Windsurf vs Augment Code vs Visual Studio Code vs Zed

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

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Windsurf
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Augment Code
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Visual Studio Code
Competitor 3
Zed
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool 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 Augment Code
augmentcode.com
Augment Code is an agentic software development company whose Cosmos platform runs software agents across the development lifecycle.
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Competitor 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 Zed
zed.dev
Speed meets intelligence
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
29.6Kvisits/mo
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1.2Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 7.8%
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▼ 18.1%
6-month growth
+122.1%
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+26.6%
Global rank web
#1,172,623
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#47,672
Avg. last 3 months
26.9K
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1.5M
Bounce rate lower is better
50%
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42%
Pages / visit
1.3
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2.8
Visit duration
13s
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1m 56s
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● Direct 80% · ● Referral 18%
WindsurfAugment CodeVisual Studio CodeZed
0462K923.9K1.4M1.8MWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6KZed · 1.1MZed · 966.1KZed · 1.1MZed · 936.1KZed · 1.4MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.8MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.2M10K100K1M10MWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6KZed · 1.1MZed · 966.1KZed · 1.1MZed · 936.1KZed · 1.4MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.8MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.2MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Paid
Free
Freemium
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
$20per month
Free
Free tier
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Plans
Free FreePro $20/moMax $200/moTeams $80/mo
Standard $20/moBusiness $100/moEnterprise Custom
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Personal FreePro $10/moBusiness $30/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
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Categories
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+2 more
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Coding
Agents
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Debugging
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Code autocompletion
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Code reviews
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Agent management
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Coding in VS Code
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Vs code
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Development
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Testing
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Agent creation
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Code testing
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