OpenAI Codex vs Cursor vs Windsurf

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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Cursor
Competitor 2
Windsurf
Competitor 3
Suggested competitors for OpenAI Codex: Claude Code92% GitHub Copilot86% Jules85% CodeRabbit84% Qodo (Formerly Codium)82% Gemini CLI82% Kilo Code80% Google Antigravity80%
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3 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 Cursor
cursor.sh
Code editor that actually understands your codebase
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Competitor Windsurf
windsurf.com
Windsurf, which now appears on the web as Devin Desktop, is a desktop code editor that doubles as a control room for coding agents.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
204.3Mvisits/mo
4.5Mvisits/mo
29.6Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.6%
▲ 7.8%
▲ 7.8%
6-month growth
+0.3%
-1.8%
+122.1%
Global rank web
#212
#15,584
#1,172,623
Avg. last 3 months
197.3M
4.4M
26.9K
Bounce rate lower is better
58%
57%
50%
Pages / visit
3.0
2.4
1.3
Visit duration
2m 31s
1m 36s
13s
Traffic sources
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 17%
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
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OpenAI CodexCursorWindsurf
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 · 204.3MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6K10K100K1M10M100M1BOpenAI 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 · 4.5MWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free trial
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API access
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Plans
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Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
Free FreePro $20/moMax $200/moTeams $80/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
2
7
2
Coding
Code reviews
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Agents
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Debugging
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Development
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Refactoring
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Code documentation
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Terminal commands management
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Prompts
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