Zed vs Visual Studio Code vs Replit vs Aider

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
Visual Studio Code
Competitor 2
Replit
Competitor 3
Aider
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Zed
zed.dev
Speed meets intelligence
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.
Competitor Replit
replit.com
Code, run, and deploy from your browser
Competitor Aider
aider.chat
AI pair programming in your terminal
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
1.2Mvisits/mo
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11.9Mvisits/mo
317.9Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 18.1%
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▼ 9.4%
▼ 15.9%
6-month growth
+26.6%
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-7.3%
-12.7%
Global rank web
#47,672
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#3,961
#140,509
Avg. last 3 months
1.5M
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12.6M
378.5K
Bounce rate lower is better
42%
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41%
48%
Pages / visit
2.8
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5.2
2.0
Visit duration
1m 56s
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6m 40s
55s
Traffic sources
● Direct 80% · ● Referral 18%
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● Direct 89% · ● Referral 8%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 16%
ZedVisual Studio CodeReplitAider
03.4M6.8M10.2M13.6MZed · 1.1MZed · 966.1KZed · 1.1MZed · 936.1KZed · 1.4MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.8MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.2MReplit · 9.5MReplit · 10.7MReplit · 11.9MReplit · 11.6MReplit · 12.8MReplit · 12.2MReplit · 13.6MReplit · 12.9MReplit · 13.1MReplit · 11.9MAider · 293.8KAider · 277.7KAider · 314.6KAider · 289.1KAider · 364.1KAider · 402KAider · 478.7KAider · 439.5KAider · 378KAider · 317.9K100K1M10M100MZed · 1.1MZed · 966.1KZed · 1.1MZed · 936.1KZed · 1.4MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.8MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.2MReplit · 9.5MReplit · 10.7MReplit · 11.9MReplit · 11.6MReplit · 12.8MReplit · 12.2MReplit · 13.6MReplit · 12.9MReplit · 13.1MReplit · 11.9MAider · 293.8KAider · 277.7KAider · 314.6KAider · 289.1KAider · 364.1KAider · 402KAider · 478.7KAider · 439.5KAider · 378KAider · 317.9KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Free
Freemium
Free
Starting price
Free tier
Free
$20per month
Free
Free tier
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API access
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Plans
Personal FreePro $10/moBusiness $30/mo
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Core $20/moPro $100/moEnterprise Custom
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Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
Text
AudioCodeImagesTextWeb pages
Output
Code
Code
AppsCode
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Intermediate
Advanced
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
5
6
5
8
Coding
Debugging
Development
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Git commands
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Code autocompletion
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Coding in VS Code
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Vs code
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Agents
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Code testing
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Developer tools
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Terminal
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Website building
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Backend development
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Refactoring
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Terminal commands management
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