Windsurf vs Claude Code vs OpenAI Codex CLI

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

Your tool
Windsurf
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Competitor 1
Claude Code
Competitor 2
OpenAI Codex CLI
Competitor 3
Suggested competitors for Windsurf: Ellipsis89% devlo86% GitHub Copilot85% Google Antigravity85% OpenHands84% Factory83% Augment Code83% Tempo Labs82%
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3 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 Claude Code
claude.com
Every plan tier hits usage limits
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Competitor OpenAI Codex CLI
developers.openai.com
OpenAI Codex CLI brings the Codex coding agent to the terminal and to scripts.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
29.6Kvisits/mo
123.5Mvisits/mo
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MoM change
▲ 7.8%
▼ 6.8%
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6-month growth
+122.1%
+106.6%
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Global rank web
#1,172,623
#434
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Avg. last 3 months
26.9K
125.2M
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Bounce rate lower is better
50%
64%
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Pages / visit
1.3
2.2
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Visit duration
13s
2m 36s
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Traffic sources
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● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
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WindsurfClaude CodeOpenAI Codex CLI
035M69.9M104.9M139.9MWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6KClaude Code · 19.2MClaude Code · 19.5MClaude Code · 35.8MClaude Code · 59.8MClaude Code · 139.9MClaude Code · 133.1MClaude Code · 119.5MClaude Code · 132.6MClaude Code · 123.5M10K100K1M10M100M1BWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6KClaude Code · 19.2MClaude Code · 19.5MClaude Code · 35.8MClaude Code · 59.8MClaude Code · 139.9MClaude Code · 133.1MClaude Code · 119.5MClaude Code · 132.6MClaude Code · 123.5MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Paid
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
$17per month · free tier available
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Free tier
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Free trial
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API access
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Plans
Free FreePro $20/moMax $200/moTeams $80/mo
Free FreePro $17/moMax 5x $100/moMax 20x Custom/mo+2 more
GPT-6-Astra $10GPT-6.1-Sol $2GPT-6-Luna $0.10GPT-Live-1 $0.05/minute+1 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeImagesText
Output
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Intermediate
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
6
6
2
Coding
Agents
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Debugging
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Code reviews
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Agent management
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Code analysis
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Developer tools
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Development
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GitHub pull requests
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Community on aitoolstime
Rating
no ratings yet
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Upvotes
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Saves
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Reviews
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Prompts
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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.