Cline vs Continue vs Aider vs Claude Code

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

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Cline
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Continue
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Aider
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Claude Code
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Cline
cline.bot
Terminal-first coders get a different kind of AI assistant here
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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 Aider
aider.chat
AI pair programming in your terminal
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Competitor Claude Code
claude.com
Every plan tier hits usage limits
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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410.4Kvisits/mo
317.9Kvisits/mo
123.5Mvisits/mo
MoM change
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▼ 16.6%
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6-month growth
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-24.4%
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+106.6%
Global rank web
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#106,338
#140,509
#434
Avg. last 3 months
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539.2K
378.5K
125.2M
Bounce rate lower is better
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48%
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64%
Pages / visit
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Visit duration
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1m 44s
55s
2m 36s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 93% · ● Referral 6%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 16%
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
ClineContinueAiderClaude Code
035M69.9M104.9M139.9MContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KAider · 293.8KAider · 277.7KAider · 314.6KAider · 289.1KAider · 364.1KAider · 402KAider · 478.7KAider · 439.5KAider · 378KAider · 317.9KClaude 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 · 123.5M100K1M10M100M1BContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KAider · 293.8KAider · 277.7KAider · 314.6KAider · 289.1KAider · 364.1KAider · 402KAider · 478.7KAider · 439.5KAider · 378KAider · 317.9KClaude 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 · 123.5MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
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Starting price
Free
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$17per month · free tier available
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Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
AudioCodeImagesTextWeb pages
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
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Categories
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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8
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