Theia IDE vs Windsurf vs Visual Studio Code vs Zed

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

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TITheia IDE
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Competitor 1
Windsurf
Competitor 2
Visual Studio Code
Competitor 3
Zed
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool TITheia IDE
theia-ide.org
An open-source IDE that puts AI at the center while giving you complete control over how it works
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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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Competitor Visual Studio Code
code.visualstudio.com
Visual Studio Code is a free, open source code editor that runs on Windows, macOS and Linux and now includes built-in AI agents.
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Competitor Zed
zed.dev
Speed meets intelligence
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
35.3Kvisits/mo
29.6Kvisits/mo
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1.2Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 8.1%
▲ 7.8%
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▼ 18.1%
6-month growth
-40.2%
+122.1%
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+26.6%
Global rank web
#929,571
#1,172,623
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#47,672
Avg. last 3 months
41.1K
26.9K
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1.5M
Bounce rate lower is better
41%
50%
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42%
Pages / visit
1.7
1.3
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2.8
Visit duration
27s
13s
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1m 56s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 80% · ● Referral 18%
Theia IDEWindsurfVisual Studio CodeZed
0462K923.9K1.4M1.8MTheia IDE · 54.7KTheia IDE · 58.4KTheia IDE · 59.1KTheia IDE · 49.4KTheia IDE · 47.5KTheia IDE · 49.5KTheia IDE · 38.4KTheia IDE · 35.3KWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6KZed · 1.1MZed · 966.1KZed · 1.1MZed · 936.1KZed · 1.4MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.8MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.2M10K100K1M10MTheia IDE · 54.7KTheia IDE · 58.4KTheia IDE · 59.1KTheia IDE · 49.4KTheia IDE · 47.5KTheia IDE · 49.5KTheia IDE · 38.4KTheia IDE · 35.3KWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6KZed · 1.1MZed · 966.1KZed · 1.1MZed · 936.1KZed · 1.4MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.8MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.2MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
Free
Freemium
Free
Freemium
Starting price
Free
$20per month · free tier available
Free
Free tier
Free tier
Free trial
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API access
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Plans
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Free FreePro $20/moMax $200/moTeams $80/mo
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Personal FreePro $10/moBusiness $30/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI Coding AssistantAI Developer Tools
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
5
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5
Coding
Developer tools
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Debugging
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Code autocompletion
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Agents
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Vs code
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Development
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Agent management
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Coding in VS Code
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Agent creation
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Code reviews
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Git commands
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GitHub pull requests
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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.