Zed vs Gemini CLI vs Amazon Q Developer vs Windsurf

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
Gemini CLI
Competitor 2
Amazon Q Developer
Competitor 3
Windsurf
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Zed
zed.dev
Speed meets intelligence
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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.
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Competitor Amazon Q Developer
aws.amazon.com
AWS coding assistant formerly known as CodeWhisperer
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Competitor Windsurf
windsurf.com
Windsurf, which now appears on the web as Devin Desktop, is a desktop code editor that doubles as a control room for coding agents.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
1.2Mvisits/mo
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62.6Mvisits/mo
29.6Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 18.1%
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▲ 3.5%
▲ 7.8%
6-month growth
+26.6%
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+13.3%
+122.1%
Global rank web
#47,672
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#383
#1,172,623
Avg. last 3 months
1.5M
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60.7M
26.9K
Bounce rate lower is better
42%
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25%
50%
Pages / visit
2.8
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13.9
1.3
Visit duration
1m 56s
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10m 30s
13s
Traffic sources
● Direct 80% · ● Referral 18%
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● Direct 66% · ● Referral 30%
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ZedGemini CLIAmazon Q DeveloperWindsurf
015.6M31.3M46.9M62.6MZed · 1.1MZed · 966.1KZed · 1.1MZed · 936.1KZed · 1.4MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.8MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.2MAmazon 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 · 62.6MWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6K10K100K1M10M100MZed · 1.1MZed · 966.1KZed · 1.1MZed · 936.1KZed · 1.4MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.8MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.2MAmazon 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 · 62.6MWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Free
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
Free tier
Free
$19per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free trial
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Plans
Personal FreePro $10/moBusiness $30/mo
Free (personal Google account) Free
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Free FreePro $20/moMax $200/moTeams $80/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeDocumentsImagesText
CodeText
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Intermediate
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Coding
Debugging
Code autocompletion
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Code reviews
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Developer tools
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Development
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Agent management
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Code refactoring
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AWS guidance
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Code documentation
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AWS management
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Code analysis
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Code testing
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Git commands
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