OpenAI Codex vs Microsoft Copilot vs Gemini vs Gemini CLI

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
Gemini CLI
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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
Competitor Microsoft Copilot
copilot.microsoft.com
AI across Microsoft
Competitor Gemini
gemini.google.com
Google's most capable AI model
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.
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
204.3Mvisits/mo
81.9Mvisits/mo
2.6Bvisits/mo
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MoM change
▲ 3.6%
▼ 31.3%
▼ 2.6%
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6-month growth
+0.3%
-16.6%
+0.8%
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Global rank web
#212
#609
#17
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Avg. last 3 months
197.3M
110.9M
2.7B
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Bounce rate lower is better
58%
36%
28%
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Pages / visit
3.0
3.6
4.1
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Visit duration
2m 31s
5m 32s
7m 01s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 17%
● Direct 87% · ● Referral 11%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
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OpenAI CodexMicrosoft CopilotGeminiGemini CLI
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 · 2.6B10M100M1B10BOpenAI 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 · 2.6BNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Free
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
$4.99per month · free tier available
Free
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
Free (personal Google account) Free
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
TextImagesDocumentsCodeAudio
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
CodeDocumentsImagesText
Output
Code
TextImagesCodeAudio
VideoTextImagesCodeAudio
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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15
6
Coding
Chatbots
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Agents
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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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Debugging
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Development
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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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Video generation
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Video summaries
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Voice assistance
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Code analysis
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Code documentation
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Code reviews
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Developer tools
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Image editing
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Terminal
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Prompts
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