Zed vs Cursor vs Gemini CLI vs GitHub Copilot

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
Cursor
Competitor 2
Gemini CLI
Competitor 3
GitHub Copilot
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Zed
zed.dev
Speed meets intelligence
Competitor Cursor
cursor.sh
Code editor that actually understands your codebase
Competitor Gemini CLI
github.com
It can query and edit large codebases, generate new apps from PDFs, images, or sketches using multimodal input, and debug problems when you describe them in plain language.
Competitor GitHub Copilot
github.com
Your AI pair programmer that actually knows the codebase
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
1.2Mvisits/mo
4.5Mvisits/mo
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637.9Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 18.1%
▲ 7.8%
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▲ 3.7%
6-month growth
+26.6%
-1.8%
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+19.3%
Global rank web
#47,672
#15,584
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#49
Avg. last 3 months
1.5M
4.4M
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629.7M
Bounce rate lower is better
42%
57%
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36%
Pages / visit
2.8
2.4
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5.9
Visit duration
1m 56s
1m 36s
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6m 26s
Traffic sources
● Direct 80% · ● Referral 18%
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
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● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
ZedCursorGemini CLIGitHub Copilot
0159.5M318.9M478.4M637.9MZed · 1.1MZed · 966.1KZed · 1.1MZed · 936.1KZed · 1.4MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.8MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.2MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9M100K1M10M100M1BZed · 1.1MZed · 966.1KZed · 1.1MZed · 936.1KZed · 1.4MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.8MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.2MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MGitHub 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 '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Free
Freemium
Starting price
Free tier
$20per month · free tier available
Free
$4per 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
Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
Free (personal Google account) Free
Free FreeTeam $4/moEnterprise $21/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeDocumentsImagesText
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Intermediate
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
5
7
1
2
Coding
Debugging
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Development
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Code autocompletion
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Agents
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Code reviews
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Refactoring
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Code documentation
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Git commands
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Terminal commands management
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Reviews
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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.