Zed vs Visual Studio Code vs Windsurf vs Theia IDE

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
Visual Studio Code
Competitor 2
Windsurf
Competitor 3
TITheia IDE
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Zed
zed.dev
Speed meets intelligence
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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 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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Competitor TITheia IDE
theia-ide.org
An open-source IDE that puts AI at the center while giving you complete control over how it works
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
1.2Mvisits/mo
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29.6Kvisits/mo
35.3Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 18.1%
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▲ 7.8%
▼ 8.1%
6-month growth
+26.6%
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+122.1%
-40.2%
Global rank web
#47,672
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#1,172,623
#929,571
Avg. last 3 months
1.5M
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26.9K
41.1K
Bounce rate lower is better
42%
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50%
41%
Pages / visit
2.8
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1.3
1.7
Visit duration
1m 56s
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13s
27s
Traffic sources
● Direct 80% · ● Referral 18%
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ZedVisual Studio CodeWindsurfTheia IDE
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 · 29.6KTheia IDE · 54.7KTheia IDE · 58.4KTheia IDE · 59.1KTheia IDE · 49.4KTheia IDE · 47.5KTheia IDE · 49.5KTheia IDE · 38.4KTheia IDE · 35.3K10K100K1M10MZed · 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 · 29.6KTheia IDE · 54.7KTheia IDE · 58.4KTheia IDE · 59.1KTheia IDE · 49.4KTheia IDE · 47.5KTheia IDE · 49.5KTheia IDE · 38.4KTheia IDE · 35.3KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Free
Freemium
Free
Starting price
Free tier
Free
$20per month · free tier available
Free
Free tier
Free trial
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Plans
Personal FreePro $10/moBusiness $30/mo
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Free FreePro $20/moMax $200/moTeams $80/mo
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Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding AssistantAI Developer Tools
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
5
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2
Coding
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Code autocompletion
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Debugging
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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.