Windsurf vs Visual Studio Code vs Verdent AI vs Augment 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
Verdent AI
Competitor 3
Augment 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 Verdent AI
verdent.ai
Verdent AI operates as a multi-agent coding system where several AI assistants work in parallel rather than sequentially
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Competitor Augment Code
augmentcode.com
Augment Code is an agentic software development company whose Cosmos platform runs software agents across the development lifecycle.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
29.6Kvisits/mo
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521Kvisits/mo
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MoM change
▲ 7.8%
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▼ 26.7%
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6-month growth
+122.1%
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-18.9%
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Global rank web
#1,172,623
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#78,894
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Avg. last 3 months
26.9K
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696.2K
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Bounce rate lower is better
50%
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47%
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Pages / visit
1.3
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2.3
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Visit duration
13s
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1m 22s
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Traffic sources
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● Direct 66% · ● Referral 27%
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WindsurfVisual Studio CodeVerdent AIAugment Code
0261.9K523.8K785.6K1MWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6KVerdent AI · 139.3KVerdent AI · 247.1KVerdent AI · 375.2KVerdent AI · 642.3KVerdent AI · 1MVerdent AI · 1MVerdent AI · 856.5KVerdent AI · 711KVerdent AI · 521K10K100K1M10MWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6KVerdent AI · 139.3KVerdent AI · 247.1KVerdent AI · 375.2KVerdent AI · 642.3KVerdent AI · 1MVerdent AI · 1MVerdent AI · 856.5KVerdent AI · 711KVerdent AI · 521KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Free
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Paid
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
Free
$5per month · free tier available
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Plans
Free FreePro $20/moMax $200/moTeams $80/mo
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Free FreeLite $5/moStarter $19/moPro $59/mo+1 more
Standard $20/moBusiness $100/moEnterprise Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
AppsCode
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
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Categories
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+2 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Coding
Agents
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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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Debugging
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Developer tools
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Development
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Testing
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Code testing
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Cve monitoring
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GitHub pull requests
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Planning guidance
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