Windsurf vs OpenCode vs Aider vs Zed

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
OpenCode
Competitor 2
Aider
Competitor 3
Zed
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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 OpenCode
opencode.ai
OpenCode is an open-source AI coding agent that helps developers write code in the terminal, an IDE or a desktop app.
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Competitor Aider
aider.chat
AI pair programming in your terminal
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Competitor Zed
zed.dev
Speed meets intelligence
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
29.6Kvisits/mo
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317.9Kvisits/mo
1.2Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 7.8%
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▼ 15.9%
▼ 18.1%
6-month growth
+122.1%
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-12.7%
+26.6%
Global rank web
#1,172,623
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#140,509
#47,672
Avg. last 3 months
26.9K
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378.5K
1.5M
Bounce rate lower is better
50%
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48%
42%
Pages / visit
1.3
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2.0
2.8
Visit duration
13s
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55s
1m 56s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 83% · ● Referral 16%
● Direct 80% · ● Referral 18%
WindsurfOpenCodeAiderZed
0462K923.9K1.4M1.8MWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6KAider · 293.8KAider · 277.7KAider · 314.6KAider · 289.1KAider · 364.1KAider · 402KAider · 478.7KAider · 439.5KAider · 378KAider · 317.9KZed · 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 · 29.6KAider · 293.8KAider · 277.7KAider · 314.6KAider · 289.1KAider · 364.1KAider · 402KAider · 478.7KAider · 439.5KAider · 378KAider · 317.9KZed · 1.1MZed · 966.1KZed · 1.1MZed · 936.1KZed · 1.4MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.8MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.2MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Free
Free
Freemium
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
Free
Free
Free tier
Free tier
Free trial
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API access
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Plans
Free FreePro $20/moMax $200/moTeams $80/mo
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Personal FreePro $10/moBusiness $30/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
AudioCodeImagesTextWeb pages
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
2
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5
Coding
Debugging
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Development
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Git commands
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Agents
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Code autocompletion
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Code testing
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Terminal
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Refactoring
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Terminal commands management
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Reviews
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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.