Trae: Features a polished AI-native IDE interface and smart coding agent, but lacks Cursor's mature extension ecosystem. Cursor records 4,790,129 monthly visits with +6.5% month-over-month growth and Freemium pricing. Trae records 702,366 monthly visits with -7.8% growth and Freemium pricing.
The AI coding agent that turns ideas into shipped software
An AI IDE and coding agent that works on your project, not just your cursor
| Dimension / Metric | | |
|---|---|---|
| Official Domain | cursor.sh | trae.ai |
| Pricing Model | Freemium | Freemium |
| Monthly Visits | 4.79M (4,790,129) | 702.37K (702,366) |
| MoM Traffic Delta | +291.91K (+6.5%) | -59.77K (-7.8%) |
| Primary Market & Share | 🇺🇸 United States (22.8%) | 🇨🇳 China (44.6%) |
| Direct Visits / mo | 410.78K | 373.24K |
| User Rating | 4.8 | 4.7 |
| Supported Platforms | Website | Website |
The AI coding agent that turns ideas into shipped software
Hand off a task in plain language and agents plan it, edit across multiple files, run commands, and report back what changed.
Launch several agents at once in hosted environments so long-running work continues in the background while you focus elsewhere.
Choose between models from multiple leading providers per task, balancing reasoning depth, speed, and cost as needed.
Cursor runs as a desktop IDE, in the terminal via CLI, and inside Slack and GitHub so agents review pull requests in existing workflows.
An AI IDE and coding agent that works on your project, not just your cursor
Trae reads your project files and dependencies, so its suggestions account for how the codebase is actually structured rather than treating each file in isolation.
Describe a task and the agent plans and applies multi-file edits, shows a diff for review, and can run terminal commands as part of the change.
Ask questions about unfamiliar code, get inline explanations, and have bugs or failing tests diagnosed and fixed with context.
TraeCode covers the coding workflow, while TraeWork applies an AI assistant to everyday knowledge tasks — both download for desktop, with a web option.
SpecialistOpenAI's flagship multimodal assistant powered by GPT-6 and GPT-5.6 for reasoning, coding, and deep research.
SpecialistOpenAI's flagship multimodal assistant powered by GPT-6 and GPT-5.6 for reasoning, coding, and deep research.
SpecialistAnthropic's frontier AI workspace powered by Claude 5.5 for agentic coding, analysis, and nuanced writing.
SpecialistAnthropic's frontier AI workspace powered by Claude 5.5 for agentic coding, analysis, and nuanced writing.
Offers much deeper IDE integration and superior multi-file editing, but requires a paid subscription for full features.
Offers much deeper IDE integration and superior multi-file editing, but requires a paid subscription for full features.
Google's agent-first development platform for building and shipping software with AI agents
Google's agent-first development platform for building and shipping software with AI agents
SpecialistExcels at instant browser-based cloud deployment and full-stack app generation, but is less suited for heavy local multi-repo workflows.
SpecialistExcels at instant browser-based cloud deployment and full-stack app generation, but is less suited for heavy local multi-repo workflows.
Free / Open-sourceProvides ultimate extensibility and open-source flexibility, but requires assembling your own extension stack to match Trae's native AI features.
Free / Open-sourceProvides ultimate extensibility and open-source flexibility, but requires assembling your own extension stack to match Trae's native AI features.
Provides powerful codebase-wide agentic planning and completion, but operates primarily as a plugin rather than a dedicated IDE.
Provides powerful codebase-wide agentic planning and completion, but operates primarily as a plugin rather than a dedicated IDE.
Uses rigorous spec-driven engineering plans to verify changes, though with a more structured and rigid workflow than Trae.
Uses rigorous spec-driven engineering plans to verify changes, though with a more structured and rigid workflow than Trae.
SpecialistOperates as a fully autonomous software engineer that opens pull requests, but is much more expensive and task-oriented.
SpecialistOperates as a fully autonomous software engineer that opens pull requests, but is much more expensive and task-oriented.
SpecialistFocuses on terminal-first workflows with open-weight models, but lacks the graphical multi-file interface of Trae.
SpecialistFocuses on terminal-first workflows with open-weight models, but lacks the graphical multi-file interface of Trae.
SpecialistEnhances terminal productivity with built-in AI commands, but doesn't provide a full GUI-based code editor like Trae.
SpecialistEnhances terminal productivity with built-in AI commands, but doesn't provide a full GUI-based code editor like Trae.
SpecialistDelivers superior enterprise codebase context and team governance, but focuses heavily on corporate deployments rather than individual developers.
SpecialistDelivers superior enterprise codebase context and team governance, but focuses heavily on corporate deployments rather than individual developers.
