Qwen Code vs Aider vs Cursor

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

Your tool
Qwen Code
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Aider
Competitor 2
Cursor
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3 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Qwen Code
github.com
Qwen Code is an open-source AI coding agent that lives in the terminal and also runs in editors, a desktop app, a Web UI and chat apps.
Competitor Aider
aider.chat
AI pair programming in your terminal
Competitor Cursor
cursor.sh
Code editor that actually understands your codebase
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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317.9Kvisits/mo
4.5Mvisits/mo
MoM change
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▼ 15.9%
▲ 7.8%
6-month growth
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-12.7%
-1.8%
Global rank web
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#140,509
#15,584
Avg. last 3 months
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378.5K
4.4M
Bounce rate lower is better
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48%
57%
Pages / visit
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2.0
2.4
Visit duration
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55s
1m 36s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 83% · ● Referral 16%
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
Qwen CodeAiderCursor
01.2M2.3M3.5M4.6MAider · 293.8KAider · 277.7KAider · 314.6KAider · 289.1KAider · 364.1KAider · 402KAider · 478.7KAider · 439.5KAider · 378KAider · 317.9KCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5M100K1M10MAider · 293.8KAider · 277.7KAider · 314.6KAider · 289.1KAider · 364.1KAider · 402KAider · 478.7KAider · 439.5KAider · 378KAider · 317.9KCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Free
Free
Freemium
Starting price
Free
Free
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free trial
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Plans
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Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
AudioCodeImagesTextWeb pages
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
3
8
7
Coding
Development
Debugging
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Refactoring
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Terminal commands management
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Code reviews
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Code testing
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Git commands
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Terminal
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Code documentation
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Developer tools
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