Visual Studio Code vs Jules vs Runcell vs Gemini CLI

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
Jules
Competitor 2
Runcell
Competitor 3
Gemini CLI
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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 Jules
jules.google
An AI coding assistant that works while you sleep sounds like science fiction, but Jules runs continuously in the cloud doing exactly that
Competitor Runcell
runcell.dev
Competitor Gemini CLI
github.com
It can query and edit large codebases, generate new apps from PDFs, images, or sketches using multimodal input, and debug problems when you describe them in plain language.
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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280.8Kvisits/mo
176.9Kvisits/mo
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MoM change
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▼ 27.6%
▲ 4.1%
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6-month growth
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-46.5%
+13.2%
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Global rank web
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#198,101
#279,476
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Avg. last 3 months
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435.9K
168.7K
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Bounce rate lower is better
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49%
45%
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Pages / visit
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1.6
1.8
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Visit duration
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42s
45s
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Traffic sources
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● Direct 71% · ● Referral 28%
● Direct 73% · ● Referral 27%
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Visual Studio CodeJulesRuncellGemini CLI
0201K402.1K603.1K804.2KJules · 804.2KJules · 742.5KJules · 525.1KJules · 315.3KJules · 476.6KJules · 638.7KJules · 388.1KJules · 280.8KRuncell · 52KRuncell · 99.5KRuncell · 144.1KRuncell · 154KRuncell · 156.3KRuncell · 140.4KRuncell · 170.3KRuncell · 159.2KRuncell · 170KRuncell · 176.9K10K100K1MJules · 804.2KJules · 742.5KJules · 525.1KJules · 315.3KJules · 476.6KJules · 638.7KJules · 388.1KJules · 280.8KRuncell · 52KRuncell · 99.5KRuncell · 144.1KRuncell · 154KRuncell · 156.3KRuncell · 140.4KRuncell · 170.3KRuncell · 159.2KRuncell · 170KRuncell · 176.9KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
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Freemium
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Free
Starting price
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$20per month · free tier available
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Hobby FreePro $20/moPro+ $60/moUltra $200/mo+1 more
Free (personal Google account) Free
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
DataText
CodeDocumentsImagesText
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
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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.