Windsurf vs Cline vs Augment Code vs Ellipsis

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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Cline
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Augment Code
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Ellipsis
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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 Cline
cline.bot
Terminal-first coders get a different kind of AI assistant here
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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 Ellipsis
ellipsis.dev
Ellipsis is a managed cloud platform for running coding agents.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
29.6Kvisits/mo
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MoM change
▲ 7.8%
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6-month growth
+122.1%
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Global rank web
#1,172,623
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Avg. last 3 months
26.9K
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Bounce rate lower is better
50%
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Pages / visit
1.3
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Visit duration
13s
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WindsurfClineAugment CodeEllipsis
07.4K14.8K22.2K29.6KWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6K10K100KWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
Freemium
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Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
Free
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$5,000per month
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Plans
Free FreePro $20/moMax $200/moTeams $80/mo
Open Source CustomEnterprise Custom
Standard $20/moBusiness $100/moEnterprise Custom
Managed SaaS Usage-basedYour AWS Account Usage-based
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
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Skill level
Advanced
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Categories
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+2 more
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Agents
Coding
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Debugging
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Terminal
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Code testing
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Cve monitoring
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Development
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Terminal commands management
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