OpenAI Codex vs Blackbox AI vs Cursor vs Gemini CLI

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

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OpenAI Codex
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Competitor 1
Blackbox AI
Competitor 2
Cursor
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
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Competitor Blackbox AI
blackbox.ai
Blackbox AI is an inference platform built around privacy and speed.
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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
204.3Mvisits/mo
1.5Mvisits/mo
4.5Mvisits/mo
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MoM change
▲ 3.6%
▼ 7.7%
▲ 7.8%
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6-month growth
+0.3%
-73.6%
-1.8%
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Global rank web
#212
#24,905
#15,584
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Avg. last 3 months
197.3M
1.8M
4.4M
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Bounce rate lower is better
58%
41%
57%
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Pages / visit
3.0
6.0
2.4
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Visit duration
2m 31s
1m 59s
1m 36s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 17%
● Direct 92% · ● Referral 6%
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
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OpenAI CodexBlackbox AICursorGemini CLI
066.6M133.2M199.7M266.3MOpenAI 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 · 204.3MBlackbox AI · 9.3MBlackbox AI · 6.9MBlackbox AI · 5.2MBlackbox AI · 5.5MBlackbox AI · 5.6MBlackbox AI · 5.1MBlackbox AI · 3.9MBlackbox AI · 2.4MBlackbox AI · 1.6MBlackbox AI · 1.5MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5M1M10M100M1BOpenAI 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 · 204.3MBlackbox AI · 9.3MBlackbox AI · 6.9MBlackbox AI · 5.2MBlackbox AI · 5.5MBlackbox AI · 5.6MBlackbox AI · 5.1MBlackbox AI · 3.9MBlackbox AI · 2.4MBlackbox AI · 1.6MBlackbox AI · 1.5MCursor · 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
Free
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
$20per month · free tier available
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Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
Free (personal Google account) Free
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
CodeDocumentsImagesText
Output
Code
CodeText
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI APIAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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6
Coding
Development
Debugging
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Refactoring
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Code analysis
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Terminal commands management
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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.