Zed vs OpenAI Codex CLI 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
OpenAI Codex CLI
Competitor 2
Windsurf
Competitor 3
Suggested competitors for Zed: Cursor88% GitHub Copilot82% Visual Studio Code82% Claude Code80% Google Antigravity76% Qoder74% Aider72% Amazon Q Developer70%
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3 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Zed
zed.dev
Speed meets intelligence
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Competitor OpenAI Codex CLI
developers.openai.com
OpenAI Codex CLI brings the Codex coding agent to the terminal and to scripts.
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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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29.6Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 18.1%
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▲ 7.8%
6-month growth
+26.6%
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+122.1%
Global rank web
#47,672
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#1,172,623
Avg. last 3 months
1.5M
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26.9K
Bounce rate lower is better
42%
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50%
Pages / visit
2.8
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1.3
Visit duration
1m 56s
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13s
Traffic sources
● Direct 80% · ● Referral 18%
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ZedOpenAI Codex CLIWindsurf
0462K923.9K1.4M1.8MZed · 1.1MZed · 966.1KZed · 1.1MZed · 936.1KZed · 1.4MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.8MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.2MWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6K10K100K1M10MZed · 1.1MZed · 966.1KZed · 1.1MZed · 936.1KZed · 1.4MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.8MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.2MWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Paid
Freemium
Starting price
Free tier
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$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Free trial
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API access
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Plans
Personal FreePro $10/moBusiness $30/mo
GPT-6-Astra $10GPT-6.1-Sol $2GPT-6-Luna $0.10GPT-Live-1 $0.05/minute+1 more
Free FreePro $20/moMax $200/moTeams $80/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeImagesText
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI 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
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6
Coding
Debugging
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Agent management
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Agents
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Code autocompletion
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Development
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Developer tools
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Git commands
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GitHub pull requests
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Rating
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Upvotes
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Saves
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Reviews
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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.