Zed vs Cursor vs OpenAI Codex vs Aider

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
OpenAI Codex
Competitor 3
Aider
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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 OpenAI Codex
openai.com
A dedicated coding agent that writes and runs code for you
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Competitor Aider
aider.chat
AI pair programming in your terminal
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
1.2Mvisits/mo
4.5Mvisits/mo
204.3Mvisits/mo
317.9Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 18.1%
▲ 7.8%
▲ 3.6%
▼ 15.9%
6-month growth
+26.6%
-1.8%
+0.3%
-12.7%
Global rank web
#47,672
#15,584
#212
#140,509
Avg. last 3 months
1.5M
4.4M
197.3M
378.5K
Bounce rate lower is better
42%
57%
58%
48%
Pages / visit
2.8
2.4
3.0
2.0
Visit duration
1m 56s
1m 36s
2m 31s
55s
Traffic sources
● Direct 80% · ● Referral 18%
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 17%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 16%
ZedCursorOpenAI CodexAider
066.6M133.2M199.7M266.3MZed · 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 · 4.5MOpenAI Codex · 266.3MOpenAI Codex · 225MOpenAI Codex · 210.1MOpenAI Codex · 191.2MOpenAI Codex · 203.7MOpenAI Codex · 195.7MOpenAI Codex · 203.1MOpenAI Codex · 190.4MOpenAI Codex · 197.2MOpenAI Codex · 204.3MAider · 293.8KAider · 277.7KAider · 314.6KAider · 289.1KAider · 364.1KAider · 402KAider · 478.7KAider · 439.5KAider · 378KAider · 317.9K100K1M10M100M1BZed · 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 · 4.5MOpenAI Codex · 266.3MOpenAI Codex · 225MOpenAI Codex · 210.1MOpenAI Codex · 191.2MOpenAI Codex · 203.7MOpenAI Codex · 195.7MOpenAI Codex · 203.1MOpenAI Codex · 190.4MOpenAI Codex · 197.2MOpenAI Codex · 204.3MAider · 293.8KAider · 277.7KAider · 314.6KAider · 289.1KAider · 364.1KAider · 402KAider · 478.7KAider · 439.5KAider · 378KAider · 317.9KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Free
Starting price
Free tier
$20per month · free tier available
$20per 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
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Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
AudioCodeImagesTextWeb pages
Output
Code
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
5
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8
Coding
Debugging
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Development
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Code reviews
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Git commands
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Refactoring
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Terminal commands management
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Code autocompletion
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Code testing
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Terminal
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Code documentation
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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.