Windsurf vs Visual Studio Code vs GitHub Copilot vs Screenpipe

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
GitHub Copilot
Competitor 3
Screenpipe
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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 GitHub Copilot
github.com
Your AI pair programmer that actually knows the codebase
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Competitor Screenpipe
screenpi.pe
Screenpipe records what appears on your screen and what you hear, turns it into local searchable history, and lets approved AI agents use that history as context.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
29.6Kvisits/mo
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637.9Mvisits/mo
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MoM change
▲ 7.8%
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▲ 3.7%
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6-month growth
+122.1%
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+19.3%
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Global rank web
#1,172,623
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#49
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Avg. last 3 months
26.9K
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629.7M
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Bounce rate lower is better
50%
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36%
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Pages / visit
1.3
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5.9
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Visit duration
13s
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6m 26s
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Traffic sources
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● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
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WindsurfVisual Studio CodeGitHub CopilotScreenpipe
0159.5M318.9M478.4M637.9MWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6KGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9M10K100K1M10M100M1BWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6KGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Free
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
Free
$4per month · free tier available
$20.83per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free trial
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Plans
Free FreePro $20/moMax $200/moTeams $80/mo
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Free FreeTeam $4/moEnterprise $21/mo
Free FreeBasic $20.83/moBusiness $41.67/moEnterprise Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
AudioVideo
Output
Code
Code
Code
Text
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
Education & LearningProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Knowledge Management+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
8
6
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10
Agents
Coding
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Debugging
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Code autocompletion
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Coding in VS Code
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Vs code
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Agent management
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Developer tools
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Code reviews
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Screen recordings
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Digital memory recall
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MCP
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Transcription
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Digital information management
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GitHub pull requests
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Knowledge bases
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OCR
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Self hosted
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Terminal
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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.