Windsurf vs Visual Studio Code vs Gemini Code Assist vs Claude 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
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Gemini Code Assist
Competitor 3
Claude 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 Gemini Code Assist
codeassist.google
It provides a chat interface that is aware of the code in the open files, automatic completions as you type, and generation or transformation of whole functions and files on demand.
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Competitor Claude Code
claude.com
Every plan tier hits usage limits
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
29.6Kvisits/mo
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123.5Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 7.8%
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▼ 6.8%
6-month growth
+122.1%
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+106.6%
Global rank web
#1,172,623
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#434
Avg. last 3 months
26.9K
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125.2M
Bounce rate lower is better
50%
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64%
Pages / visit
1.3
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2.2
Visit duration
13s
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2m 36s
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● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
WindsurfVisual Studio CodeGemini Code AssistClaude 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 · 123.5M10K100K1M10M100M1BWindsurf · 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 · 123.5MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Free
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
Free
$19per month · free tier available
$17per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Plans
Free FreePro $20/moMax $200/moTeams $80/mo
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Individuals FreeStandard $19/moEnterprise $45/mo
Free FreePro $17/moMax 5x $100/moMax 20x Custom/mo+2 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
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Code
Skill level
Advanced
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Intermediate
Intermediate
Categories
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Coding
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Debugging
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Coding in VS Code
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Code analysis
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