Windsurf vs Visual Studio Code vs Tendem

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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Competitor 1
Visual Studio Code
Competitor 2
Tendem
Competitor 3
Suggested competitors for Windsurf: Ellipsis89% GitHub Copilot87% Google Antigravity86% devlo85% Gemini Code Assist83% OpenHands83% Factory83% JetBrains AI Assistant83%
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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.
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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 Tendem
tendem.ai
You describe what you need done and an AI system breaks it down into a plan
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
29.6Kvisits/mo
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56.2Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 7.8%
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▼ 21.2%
6-month growth
+122.1%
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+19.7%
Global rank web
#1,172,623
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#488,380
Avg. last 3 months
26.9K
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65.4K
Bounce rate lower is better
50%
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37%
Pages / visit
1.3
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2.4
Visit duration
13s
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15s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 92% · ● Referral 4%
WindsurfVisual Studio CodeTendem
017.8K35.7K53.5K71.3KWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6KTendem · 18.2KTendem · 38.1KTendem · 42KTendem · 47KTendem · 44.8KTendem · 49KTendem · 68.7KTendem · 71.3KTendem · 56.2K10K100KWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6KTendem · 18.2KTendem · 38.1KTendem · 42KTendem · 47KTendem · 44.8KTendem · 49KTendem · 68.7KTendem · 71.3KTendem · 56.2KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Free
Freemium
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
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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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Free Credits $20
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
DocumentsText
Output
Code
Code
DataDocumentsSlides
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Intermediate
Categories
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Productivity & OfficeAI Agent
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
8
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Agents
Coding
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Developer tools
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Debugging
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Agent management
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Code autocompletion
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Coding in VS Code
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Lead generation
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Market research
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Vs code
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Pitch decks
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Advertising creatives
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Brand identity
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Code reviews
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GitHub pull requests
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Logo ideas
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Sales prospecting
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Community on aitoolstime
Rating
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Upvotes
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Saves
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Reviews
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Prompts
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