ChatGPT vs Claude Code vs Continue vs DeepSeek
Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.
Your tool
ChatGPT
vs ChatGPT
Competitor 1
Claude Code
Claude Code
Competitor 2
Continue
Continue
Competitor 3
DeepSeek
DeepSeekCompare
4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Competitor
Continue
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.
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
5.6Bvisits/mo
123.5Mvisits/mo
410.4Kvisits/mo
353.8Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.5%
▼ 6.8%
▼ 16.6%
▲ 2.1%
6-month growth
-1.6%
+106.6%
-24.4%
+0.9%
Global rank web
#7
#434
#106,338
#131
Avg. last 3 months
5.5B
125.2M
539.2K
357.9M
Bounce rate lower is better
30%
64%
48%
38%
Pages / visit
4.3
2.2
2.4
3.4
Visit duration
6m 35s
2m 36s
1m 44s
5m 33s
Traffic sources
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 3%
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 6%
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 4%
ChatGPTClaude CodeContinueDeepSeek
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Free
Freemium
Starting price
$8per month · free tier available
$17per month · free tier available
Free
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Free trial
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API access
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Plans
Free FreeGo $8/moPlus $20/moPro 5x $100/mo+1 more
Free FreePro $17/moMax 5x $100/moMax 20x Custom/mo+2 more
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deepseek-flash Customdeepseek-v4-pro Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
TextCode
CodeText
TextImagesCode
Output
TextImagesCodeAudio
Code
Code
TextCode
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core partial
Tasks covered
19
9
3
9
Coding
Chatbots
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Code reviews
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Research
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Summarizing
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Translations
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Writing
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Debugging
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Development
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Refactoring
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Large language models
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Terminal
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Agents
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Blogging
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Code analysis
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Code explanations
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Copywriting
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Email writing
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Essay writing
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Grammar checking
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Homework assistance
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Image generation
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Image to text
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Search engine
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Code documentation
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Image editing
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Image to image
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Math
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Community on aitoolstime
Rating
4.34 ratings
no ratings yet
no ratings yet
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Upvotes
▲ 17
▲ 0
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▲ 3
Saves
4
0
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Reviews
4
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Prompts
17
2
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Verified listing
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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.