Windsurf vs Zed vs Visual Studio Code vs GitHub Copilot

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
Visual Studio Code
Competitor 3
GitHub Copilot
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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 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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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
29.6Kvisits/mo
1.2Mvisits/mo
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637.9Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 7.8%
▼ 18.1%
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▲ 3.7%
6-month growth
+122.1%
+26.6%
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+19.3%
Global rank web
#1,172,623
#47,672
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#49
Avg. last 3 months
26.9K
1.5M
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629.7M
Bounce rate lower is better
50%
42%
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36%
Pages / visit
1.3
2.8
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5.9
Visit duration
13s
1m 56s
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6m 26s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 80% · ● Referral 18%
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● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
WindsurfZedVisual Studio CodeGitHub Copilot
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 · 637.9M10K100K1M10M100M1BWindsurf · 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 · 637.9MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Free
Freemium
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free
$4per month · free tier available
Free tier
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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
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Free FreeTeam $4/moEnterprise $21/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Intermediate
Categories
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
2
5
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2
Coding
Agents
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Code autocompletion
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Debugging
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Development
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Git commands
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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.