Zed vs Windsurf vs Visual Studio Code vs Amazon Q Developer

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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Windsurf
Competitor 2
Visual Studio Code
Competitor 3
Amazon Q Developer
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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 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 Amazon Q Developer
aws.amazon.com
AWS coding assistant formerly known as CodeWhisperer
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
1.2Mvisits/mo
29.6Kvisits/mo
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62.6Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 18.1%
▲ 7.8%
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▲ 3.5%
6-month growth
+26.6%
+122.1%
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+13.3%
Global rank web
#47,672
#1,172,623
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#383
Avg. last 3 months
1.5M
26.9K
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60.7M
Bounce rate lower is better
42%
50%
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25%
Pages / visit
2.8
1.3
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13.9
Visit duration
1m 56s
13s
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10m 30s
Traffic sources
● Direct 80% · ● Referral 18%
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● Direct 66% · ● Referral 30%
ZedWindsurfVisual Studio CodeAmazon Q Developer
015.6M31.3M46.9M62.6MZed · 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 · 29.6KAmazon Q Developer · 58.7MAmazon Q Developer · 56.5MAmazon Q Developer · 56.6MAmazon Q Developer · 55.3MAmazon Q Developer · 61.1MAmazon Q Developer · 62.3MAmazon Q Developer · 59.1MAmazon Q Developer · 60.5MAmazon Q Developer · 62.6M10K100K1M10M100MZed · 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 · 29.6KAmazon Q Developer · 58.7MAmazon Q Developer · 56.5MAmazon Q Developer · 56.6MAmazon Q Developer · 55.3MAmazon Q Developer · 61.1MAmazon Q Developer · 62.3MAmazon Q Developer · 59.1MAmazon Q Developer · 60.5MAmazon Q Developer · 62.6MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Free
Freemium
Starting price
Free tier
$20per month · free tier available
Free
$19per month · free tier available
Free tier
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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
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Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Intermediate
Categories
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
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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Coding
Agents
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Code autocompletion
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Debugging
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Development
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Git commands
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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.