Zed vs Programming Helper vs Visual Studio Code vs Cursor

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
Programming Helper
Competitor 2
Visual Studio Code
Competitor 3
Cursor
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Zed
zed.dev
Speed meets intelligence
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Competitor Programming Helper
programming-helper.com
Most AI chatbots force you to craft perfect prompts—then tweak whatever comes back
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Competitor Visual Studio Code
code.visualstudio.com
Visual Studio Code is a free, open source code editor that runs on Windows, macOS and Linux and now includes built-in AI agents.
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Competitor Cursor
cursor.sh
Code editor that actually understands your codebase
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
1.2Mvisits/mo
4.6Kvisits/mo
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4.5Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 18.1%
▼ 17.6%
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▲ 7.8%
6-month growth
+26.6%
+40.4%
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-1.8%
Global rank web
#47,672
#3,812,090
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#15,584
Avg. last 3 months
1.5M
5K
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4.4M
Bounce rate lower is better
42%
48%
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57%
Pages / visit
2.8
1.3
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2.4
Visit duration
1m 56s
16s
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1m 36s
Traffic sources
● Direct 80% · ● Referral 18%
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● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
ZedProgramming HelperVisual Studio CodeCursor
01.2M2.3M3.5M4.6MZed · 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 · 4.6KCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5M1K10K100K1M10MZed · 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 · 4.6KCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Free
Freemium
Starting price
Free tier
$20per month · free tier available
Free
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
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API access
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Plans
Personal FreePro $10/moBusiness $30/mo
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Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
Output
Code
CodeText
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Intermediate
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding AssistantSQL Query Builder
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
5
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7
Coding
Debugging
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Development
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Code autocompletion
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SQL queries
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Code reviews
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Refactoring
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Regex
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Code documentation
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Git commands
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Terminal commands management
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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.