Zed vs Windsurf vs Gemini CLI 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
Windsurf
Competitor 2
Gemini CLI
Competitor 3
Aider
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Zed
zed.dev
Speed meets intelligence
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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 Gemini CLI
github.com
It can query and edit large codebases, generate new apps from PDFs, images, or sketches using multimodal input, and debug problems when you describe them in plain language.
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Competitor Aider
aider.chat
AI pair programming in your terminal
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
1.2Mvisits/mo
29.6Kvisits/mo
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317.9Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 18.1%
▲ 7.8%
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▼ 15.9%
6-month growth
+26.6%
+122.1%
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-12.7%
Global rank web
#47,672
#1,172,623
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#140,509
Avg. last 3 months
1.5M
26.9K
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378.5K
Bounce rate lower is better
42%
50%
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48%
Pages / visit
2.8
1.3
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2.0
Visit duration
1m 56s
13s
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55s
Traffic sources
● Direct 80% · ● Referral 18%
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● Direct 83% · ● Referral 16%
ZedWindsurfGemini CLIAider
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 · 29.6KAider · 293.8KAider · 277.7KAider · 314.6KAider · 289.1KAider · 364.1KAider · 402KAider · 478.7KAider · 439.5KAider · 378KAider · 317.9K10K100K1M10MZed · 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 · 29.6KAider · 293.8KAider · 277.7KAider · 314.6KAider · 289.1KAider · 364.1KAider · 402KAider · 478.7KAider · 439.5KAider · 378KAider · 317.9KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Free
Free
Starting price
Free tier
$20per month · free tier available
Free
Free
Free tier
Free trial
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API access
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Plans
Personal FreePro $10/moBusiness $30/mo
Free FreePro $20/moMax $200/moTeams $80/mo
Free (personal Google account) Free
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Capabilities input → output
Input
TextCode
CodeText
TextImagesDocumentsCode
Web pagesTextImagesCodeAudio
Output
Code
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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8
Coding
Debugging
Development
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Agents
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Developer tools
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Git commands
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Agent management
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Code testing
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Terminal
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Code analysis
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Code reviews
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GitHub pull requests
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Refactoring
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Terminal commands management
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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.