Zed vs GitHub Copilot CLI vs Record2Code vs Programming Helper

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
GitHub Copilot CLI
Competitor 2
Record2Code
Competitor 3
Programming Helper
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Zed
zed.dev
Speed meets intelligence
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.
Competitor Record2Code
record2code.com
Show what you want to build, get the code
Competitor Programming Helper
programming-helper.com
Most AI chatbots force you to craft perfect prompts—then tweak whatever comes back
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
1.2Mvisits/mo
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4.6Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 18.1%
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▼ 17.6%
6-month growth
+26.6%
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+40.4%
Global rank web
#47,672
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#3,812,090
Avg. last 3 months
1.5M
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5K
Bounce rate lower is better
42%
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0%
48%
Pages / visit
2.8
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1.3
Visit duration
1m 56s
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16s
Traffic sources
● Direct 80% · ● Referral 18%
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ZedGitHub Copilot CLIRecord2CodeProgramming Helper
0462K923.9K1.4M1.8MZed · 1.1MZed · 966.1KZed · 1.1MZed · 936.1KZed · 1.4MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.8MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.2MProgramming Helper · 2.7KProgramming Helper · 3.7KProgramming Helper · 3.2KProgramming Helper · 2.7KProgramming Helper · 3.3KProgramming Helper · 4.1KProgramming Helper · 13.8KProgramming Helper · 4.8KProgramming Helper · 5.6KProgramming Helper · 4.6K1K10K100K1M10MZed · 1.1MZed · 966.1KZed · 1.1MZed · 936.1KZed · 1.4MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.8MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.2MProgramming Helper · 2.7KProgramming Helper · 3.7KProgramming Helper · 3.2KProgramming Helper · 2.7KProgramming Helper · 3.3KProgramming Helper · 4.1KProgramming Helper · 13.8KProgramming Helper · 4.8KProgramming Helper · 5.6KProgramming Helper · 4.6KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Free
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
Free tier
Free
$12per month
$20per month · free tier available
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Plans
Personal FreePro $10/moBusiness $30/mo
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100 credits $12/mo300 credits $29/mo1000 credits $79/mo
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Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
Video
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
Code
CodeText
Skill level
Advanced
Intermediate
Advanced
Intermediate
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
5
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6
Coding
Code autocompletion
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Design-to-code conversion
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Regex
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SQL queries
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Video to code
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Agents
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Code explanations
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Code testing
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Debugging
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Development
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GitHub pull requests
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Developer tools
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Git commands
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GitHub management
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SQL
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Community on aitoolstime
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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.