Visual Studio Code vs Augment Code vs OpenHands vs Windsurf

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

Your tool
Visual Studio Code
vs
Competitor 1
Augment Code
Competitor 2
OpenHands
Competitor 3
Windsurf
Compare
4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool 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.
Remove
Competitor Augment Code
augmentcode.com
Augment Code is an agentic software development company whose Cosmos platform runs software agents across the development lifecycle.
Make main Remove
Competitor OpenHands
openhands.dev
OpenHands is an open-source, model-agnostic platform for running coding agents in the cloud.
Make main Remove
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.
Make main Remove
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
—
—
—
29.6Kvisits/mo
MoM change
—
—
—
▲ 7.8%
6-month growth
—
—
—
+122.1%
Global rank web
—
—
—
#1,172,623
Avg. last 3 months
—
—
—
26.9K
Bounce rate lower is better
—
—
—
50%
Pages / visit
—
—
—
1.3
Visit duration
—
—
—
13s
Traffic sources
—
—
—
—
Visual Studio CodeAugment CodeOpenHandsWindsurf
07.4K14.8K22.2K29.6KWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6K10K100KWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
Free
Paid
Free
Freemium
Starting price
Free
$20per month
Free
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
–
Free trial
–
–
–
–
API access
–
–
–
Plans
—
Standard $20/moBusiness $100/moEnterprise Custom
Open Source (Local) FreeIndividual (SaaS) FreeEnterprise Custom
Free FreePro $20/moMax $200/moTeams $80/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+2 more
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
4
6
5
6
Coding
Agents
–
Code reviews
–
Agent management
–
–
–
Coding in VS Code
–
–
–
Vs code
–
–
–
Debugging
–
–
–
Developer tools
–
–
–
GitHub automation
–
–
–
Testing
–
–
–
Code testing
–
–
–
Cve monitoring
–
–
–
GitHub pull requests
–
–
–
Tech team automation
–
–
–
Community on aitoolstime
Rating
no ratings yet
no ratings yet
no ratings yet
no ratings yet
Upvotes
▲ 0
▲ 0
▲ 0
▲ 1
Saves
0
0
0
0
Reviews
0
0
0
0
Prompts
0
0
0
0
Verified listing
–
–
–
–

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.