Visual Studio Code vs GitHub Copilot vs Sourcegraph Cody vs Runcell

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
GitHub Copilot
Competitor 2
Sourcegraph Cody
Competitor 3
Runcell
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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 GitHub Copilot
github.com
Your AI pair programmer that actually knows the codebase
Competitor Sourcegraph Cody
sourcegraph.com
AI that knows your codebase
Competitor Runcell
runcell.dev
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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637.9Mvisits/mo
185.6Kvisits/mo
176.9Kvisits/mo
MoM change
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▲ 3.7%
▼ 10.6%
▲ 4.1%
6-month growth
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+19.3%
-40.6%
+13.2%
Global rank web
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#49
#204,583
#279,476
Avg. last 3 months
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629.7M
209.7K
168.7K
Bounce rate lower is better
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36%
42%
45%
Pages / visit
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5.9
2.9
1.8
Visit duration
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6m 26s
1m 39s
45s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 91% · ● Referral 7%
● Direct 73% · ● Referral 27%
Visual Studio CodeGitHub CopilotSourcegraph CodyRuncell
0159.5M318.9M478.4M637.9MGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MSourcegraph Cody · 396.9KSourcegraph Cody · 383.2KSourcegraph Cody · 377.2KSourcegraph Cody · 305.8KSourcegraph Cody · 312.4KSourcegraph Cody · 254.6KSourcegraph Cody · 244.5KSourcegraph Cody · 235.9KSourcegraph Cody · 207.6KSourcegraph Cody · 185.6KRuncell · 52KRuncell · 99.5KRuncell · 144.1KRuncell · 154KRuncell · 156.3KRuncell · 140.4KRuncell · 170.3KRuncell · 159.2KRuncell · 170KRuncell · 176.9K10K100K1M10M100M1BGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MSourcegraph Cody · 396.9KSourcegraph Cody · 383.2KSourcegraph Cody · 377.2KSourcegraph Cody · 305.8KSourcegraph Cody · 312.4KSourcegraph Cody · 254.6KSourcegraph Cody · 244.5KSourcegraph Cody · 235.9KSourcegraph Cody · 207.6KSourcegraph Cody · 185.6KRuncell · 52KRuncell · 99.5KRuncell · 144.1KRuncell · 154KRuncell · 156.3KRuncell · 140.4KRuncell · 170.3KRuncell · 159.2KRuncell · 170KRuncell · 176.9KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Free
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
Free
$4per month · free tier available
$16,000per month
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Plans
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Free FreeTeam $4/moEnterprise $21/mo
Enterprise $16,000/yr
Hobby FreePro $20/moPro+ $60/moUltra $200/mo+1 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
DataText
Output
Code
Code
Code
CodeData
Skill level
Advanced
Intermediate
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
4
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6
Coding
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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Agents
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Code explanations
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Code reviews
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Developer tools
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Python code debugging
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Agent management
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Code analysis
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Data science
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Debugging
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Prompt management
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Prompts
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