Aider vs Kilo Code vs Cursor vs Continue

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

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Aider
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Kilo Code
Competitor 2
Cursor
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Continue
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Aider
aider.chat
AI pair programming in your terminal
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Competitor Kilo Code
kilocode.ai
Kilo Code is an open source AI agent Visual Studio (VS) Code extension that focuses on enhancing the efficiency of coding. The tool can generate code, automate tasks, and offer practical suggestions.
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Competitor Cursor
cursor.sh
Code editor that actually understands your codebase
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Competitor Continue
continue.dev
Continue is an open-source AI coding agent that was built by a community of developers and has since been acquired by Cursor.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
317.9Kvisits/mo
1.9Kvisits/mo
4.5Mvisits/mo
410.4Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 15.9%
▼ 42.3%
▲ 7.8%
▼ 16.6%
6-month growth
-12.7%
-94.4%
-1.8%
-24.4%
Global rank web
#140,509
#4,668,091
#15,584
#106,338
Avg. last 3 months
378.5K
10.5K
4.4M
539.2K
Bounce rate lower is better
48%
34%
57%
48%
Pages / visit
2.0
2.4
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2.4
Visit duration
55s
19s
1m 36s
1m 44s
Traffic sources
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 16%
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● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 6%
AiderKilo CodeCursorContinue
01.2M2.3M3.5M4.6MAider · 293.8KAider · 277.7KAider · 314.6KAider · 289.1KAider · 364.1KAider · 402KAider · 478.7KAider · 439.5KAider · 378KAider · 317.9KKilo Code · 744.7KKilo Code · 164KKilo Code · 48.6KKilo Code · 16KKilo Code · 33.5KKilo Code · 14.4KKilo Code · 10.5KKilo Code · 26.4KKilo Code · 3.2KKilo Code · 1.9KCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4K1K10K100K1M10MAider · 293.8KAider · 277.7KAider · 314.6KAider · 289.1KAider · 364.1KAider · 402KAider · 478.7KAider · 439.5KAider · 378KAider · 317.9KKilo Code · 744.7KKilo Code · 164KKilo Code · 48.6KKilo Code · 16KKilo Code · 33.5KKilo Code · 14.4KKilo Code · 10.5KKilo Code · 26.4KKilo Code · 3.2KKilo Code · 1.9KCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Free
Freemium
Freemium
Free
Starting price
Free
$20per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
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Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
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Capabilities input → output
Input
AudioCodeImagesTextWeb pages
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Coding
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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.