Qwen Code vs Cursor vs Kimi Code vs OpenAI Codex CLI

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

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Qwen Code
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Cursor
Competitor 2
Kimi Code
Competitor 3
OpenAI Codex CLI
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4 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.
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Competitor Cursor
cursor.sh
Code editor that actually understands your codebase
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Competitor Kimi Code
kimi.com
Writing code means constantly jumping between your editor and browser tabs stuffed with documentation
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Competitor OpenAI Codex CLI
developers.openai.com
OpenAI Codex CLI brings the Codex coding agent to the terminal and to scripts.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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4.5Mvisits/mo
60.1Mvisits/mo
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MoM change
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▲ 7.8%
▲ 52.2%
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6-month growth
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-1.8%
+33.8%
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Global rank web
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#15,584
#852
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Avg. last 3 months
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4.4M
48.3M
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Bounce rate lower is better
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57%
37%
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Pages / visit
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2.4
3.9
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Visit duration
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1m 36s
7m 13s
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Traffic sources
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● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
● Direct 89% · ● Referral 10%
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Qwen CodeCursorKimi CodeOpenAI Codex CLI
015M30.1M45.1M60.1MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MKimi Code · 43.3MKimi Code · 38.2MKimi Code · 33.5MKimi Code · 44.9MKimi Code · 48.1MKimi Code · 43MKimi Code · 45.3MKimi Code · 39.5MKimi Code · 60.1M1M10M100MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MKimi Code · 43.3MKimi Code · 38.2MKimi Code · 33.5MKimi Code · 44.9MKimi Code · 48.1MKimi Code · 43MKimi Code · 45.3MKimi Code · 39.5MKimi Code · 60.1MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Free
Freemium
Freemium
Paid
Starting price
Free
$20per month · free tier available
$15per month · free tier available
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Free tier
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Free trial
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API access
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Plans
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Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
Adagio FreePlus $15/moPro $31/moMax $79/mo+1 more
GPT-6-Astra $10GPT-6.1-Sol $2GPT-6-Luna $0.10GPT-Live-1 $0.05/minute+1 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
CodeImagesText
Output
Code
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Intermediate
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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2
Coding
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Debugging
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Development
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Code reviews
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Code documentation
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Developer assistance
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Shell commands
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Terminal commands management
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Community on aitoolstime
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Saves
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Reviews
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Prompts
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