Windsurf vs Zed vs GitHub Copilot vs Aider

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

Your tool
Windsurf
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Competitor 1
Zed
Competitor 2
GitHub Copilot
Competitor 3
Aider
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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 Zed
zed.dev
Speed meets intelligence
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Competitor GitHub Copilot
github.com
Your AI pair programmer that actually knows the codebase
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Competitor Aider
aider.chat
AI pair programming in your terminal
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
29.6Kvisits/mo
1.2Mvisits/mo
637.9Mvisits/mo
317.9Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 7.8%
▼ 18.1%
▲ 3.7%
▼ 15.9%
6-month growth
+122.1%
+26.6%
+19.3%
-12.7%
Global rank web
#1,172,623
#47,672
#49
#140,509
Avg. last 3 months
26.9K
1.5M
629.7M
378.5K
Bounce rate lower is better
50%
42%
36%
48%
Pages / visit
1.3
2.8
5.9
2.0
Visit duration
13s
1m 56s
6m 26s
55s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 80% · ● Referral 18%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 16%
WindsurfZedGitHub CopilotAider
0159.5M318.9M478.4M637.9MWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6KZed · 1.1MZed · 966.1KZed · 1.1MZed · 936.1KZed · 1.4MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.8MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.2MGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MAider · 293.8KAider · 277.7KAider · 314.6KAider · 289.1KAider · 364.1KAider · 402KAider · 478.7KAider · 439.5KAider · 378KAider · 317.9K10K100K1M10M100M1BWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6KZed · 1.1MZed · 966.1KZed · 1.1MZed · 936.1KZed · 1.4MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.8MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.2MGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MAider · 293.8KAider · 277.7KAider · 314.6KAider · 289.1KAider · 364.1KAider · 402KAider · 478.7KAider · 439.5KAider · 378KAider · 317.9KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Free
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
$4per month · free tier available
Free
Free tier
Free trial
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API access
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Plans
Free FreePro $20/moMax $200/moTeams $80/mo
Personal FreePro $10/moBusiness $30/mo
Free FreeTeam $4/moEnterprise $21/mo
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Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
AudioCodeImagesTextWeb pages
Output
Code
Code
Code
Code
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
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
6
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8
Coding
Debugging
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Agents
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Agent management
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Code reviews
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Development
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Git commands
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Code autocompletion
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Code testing
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Terminal
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GitHub pull requests
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Refactoring
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Terminal commands management
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Prompts
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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.