Zed vs Claude Code vs Cursor

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

Your tool
Zed
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Competitor 1
Claude Code
Competitor 2
Cursor
Competitor 3
Suggested competitors for Zed: GitHub Copilot82% Visual Studio Code82% Windsurf78% Google Antigravity76% Qoder74% Aider72% Amazon Q Developer70% Kimi Code68%
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3 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Zed
zed.dev
Speed meets intelligence
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Competitor Claude Code
claude.com
Every plan tier hits usage limits
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Competitor Cursor
cursor.sh
Code editor that actually understands your codebase
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
1.2Mvisits/mo
123.5Mvisits/mo
4.5Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 18.1%
▼ 6.8%
▲ 7.8%
6-month growth
+26.6%
+106.6%
-1.8%
Global rank web
#47,672
#434
#15,584
Avg. last 3 months
1.5M
125.2M
4.4M
Bounce rate lower is better
42%
64%
57%
Pages / visit
2.8
2.2
2.4
Visit duration
1m 56s
2m 36s
1m 36s
Traffic sources
● Direct 80% · ● Referral 18%
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
ZedClaude CodeCursor
035M69.9M104.9M139.9MZed · 1.1MZed · 966.1KZed · 1.1MZed · 936.1KZed · 1.4MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.8MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.2MClaude Code · 19.2MClaude Code · 19.5MClaude Code · 35.8MClaude Code · 59.8MClaude Code · 139.9MClaude Code · 133.1MClaude Code · 119.5MClaude Code · 132.6MClaude Code · 123.5MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5M100K1M10M100M1BZed · 1.1MZed · 966.1KZed · 1.1MZed · 936.1KZed · 1.4MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.8MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.2MClaude Code · 19.2MClaude Code · 19.5MClaude Code · 35.8MClaude Code · 59.8MClaude Code · 139.9MClaude Code · 133.1MClaude Code · 119.5MClaude Code · 132.6MClaude Code · 123.5MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
Free tier
$17per month · free tier available
$20per 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 FreePro $17/moMax 5x $100/moMax 20x Custom/mo+2 more
Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Intermediate
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
5
3
7
Coding
Debugging
Development
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Code autocompletion
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Code reviews
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Refactoring
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Agents
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Code documentation
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Git commands
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Terminal commands management
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Prompts
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