Aider vs OpenAI Codex vs Sourcegraph Cody 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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OpenAI Codex
Competitor 2
Sourcegraph Cody
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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 OpenAI Codex
openai.com
A dedicated coding agent that writes and runs code for you
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Competitor Sourcegraph Cody
sourcegraph.com
AI that knows 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
204.3Mvisits/mo
185.6Kvisits/mo
410.4Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 15.9%
▲ 3.6%
▼ 10.6%
▼ 16.6%
6-month growth
-12.7%
+0.3%
-40.6%
-24.4%
Global rank web
#140,509
#212
#204,583
#106,338
Avg. last 3 months
378.5K
197.3M
209.7K
539.2K
Bounce rate lower is better
48%
58%
42%
48%
Pages / visit
2.0
3.0
2.9
2.4
Visit duration
55s
2m 31s
1m 39s
1m 44s
Traffic sources
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 16%
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 17%
● Direct 91% · ● Referral 7%
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 6%
AiderOpenAI CodexSourcegraph CodyContinue
066.6M133.2M199.7M266.3MAider · 293.8KAider · 277.7KAider · 314.6KAider · 289.1KAider · 364.1KAider · 402KAider · 478.7KAider · 439.5KAider · 378KAider · 317.9KOpenAI Codex · 266.3MOpenAI Codex · 225MOpenAI Codex · 210.1MOpenAI Codex · 191.2MOpenAI Codex · 203.7MOpenAI Codex · 195.7MOpenAI Codex · 203.1MOpenAI Codex · 190.4MOpenAI Codex · 197.2MOpenAI Codex · 204.3MSourcegraph Cody · 396.9KSourcegraph Cody · 383.2KSourcegraph Cody · 377.2KSourcegraph Cody · 305.8KSourcegraph Cody · 312.4KSourcegraph Cody · 254.6KSourcegraph Cody · 244.5KSourcegraph Cody · 235.9KSourcegraph Cody · 207.6KSourcegraph Cody · 185.6KContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4K100K1M10M100M1BAider · 293.8KAider · 277.7KAider · 314.6KAider · 289.1KAider · 364.1KAider · 402KAider · 478.7KAider · 439.5KAider · 378KAider · 317.9KOpenAI Codex · 266.3MOpenAI Codex · 225MOpenAI Codex · 210.1MOpenAI Codex · 191.2MOpenAI Codex · 203.7MOpenAI Codex · 195.7MOpenAI Codex · 203.1MOpenAI Codex · 190.4MOpenAI Codex · 197.2MOpenAI Codex · 204.3MSourcegraph Cody · 396.9KSourcegraph Cody · 383.2KSourcegraph Cody · 377.2KSourcegraph Cody · 305.8KSourcegraph Cody · 312.4KSourcegraph Cody · 254.6KSourcegraph Cody · 244.5KSourcegraph Cody · 235.9KSourcegraph Cody · 207.6KSourcegraph Cody · 185.6KContinue · 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
$16,000per month
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Enterprise $16,000/yr
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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 Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI 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
Development
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Code reviews
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Debugging
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Code testing
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Git commands
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Terminal
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Code analysis
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Code documentation
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Prompt management
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Refactoring
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Terminal commands management
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Reviews
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Prompts
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