copilot · 101.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 98.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 123.8MMicrosoft Copilot · 130MMicrosoft Copilot · 131.6MMicrosoft Copilot · 119.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 81.9MGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6BCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5M1M10M100M1B10BOpenAI 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 · 204.3MMicrosoft Copilot · 105.6MMicrosoft Copilot · 97.9MMicrosoft Copilot · 101.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 98.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 123.8MMicrosoft Copilot · 130MMicrosoft Copilot · 131.6MMicrosoft Copilot · 119.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 81.9MGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6BCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
$4.99per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free trial
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Free FreeGoogle AI Plus $4.99/moGoogle AI Pro $19.99/moGoogle AI Ultra 5x $99.99/mo+1 more
Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
TextCode
TextImagesDocumentsCodeAudio
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
TextCode
Output
Code
TextImagesCodeAudio
VideoTextImagesCodeAudio
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Generation+16 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+27 more
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Coding
Chatbots
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Image generation
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Research
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Search engine
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Summarizing
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Translations
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Writing
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Code reviews
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Debugging
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Development
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Code documentation
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Agents
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Email writing
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GitHub automation
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GitHub pull requests
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Homework assistance
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Image to image
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Large language models
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PDF analysis
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Productivity
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Refactoring
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Video generation
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Video summaries
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Voice assistance
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Image editing
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Terminal
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Terminal commands management
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