Windsurf vs Visual Studio Code vs Claude Code vs Kimi Code

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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Visual Studio Code
Competitor 2
Claude Code
Competitor 3
Kimi 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 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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Competitor Claude Code
claude.com
Every plan tier hits usage limits
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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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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
29.6Kvisits/mo
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123.5Mvisits/mo
60.1Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 7.8%
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▼ 6.8%
▲ 52.2%
6-month growth
+122.1%
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+106.6%
+33.8%
Global rank web
#1,172,623
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#434
#852
Avg. last 3 months
26.9K
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125.2M
48.3M
Bounce rate lower is better
50%
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64%
37%
Pages / visit
1.3
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2.2
3.9
Visit duration
13s
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2m 36s
7m 13s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 89% · ● Referral 10%
WindsurfVisual Studio CodeClaude CodeKimi Code
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 · 123.5MKimi Code · 43.3MKimi Code · 38.2MKimi Code · 33.5MKimi Code · 44.9MKimi Code · 48.1MKimi Code · 43MKimi Code · 45.3MKimi Code · 39.5MKimi Code · 60.1M10K100K1M10M100M1BWindsurf · 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 · 123.5MKimi 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
Free
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
Free
$17per month · free tier available
$15per month · free tier available
Free tier
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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
Adagio FreePlus $15/moPro $31/moMax $79/mo+1 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Intermediate
Intermediate
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
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6
Coding
Debugging
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Agents
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Developer tools
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Code reviews
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Agent management
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Coding in VS Code
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Vs code
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Code analysis
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Refactoring
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Developer assistance
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Development
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