Visual Studio Code vs Qoder vs Kiro vs Windsurf

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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Qoder
Competitor 2
Kiro
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.
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Competitor Qoder
qoder.com
Over a million developers already use Qoder
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Competitor Kiro
kiro.dev
Kiro is an agentic engineering environment for developers and teams.
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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.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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3Mvisits/mo
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29.6Kvisits/mo
MoM change
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▼ 6.6%
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▲ 7.8%
6-month growth
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+22.5%
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+122.1%
Global rank web
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#15,878
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#1,172,623
Avg. last 3 months
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3.1M
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26.9K
Bounce rate lower is better
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32%
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50%
Pages / visit
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5.0
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1.3
Visit duration
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4m 15s
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13s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 85% · ● Referral 15%
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Visual Studio CodeQoderKiroWindsurf
0799.8K1.6M2.4M3.2MQoder · 1.1MQoder · 1.3MQoder · 1.4MQoder · 1.2MQoder · 2.4MQoder · 2.2MQoder · 2.7MQoder · 3.1MQoder · 3.2MQoder · 3MWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6K10K100K1M10MQoder · 1.1MQoder · 1.3MQoder · 1.4MQoder · 1.2MQoder · 2.4MQoder · 2.2MQoder · 2.7MQoder · 3.1MQoder · 3.2MQoder · 3MWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Free
Freemium
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Starting price
Free
$20per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Free FreePro $20/moPro+ $60/moUltra $200/mo
Free FreePro $20/moPro+ $40/moPro Max $100/mo+2 more
Free FreePro $20/moMax $200/moTeams $80/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeImagesText
CodeText
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Intermediate
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding AssistantAI Testing
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Coding
Agents
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Code autocompletion
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Coding in VS Code
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Vs code
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Code testing
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MCP
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Project specifications
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Code documentation
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Code reviews
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GitHub pull requests
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Test creation
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Testing
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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.