Windsurf vs Kimi Code vs Qwen 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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Kimi Code
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Qwen 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 Kimi Code
kimi.com
Writing code means constantly jumping between your editor and browser tabs stuffed with documentation
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Competitor Qwen Code
github.com
Qwen Code is an open-source AI coding agent that lives in the terminal and also runs in editors, a desktop app, a Web UI and chat apps.
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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
60.1Mvisits/mo
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MoM change
▲ 7.8%
▲ 52.2%
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6-month growth
+122.1%
+33.8%
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Global rank web
#1,172,623
#852
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Avg. last 3 months
26.9K
48.3M
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Bounce rate lower is better
50%
37%
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Pages / visit
1.3
3.9
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Visit duration
13s
7m 13s
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Traffic sources
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● Direct 89% · ● Referral 10%
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WindsurfKimi CodeQwen CodeEllipsis
015M30.1M45.1M60.1MWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6KKimi 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 · 29.6KKimi 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 '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Free
Paid
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
$15per month · free tier available
Free
$5,000per month
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Plans
Free FreePro $20/moMax $200/moTeams $80/mo
Adagio FreePlus $15/moPro $31/moMax $79/mo+1 more
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Managed SaaS Usage-basedYour AWS Account Usage-based
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Intermediate
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Coding
Developer tools
Agents
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Agent management
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Code autocompletion
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Agent creation
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Dependency updates
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MCP
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Refactoring
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Developer assistance
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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.