Windsurf vs opcode vs OpenAI Codex CLI vs Visual Studio Code

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

Your tool
Windsurf
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opcode
Competitor 2
OpenAI Codex CLI
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Visual Studio Code
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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 opcode
opcode.sh
opcode is a free, open-source desktop application that gives Anthropic's command-line coding agent a graphical interface.
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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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Competitor Visual Studio Code
code.visualstudio.com
Visual Studio Code is a free, open source code editor that runs on Windows, macOS and Linux and now includes built-in AI 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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WindsurfopcodeOpenAI Codex CLIVisual Studio Code
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
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Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
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Free FreePro $20/moMax $200/moTeams $80/mo
Open source Free
GPT-6-Astra $10GPT-6.1-Sol $2GPT-6-Luna $0.10GPT-Live-1 $0.05/minute+1 more
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Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeImagesText
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Output
Code
Code
Code
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Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
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Categories
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding AssistantAI Developer Tools
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Coding
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