Trae vs Windsurf vs Zed vs Codespell

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

Your tool
Trae
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Competitor 1
Windsurf
Competitor 2
Zed
Competitor 3
Codespell
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Trae
trae.ai
Trae is an AI product line with two parts: TraeCode, which it calls a 10x AI coding engineer, and TraeWork, a professional AI work assistant available on the web and as a download.
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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 Zed
zed.dev
Speed meets intelligence
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Competitor Codespell
codespell.ai
CodeSpell, recently rebranded as SoftSpell, operates as an IDE-integrated coding assistant that generates code and documentation through a combination of inline suggestions and chat-based interactions
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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29.6Kvisits/mo
1.2Mvisits/mo
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MoM change
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▲ 7.8%
▼ 18.1%
▼ 53.3%
6-month growth
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+122.1%
+26.6%
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Global rank web
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#1,172,623
#47,672
#9,819,950
Avg. last 3 months
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26.9K
1.5M
1.6K
Bounce rate lower is better
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50%
42%
0%
Pages / visit
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1.3
2.8
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Visit duration
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13s
1m 56s
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Traffic sources
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● Direct 80% · ● Referral 18%
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TraeWindsurfZedCodespell
0462K923.9K1.4M1.8MWindsurf · 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 · 1.2MCodespell · 4.6KCodespell · 3.9KCodespell · 3.2KCodespell · 1.5K1K10K100K1M10MWindsurf · 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 · 1.2MCodespell · 4.6KCodespell · 3.9KCodespell · 3.2KCodespell · 1.5KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Free Trial
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
$12per month
Free tier
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Free trial
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API access
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Plans
Free FreePro $20/moPro+ $60/moUltra $200/mo
Free FreePro $20/moMax $200/moTeams $80/mo
Personal FreePro $10/moBusiness $30/mo
Starter $12/moGrowth $20/moEnterprise Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
Code
CodeDocuments
Skill level
Intermediate
Advanced
Advanced
Intermediate
Categories
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AssistantAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding AssistantAI Testing
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
2
2
5
3
Coding
Code autocompletion
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Agents
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Code documentation
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Debugging
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Development
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Git commands
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Community on aitoolstime
Rating
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Saves
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Reviews
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Prompts
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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.