Visual Studio Code vs Augment Code vs Runcell vs Kimi Code

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

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Visual Studio Code
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Augment Code
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Runcell
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Kimi Code
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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.
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Competitor Augment Code
augmentcode.com
Augment Code is an agentic software development company whose Cosmos platform runs software agents across the development lifecycle.
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Competitor Runcell
runcell.dev
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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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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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176.9Kvisits/mo
60.1Mvisits/mo
MoM change
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▲ 4.1%
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6-month growth
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+13.2%
+33.8%
Global rank web
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#279,476
#852
Avg. last 3 months
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168.7K
48.3M
Bounce rate lower is better
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45%
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Pages / visit
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1.8
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Visit duration
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45s
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● Direct 73% · ● Referral 27%
● Direct 89% · ● Referral 10%
Visual Studio CodeAugment CodeRuncellKimi Code
015M30.1M45.1M60.1MRuncell · 52KRuncell · 99.5KRuncell · 144.1KRuncell · 154KRuncell · 156.3KRuncell · 140.4KRuncell · 170.3KRuncell · 159.2KRuncell · 170KRuncell · 176.9KKimi Code · 43.3MKimi Code · 38.2MKimi Code · 33.5MKimi Code · 44.9MKimi Code · 48.1MKimi Code · 43MKimi Code · 45.3MKimi Code · 39.5MKimi Code · 60.1M10K100K1M10M100MRuncell · 52KRuncell · 99.5KRuncell · 144.1KRuncell · 154KRuncell · 156.3KRuncell · 140.4KRuncell · 170.3KRuncell · 159.2KRuncell · 170KRuncell · 176.9KKimi 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
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Starting price
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$20per month
$20per month · free tier available
$15per month · free tier available
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Hobby FreePro $20/moPro+ $60/moUltra $200/mo+1 more
Adagio FreePlus $15/moPro $31/moMax $79/mo+1 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
DataText
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
CodeData
Code
Skill level
Advanced
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Categories
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+2 more
Development & CodeResearch & AnalyticsAI Coding AssistantAI For Data Analytics
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Coding
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Data analysis
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Jupyter notebooks
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Vs code
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Agents
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Code explanations
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Debugging
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Python code debugging
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Refactoring
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Testing
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Code testing
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Cve monitoring
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Data science
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Developer assistance
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