Zed vs Runcell vs GitHub Copilot CLI vs Visual Studio Code

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
Runcell
Competitor 2
GitHub Copilot CLI
Competitor 3
Visual Studio Code
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Zed
zed.dev
Speed meets intelligence
Competitor Runcell
runcell.dev
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 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.
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
1.2Mvisits/mo
176.9Kvisits/mo
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MoM change
▼ 18.1%
▲ 4.1%
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6-month growth
+26.6%
+13.2%
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Global rank web
#47,672
#279,476
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Avg. last 3 months
1.5M
168.7K
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Bounce rate lower is better
42%
45%
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Pages / visit
2.8
1.8
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Visit duration
1m 56s
45s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 80% · ● Referral 18%
● Direct 73% · ● Referral 27%
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ZedRuncellGitHub Copilot CLIVisual Studio Code
0462K923.9K1.4M1.8MZed · 1.1MZed · 966.1KZed · 1.1MZed · 936.1KZed · 1.4MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.8MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.2MRuncell · 52KRuncell · 99.5KRuncell · 144.1KRuncell · 154KRuncell · 156.3KRuncell · 140.4KRuncell · 170.3KRuncell · 159.2KRuncell · 170KRuncell · 176.9K10K100K1M10MZed · 1.1MZed · 966.1KZed · 1.1MZed · 936.1KZed · 1.4MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.8MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.2MRuncell · 52KRuncell · 99.5KRuncell · 144.1KRuncell · 154KRuncell · 156.3KRuncell · 140.4KRuncell · 170.3KRuncell · 159.2KRuncell · 170KRuncell · 176.9KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Free
Free
Starting price
Free tier
$20per month · free tier available
Free
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Free tier
Free trial
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Plans
Personal FreePro $10/moBusiness $30/mo
Hobby FreePro $20/moPro+ $60/moUltra $200/mo+1 more
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Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
DataText
CodeText
CodeText
Output
Code
CodeData
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Intermediate
Advanced
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Coding
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Code autocompletion
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Coding in VS Code
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Data analysis
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Jupyter notebooks
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Vs code
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Agents
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Code explanations
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Debugging
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Development
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Python code debugging
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Data science
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Git commands
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GitHub management
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