Windsurf vs Cursor vs Kimi Code vs Cline

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
Cursor
Competitor 2
Kimi Code
Competitor 3
Cline
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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 Cursor
cursor.sh
Code editor that actually understands your codebase
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Competitor Kimi Code
kimi.com
Writing code means constantly jumping between your editor and browser tabs stuffed with documentation
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Competitor Cline
cline.bot
Terminal-first coders get a different kind of AI assistant here
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
29.6Kvisits/mo
4.5Mvisits/mo
60.1Mvisits/mo
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MoM change
▲ 7.8%
▲ 7.8%
▲ 52.2%
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6-month growth
+122.1%
-1.8%
+33.8%
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Global rank web
#1,172,623
#15,584
#852
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Avg. last 3 months
26.9K
4.4M
48.3M
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Bounce rate lower is better
50%
57%
37%
0%
Pages / visit
1.3
2.4
3.9
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Visit duration
13s
1m 36s
7m 13s
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Traffic sources
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● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
● Direct 89% · ● Referral 10%
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WindsurfCursorKimi CodeCline
015M30.1M45.1M60.1MWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6KCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MKimi Code · 43.3MKimi Code · 38.2MKimi Code · 33.5MKimi Code · 44.9MKimi Code · 48.1MKimi Code · 43MKimi Code · 45.3MKimi Code · 39.5MKimi Code · 60.1M10K100K1M10M100MWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6KCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MKimi Code · 43.3MKimi Code · 38.2MKimi Code · 33.5MKimi Code · 44.9MKimi Code · 48.1MKimi Code · 43MKimi Code · 45.3MKimi Code · 39.5MKimi Code · 60.1MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Free
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
$15per month · free tier available
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Plans
Free FreePro $20/moMax $200/moTeams $80/mo
Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
Adagio FreePlus $15/moPro $31/moMax $79/mo+1 more
Open Source CustomEnterprise Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Intermediate
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
2
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Coding
Refactoring
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Debugging
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Code reviews
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Developer tools
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Development
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Code documentation
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Developer assistance
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Shell commands
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Terminal commands management
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