Visual Studio Code vs Augment Code vs Runcell vs Windsurf

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

Your tool
Visual Studio Code
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Competitor 1
Augment Code
Competitor 2
Runcell
Competitor 3
Windsurf
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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.
Competitor Augment Code
augmentcode.com
Augment Code is an agentic software development company whose Cosmos platform runs software agents across the development lifecycle.
Competitor Runcell
runcell.dev
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.
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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176.9Kvisits/mo
29.6Kvisits/mo
MoM change
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▲ 4.1%
▲ 7.8%
6-month growth
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+13.2%
+122.1%
Global rank web
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#279,476
#1,172,623
Avg. last 3 months
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168.7K
26.9K
Bounce rate lower is better
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45%
50%
Pages / visit
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1.8
1.3
Visit duration
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45s
13s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 73% · ● Referral 27%
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Visual Studio CodeAugment CodeRuncellWindsurf
044.2K88.4K132.7K176.9KRuncell · 52KRuncell · 99.5KRuncell · 144.1KRuncell · 154KRuncell · 156.3KRuncell · 140.4KRuncell · 170.3KRuncell · 159.2KRuncell · 170KRuncell · 176.9KWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6K10K100K1MRuncell · 52KRuncell · 99.5KRuncell · 144.1KRuncell · 154KRuncell · 156.3KRuncell · 140.4KRuncell · 170.3KRuncell · 159.2KRuncell · 170KRuncell · 176.9KWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Free
Paid
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
Free
$20per month
$20per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Standard $20/moBusiness $100/moEnterprise Custom
Hobby FreePro $20/moPro+ $60/moUltra $200/mo+1 more
Free FreePro $20/moMax $200/moTeams $80/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
DataText
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
CodeData
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Coding
Agents
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Code reviews
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Agent management
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Coding in VS Code
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Data analysis
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Jupyter notebooks
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Vs code
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Code explanations
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Debugging
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Developer tools
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Python code debugging
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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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GitHub pull requests
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