Claude Code vs Continue vs Consensus vs GitHub Copilot

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

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Claude Code
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Continue
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Consensus
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GitHub Copilot
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Claude Code
claude.com
Every plan tier hits usage limits
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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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Competitor Consensus
consensus.app
Scientific answers from peer-reviewed research
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Competitor GitHub Copilot
github.com
Your AI pair programmer that actually knows the codebase
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
123.5Mvisits/mo
410.4Kvisits/mo
5.8Mvisits/mo
637.9Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 6.8%
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6-month growth
+106.6%
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+19.3%
Global rank web
#434
#106,338
#9,859
#49
Avg. last 3 months
125.2M
539.2K
5.5M
629.7M
Bounce rate lower is better
64%
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Pages / visit
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Visit duration
2m 36s
1m 44s
3m 56s
6m 26s
Traffic sources
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 6%
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
Claude CodeContinueConsensusGitHub Copilot
0159.5M318.9M478.4M637.9MClaude Code · 19.2MClaude Code · 19.5MClaude Code · 35.8MClaude Code · 59.8MClaude Code · 139.9MClaude Code · 133.1MClaude Code · 119.5MClaude Code · 132.6MClaude Code · 123.5MContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9M100K1M10M100M1BClaude Code · 19.2MClaude Code · 19.5MClaude Code · 35.8MClaude Code · 59.8MClaude Code · 139.9MClaude Code · 133.1MClaude Code · 119.5MClaude Code · 132.6MClaude Code · 123.5MContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Free
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$17per month · free tier available
Free
$8.99per month · free tier available
$4per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Free FreeTeam $4/moEnterprise $21/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
Text
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
Text
Code
Skill level
Intermediate
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Intermediate
Intermediate
Categories
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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