Trae: Delivers a polished AI-native IDE experience with multi-file generation, but has a smaller ecosystem than Cursor. Cursor records 23,297,751 monthly visits with +8.4% month-over-month growth and Freemium pricing. Trae records 702,366 monthly visits with -7.8% growth and Freemium pricing.
The AI coding agent for building ambitious software
An AI IDE and coding agent that works on your project, not just your cursor
| Dimension / Metric | | |
|---|---|---|
| Official Domain | cursor.com | trae.ai |
| Pricing Model | Freemium | Freemium |
| Monthly Visits | 23.3M (23,297,751) | 702.37K (702,366) |
| MoM Traffic Delta | +1.8M (+8.4%) | -59.77K (-7.8%) |
| Primary Market & Share | 🇺🇸 United States (24.1%) | 🇨🇳 China (44.6%) |
| Direct Visits / mo | 14.68M | 373.24K |
| User Rating | 4.7 | 4.7 |
| Supported Platforms | Website | Website |
The AI coding agent for building ambitious software
An agentic mode that plans changes, edits several files at once, runs tests, and iterates until the task is complete.
Background agents spin up their own environments to build, test, and demo features in parallel, then hand back results for review.
Fast inline suggestions plus codebase-wide semantic search and indexing so answers reflect your actual repository.
Switch between leading frontier models from multiple providers, or let Cursor select a model automatically for each task.
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.
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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.
Free / Open-sourceRun multiple coding agents in parallel in one shared workspace
Free / Open-sourceRun multiple coding agents in parallel in one shared workspace
Provides cloud-hosted development environments and direct AI debugging, but lacks the polished local editing experience of Trae.
Provides cloud-hosted development environments and direct AI debugging, but lacks the polished local editing experience of Trae.
