Cursor vs GitHub Copilot: which one does AI recommend?

We asked ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity 10 questions buyers ask about AI coding assistant — 30 answers in total — and counted who got named. Cursor is named in 22 of 30 answers (73%); GitHub Copilot in 17 (57%).

Cursor

73%

named in 22 of 30 answers

ChatGPT: named in 90% of answers

Gemini: named in 50% of answers

Perplexity: named in 80% of answers

GitHub Copilot

57%

named in 17 of 30 answers

How they rank against everyone else

Cursor

73%

GitHub Copilot

57%

Claude Code

53%

Amazon Q Developer

30%

Windsurf

30%

Aider

20%

Tabnine

20%

Continue

17%

Where does your product land?

Same 10 questions, your product, about a minute. No account.

Counts are mentions in AI answers, not endorsements, measured 2026-09-20. Nobody pays to appear.