Windsurf vs Qwen Code vs Claude Code vs Aider

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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Qwen Code
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Claude Code
Competitor 3
Aider
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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 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 Claude Code
claude.com
Every plan tier hits usage limits
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Competitor Aider
aider.chat
AI pair programming in your terminal
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
29.6Kvisits/mo
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123.5Mvisits/mo
317.9Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 7.8%
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▼ 6.8%
▼ 15.9%
6-month growth
+122.1%
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+106.6%
-12.7%
Global rank web
#1,172,623
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#434
#140,509
Avg. last 3 months
26.9K
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125.2M
378.5K
Bounce rate lower is better
50%
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64%
48%
Pages / visit
1.3
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2.2
2.0
Visit duration
13s
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2m 36s
55s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 16%
WindsurfQwen CodeClaude CodeAider
035M69.9M104.9M139.9MWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6KClaude Code · 19.2MClaude Code · 19.5MClaude Code · 35.8MClaude Code · 59.8MClaude Code · 139.9MClaude Code · 133.1MClaude Code · 119.5MClaude Code · 132.6MClaude Code · 123.5MAider · 293.8KAider · 277.7KAider · 314.6KAider · 289.1KAider · 364.1KAider · 402KAider · 478.7KAider · 439.5KAider · 378KAider · 317.9K10K100K1M10M100M1BWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6KClaude Code · 19.2MClaude Code · 19.5MClaude Code · 35.8MClaude Code · 59.8MClaude Code · 139.9MClaude Code · 133.1MClaude Code · 119.5MClaude Code · 132.6MClaude Code · 123.5MAider · 293.8KAider · 277.7KAider · 314.6KAider · 289.1KAider · 364.1KAider · 402KAider · 478.7KAider · 439.5KAider · 378KAider · 317.9KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Free
Freemium
Free
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
Free
$17per month · free tier available
Free
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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Free FreePro $17/moMax 5x $100/moMax 20x Custom/mo+2 more
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Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
AudioCodeImagesTextWeb pages
Output
Code
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Intermediate
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
8
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8
Coding
Agents
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Debugging
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Development
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Terminal
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Code reviews
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Developer tools
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Refactoring
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Agent management
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Code autocompletion
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Code analysis
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Code explanations
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Code testing
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Git commands
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MCP
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GitHub pull requests
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Local AI
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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.