Visual Studio Code vs Windsurf vs OpenAI Codex 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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Windsurf
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OpenAI Codex
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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 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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Competitor OpenAI Codex
openai.com
A dedicated coding agent that writes and runs code for you
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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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29.6Kvisits/mo
204.3Mvisits/mo
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MoM change
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▲ 7.8%
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6-month growth
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+122.1%
+0.3%
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Global rank web
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#1,172,623
#212
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Avg. last 3 months
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26.9K
197.3M
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Bounce rate lower is better
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50%
58%
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Pages / visit
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1.3
3.0
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Visit duration
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13s
2m 31s
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● Direct 81% · ● Referral 17%
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Visual Studio CodeWindsurfOpenAI CodexGemini CLI
066.6M133.2M199.7M266.3MWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6KOpenAI 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 · 204.3M10K100K1M10M100M1BWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6KOpenAI 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 · 204.3MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
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Starting price
Free
$20per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
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Free FreePro $20/moMax $200/moTeams $80/mo
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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 & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI 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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