Windsurf vs Cursor vs Zed vs Ellipsis

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
Zed
Competitor 3
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 Cursor
cursor.sh
Code editor that actually understands your codebase
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Competitor Zed
zed.dev
Speed meets intelligence
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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
4.5Mvisits/mo
1.2Mvisits/mo
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MoM change
▲ 7.8%
▲ 7.8%
▼ 18.1%
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6-month growth
+122.1%
-1.8%
+26.6%
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Global rank web
#1,172,623
#15,584
#47,672
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Avg. last 3 months
26.9K
4.4M
1.5M
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Bounce rate lower is better
50%
57%
42%
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Pages / visit
1.3
2.4
2.8
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Visit duration
13s
1m 36s
1m 56s
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Traffic sources
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● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
● Direct 80% · ● Referral 18%
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WindsurfCursorZedEllipsis
01.2M2.3M3.5M4.6MWindsurf · 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 · 4.5MZed · 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 · 29.6KCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MZed · 1.1MZed · 966.1KZed · 1.1MZed · 936.1KZed · 1.4MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.8MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.2MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Paid
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
$5,000per month
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
Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
Personal FreePro $10/moBusiness $30/mo
Managed SaaS Usage-basedYour AWS Account Usage-based
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
6
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7
Coding
Debugging
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Code reviews
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Agents
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Agent management
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Development
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GitHub pull requests
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Code autocompletion
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Agent creation
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Dependency updates
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Refactoring
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Code documentation
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Git commands
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Terminal commands management
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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.