Windsurf vs Visual Studio Code vs Tabnine

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

Your tool
Windsurf
vs
Competitor 1
Visual Studio Code
Competitor 2
Tabnine
Competitor 3
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3 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.
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.
Competitor Tabnine
tabnine.com
AI coding with privacy built in
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
29.6Kvisits/mo
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131.2Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 7.8%
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▼ 22.7%
6-month growth
+122.1%
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-53.5%
Global rank web
#1,172,623
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#283,229
Avg. last 3 months
26.9K
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164.1K
Bounce rate lower is better
50%
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46%
Pages / visit
1.3
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1.7
Visit duration
13s
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28s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 82% · ● Referral 17%
WindsurfVisual Studio CodeTabnine
089.8K179.5K269.3K359.1KWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6KTabnine · 359.1KTabnine · 311.6KTabnine · 301.4KTabnine · 275.9KTabnine · 281.9KTabnine · 248KTabnine · 241.5KTabnine · 191.4KTabnine · 169.7KTabnine · 131.2K10K100K1MWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6KTabnine · 359.1KTabnine · 311.6KTabnine · 301.4KTabnine · 275.9KTabnine · 281.9KTabnine · 248KTabnine · 241.5KTabnine · 191.4KTabnine · 169.7KTabnine · 131.2KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Free
Freemium
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
Free
$39per month
Free tier
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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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Code Assistant $39/moAgentic Platform $59/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Intermediate
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
2
2
1
Coding
Agents
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Vs code
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Community on aitoolstime
Rating
no ratings yet
no ratings yet
no ratings yet
Upvotes
▲ 1
▲ 0
▲ 2
Saves
0
0
0
Reviews
0
0
0
Prompts
0
0
0
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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.