Visual Studio Code vs OpenAI Codex vs Cursor vs Gemini CLI

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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OpenAI Codex
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Cursor
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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.
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Competitor OpenAI Codex
openai.com
A dedicated coding agent that writes and runs code for you
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Competitor Cursor
cursor.sh
Code editor that actually understands your codebase
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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.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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204.3Mvisits/mo
4.5Mvisits/mo
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MoM change
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▲ 3.6%
▲ 7.8%
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6-month growth
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+0.3%
-1.8%
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Global rank web
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#212
#15,584
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Avg. last 3 months
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197.3M
4.4M
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Bounce rate lower is better
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58%
57%
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Pages / visit
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3.0
2.4
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Visit duration
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2m 31s
1m 36s
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Traffic sources
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● Direct 81% · ● Referral 17%
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
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Visual Studio CodeOpenAI CodexCursorGemini CLI
066.6M133.2M199.7M266.3MOpenAI Codex · 266.3MOpenAI Codex · 225MOpenAI Codex · 210.1MOpenAI Codex · 191.2MOpenAI Codex · 203.7MOpenAI Codex · 195.7MOpenAI Codex · 203.1MOpenAI Codex · 190.4MOpenAI Codex · 197.2MOpenAI Codex · 204.3MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5M1M10M100M1BOpenAI Codex · 266.3MOpenAI Codex · 225MOpenAI Codex · 210.1MOpenAI Codex · 191.2MOpenAI Codex · 203.7MOpenAI Codex · 195.7MOpenAI Codex · 203.1MOpenAI Codex · 190.4MOpenAI Codex · 197.2MOpenAI Codex · 204.3MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
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Freemium
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Starting price
Free
$20per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
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Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
Free (personal Google account) Free
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
CodeDocumentsImagesText
Output
Code
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
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Categories
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
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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Debugging
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Refactoring
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Code analysis
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Terminal commands management
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