Consensus vs Continue vs Zed

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

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3 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Consensus
consensus.app
Scientific answers from peer-reviewed research
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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 Zed
zed.dev
Speed meets intelligence
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
5.8Mvisits/mo
410.4Kvisits/mo
1.2Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.5%
▼ 16.6%
▼ 18.1%
6-month growth
+14.4%
-24.4%
+26.6%
Global rank web
#9,859
#106,338
#47,672
Avg. last 3 months
5.5M
539.2K
1.5M
Bounce rate lower is better
43%
48%
42%
Pages / visit
4.1
2.4
2.8
Visit duration
3m 56s
1m 44s
1m 56s
Traffic sources
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 6%
● Direct 80% · ● Referral 18%
ConsensusContinueZed
01.5M2.9M4.4M5.9MConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KZed · 1.1MZed · 966.1KZed · 1.1MZed · 936.1KZed · 1.4MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.8MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.2M100K1M10MConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KZed · 1.1MZed · 966.1KZed · 1.1MZed · 936.1KZed · 1.4MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.8MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.2MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
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Freemium
Starting price
$8.99per month · free tier available
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Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
CodeText
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Output
Text
Code
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Skill level
Intermediate
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Code autocompletion
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Research
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Research papers
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Search engine
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Code reviews
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Debugging
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Literature reviews
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Medical research
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Research papers summaries
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Scientific research
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Git commands
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