Zed vs Cursor vs Kimi Code vs Cline

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
Kimi Code
Competitor 3
Cline
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Zed
zed.dev
Speed meets intelligence
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Competitor Cursor
cursor.sh
Code editor that actually understands your codebase
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Competitor Kimi Code
kimi.com
Writing code means constantly jumping between your editor and browser tabs stuffed with documentation
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Competitor Cline
cline.bot
Terminal-first coders get a different kind of AI assistant here
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
1.2Mvisits/mo
4.5Mvisits/mo
60.1Mvisits/mo
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MoM change
▼ 18.1%
▲ 7.8%
▲ 52.2%
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6-month growth
+26.6%
-1.8%
+33.8%
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Global rank web
#47,672
#15,584
#852
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Avg. last 3 months
1.5M
4.4M
48.3M
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Bounce rate lower is better
42%
57%
37%
0%
Pages / visit
2.8
2.4
3.9
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Visit duration
1m 56s
1m 36s
7m 13s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 80% · ● Referral 18%
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
● Direct 89% · ● Referral 10%
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ZedCursorKimi CodeCline
015M30.1M45.1M60.1MZed · 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 · 4.5MKimi Code · 43.3MKimi Code · 38.2MKimi Code · 33.5MKimi Code · 44.9MKimi Code · 48.1MKimi Code · 43MKimi Code · 45.3MKimi Code · 39.5MKimi Code · 60.1M100K1M10M100MZed · 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 · 4.5MKimi Code · 43.3MKimi Code · 38.2MKimi Code · 33.5MKimi Code · 44.9MKimi Code · 48.1MKimi Code · 43MKimi Code · 45.3MKimi Code · 39.5MKimi Code · 60.1MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Free
Starting price
Free tier
$20per month · free tier available
$15per month · free tier available
Free
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
Adagio FreePlus $15/moPro $31/moMax $79/mo+1 more
Open Source CustomEnterprise Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Intermediate
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
5
7
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11
Coding
Refactoring
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Debugging
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Development
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Shell commands
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Terminal commands management
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Agents
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Code autocompletion
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Code reviews
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Coding in VS Code
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Developer tools
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MCP
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Terminal
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Vs code
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Bash
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Code documentation
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Developer assistance
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Git commands
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Community on aitoolstime
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Reviews
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Prompts
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Verified listing
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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.