Zed vs ChatGPT vs Visual Studio Code vs Amazon Q Developer

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

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Zed
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Competitor 1
ChatGPT
Competitor 2
Visual Studio Code
Competitor 3
Amazon Q Developer
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Zed
zed.dev
Speed meets intelligence
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Competitor ChatGPT
chatgpt.com
Your AI assistant for everything
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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 Amazon Q Developer
aws.amazon.com
AWS coding assistant formerly known as CodeWhisperer
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
1.2Mvisits/mo
5.6Bvisits/mo
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62.6Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 18.1%
▲ 3.5%
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▲ 3.5%
6-month growth
+26.6%
-1.6%
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+13.3%
Global rank web
#47,672
#7
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#383
Avg. last 3 months
1.5M
5.5B
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60.7M
Bounce rate lower is better
42%
30%
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25%
Pages / visit
2.8
4.3
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13.9
Visit duration
1m 56s
6m 35s
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10m 30s
Traffic sources
● Direct 80% · ● Referral 18%
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 3%
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● Direct 66% · ● Referral 30%
ZedChatGPTVisual Studio CodeAmazon Q Developer
01.5B2.9B4.4B5.8BZed · 1.1MZed · 966.1KZed · 1.1MZed · 936.1KZed · 1.4MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.8MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.2MChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BAmazon Q Developer · 58.7MAmazon Q Developer · 56.5MAmazon Q Developer · 56.6MAmazon Q Developer · 55.3MAmazon Q Developer · 61.1MAmazon Q Developer · 62.3MAmazon Q Developer · 59.1MAmazon Q Developer · 60.5MAmazon Q Developer · 62.6M100K1M10M100M1B10BZed · 1.1MZed · 966.1KZed · 1.1MZed · 936.1KZed · 1.4MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.8MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.2MChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BAmazon Q Developer · 58.7MAmazon Q Developer · 56.5MAmazon Q Developer · 56.6MAmazon Q Developer · 55.3MAmazon Q Developer · 61.1MAmazon Q Developer · 62.3MAmazon Q Developer · 59.1MAmazon Q Developer · 60.5MAmazon Q Developer · 62.6MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Free
Freemium
Starting price
Free tier
$8per month · free tier available
Free
$19per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free trial
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API access
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Plans
Personal FreePro $10/moBusiness $30/mo
Free FreeGo $8/moPlus $20/moPro 5x $100/mo+1 more
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Capabilities input → output
Input
TextCode
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
TextCode
TextCode
Output
Code
TextImagesCodeAudio
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Intermediate
Categories
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+27 more
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
5
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9
Coding
Debugging
Code documentation
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Chatbots
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Code autocompletion
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Code refactoring
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Coding in VS Code
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Vs code
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AWS guidance
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Agents
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Blogging
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Code reviews
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Copywriting
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Developer tools
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Development
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Email writing
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Essay writing
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Grammar checking
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Image generation
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Image to text
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Research
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Search engine
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Summarizing
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Translations
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Writing
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AWS management
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Code testing
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Git commands
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Image editing
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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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