Visual Studio Code vs Layercode vs Kilo Code vs Cursor

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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LLayercode
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Kilo Code
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Cursor
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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 LLayercode
layercode.com
A developer building a telehealth app needs voice agents that respond instantly during patient consultations
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Competitor Kilo Code
kilocode.ai
Kilo Code is an open source AI agent Visual Studio (VS) Code extension that focuses on enhancing the efficiency of coding. The tool can generate code, automate tasks, and offer practical suggestions.
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Competitor Cursor
cursor.sh
Code editor that actually understands your codebase
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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548visits/mo
1.9Kvisits/mo
4.5Mvisits/mo
MoM change
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▼ 75.1%
▼ 42.3%
▲ 7.8%
6-month growth
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-96.0%
-94.4%
-1.8%
Global rank web
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#6,604,519
#4,668,091
#15,584
Avg. last 3 months
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1.6K
10.5K
4.4M
Bounce rate lower is better
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36%
34%
57%
Pages / visit
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1.0
2.4
2.4
Visit duration
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19s
1m 36s
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● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
Visual Studio CodeLayercodeKilo CodeCursor
01.2M2.3M3.5M4.6MLayercode · 6.8KLayercode · 21.9KLayercode · 13.7KLayercode · 4.3KLayercode · 3KLayercode · 2.1KLayercode · 2.2KLayercode · 548Kilo Code · 744.7KKilo Code · 164KKilo Code · 48.6KKilo Code · 16KKilo Code · 33.5KKilo Code · 14.4KKilo Code · 10.5KKilo Code · 26.4KKilo Code · 3.2KKilo Code · 1.9KCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5M1001K10K100K1M10MLayercode · 6.8KLayercode · 21.9KLayercode · 13.7KLayercode · 4.3KLayercode · 3KLayercode · 2.1KLayercode · 2.2KLayercode · 548Kilo Code · 744.7KKilo Code · 164KKilo Code · 48.6KKilo Code · 16KKilo Code · 33.5KKilo Code · 14.4KKilo Code · 10.5KKilo Code · 26.4KKilo Code · 3.2KKilo Code · 1.9KCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
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$250per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
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Capabilities input → output
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CodeText
AudioText
CodeText
CodeText
Output
Code
AudioText
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
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Categories
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Productivity & OfficeAI AssistantAI Email AssistantAI Scheduling
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Coding
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Coding in VS Code
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Code analysis
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