Zed vs Gemini CLI vs GitHub Copilot CLI vs Aider

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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Gemini CLI
Competitor 2
GitHub Copilot CLI
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 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 GitHub Copilot CLI
github.com
It reads, writes and runs code, works directly with your issues and pull requests, and carries a task from planning to merged code.
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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
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317.9Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 18.1%
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▼ 15.9%
6-month growth
+26.6%
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-12.7%
Global rank web
#47,672
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#140,509
Avg. last 3 months
1.5M
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378.5K
Bounce rate lower is better
42%
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48%
Pages / visit
2.8
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2.0
Visit duration
1m 56s
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55s
Traffic sources
● Direct 80% · ● Referral 18%
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● Direct 83% · ● Referral 16%
ZedGemini CLIGitHub Copilot CLIAider
0462K923.9K1.4M1.8MZed · 1.1MZed · 966.1KZed · 1.1MZed · 936.1KZed · 1.4MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.8MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.2MAider · 293.8KAider · 277.7KAider · 314.6KAider · 289.1KAider · 364.1KAider · 402KAider · 478.7KAider · 439.5KAider · 378KAider · 317.9K100K1M10MZed · 1.1MZed · 966.1KZed · 1.1MZed · 936.1KZed · 1.4MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.8MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.2MAider · 293.8KAider · 277.7KAider · 314.6KAider · 289.1KAider · 364.1KAider · 402KAider · 478.7KAider · 439.5KAider · 378KAider · 317.9KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
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Starting price
Free tier
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Plans
Personal FreePro $10/moBusiness $30/mo
Free (personal Google account) Free
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Capabilities input → output
Input
TextCode
TextImagesDocumentsCode
TextCode
AudioWeb pagesTextImagesCode
Output
Code
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
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Intermediate
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Categories
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Coding
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Terminal
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Code analysis
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GitHub management
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Refactoring
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Terminal commands management
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