Continue vs ChatGPT vs Kilo Code vs Aider

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

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Continue
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ChatGPT
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Kilo Code
Competitor 3
Aider
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool 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 ChatGPT
chatgpt.com
Your AI assistant for everything
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Competitor Kilo Code
kilocode.ai
Kilo Code is an open source AI agent Visual Studio (VS) Code extension that focuses on enhancing the efficiency of coding. The tool can generate code, automate tasks, and offer practical suggestions.
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Competitor Aider
aider.chat
AI pair programming in your terminal
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
410.4Kvisits/mo
5.6Bvisits/mo
1.9Kvisits/mo
317.9Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 16.6%
▲ 3.5%
▼ 42.3%
▼ 15.9%
6-month growth
-24.4%
-1.6%
-94.4%
-12.7%
Global rank web
#106,338
#7
#4,668,091
#140,509
Avg. last 3 months
539.2K
5.5B
10.5K
378.5K
Bounce rate lower is better
48%
30%
34%
48%
Pages / visit
2.4
4.3
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2.0
Visit duration
1m 44s
6m 35s
19s
55s
Traffic sources
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 6%
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 3%
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● Direct 83% · ● Referral 16%
ContinueChatGPTKilo CodeAider
01.5B2.9B4.4B5.8BContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BKilo Code · 744.7KKilo Code · 164KKilo Code · 48.6KKilo Code · 16KKilo Code · 33.5KKilo Code · 14.4KKilo Code · 10.5KKilo Code · 26.4KKilo Code · 3.2KKilo Code · 1.9KAider · 293.8KAider · 277.7KAider · 314.6KAider · 289.1KAider · 364.1KAider · 402KAider · 478.7KAider · 439.5KAider · 378KAider · 317.9K1K10K100K1M10M100M1B10BContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BKilo Code · 744.7KKilo Code · 164KKilo Code · 48.6KKilo Code · 16KKilo Code · 33.5KKilo Code · 14.4KKilo Code · 10.5KKilo Code · 26.4KKilo Code · 3.2KKilo Code · 1.9KAider · 293.8KAider · 277.7KAider · 314.6KAider · 289.1KAider · 364.1KAider · 402KAider · 478.7KAider · 439.5KAider · 378KAider · 317.9KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Free
Freemium
Freemium
Free
Starting price
Free
$8per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
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Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
TextCode
Web pagesTextImagesCodeAudio
Output
Code
TextImagesCodeAudio
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+27 more
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Coding
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Coding in VS Code
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Copywriting
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Email writing
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Essay writing
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Git commands
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Grammar checking
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Image generation
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Image to text
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Research
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Search engine
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Summarizing
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Terminal
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Translations
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Writing
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Code analysis
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Code documentation
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Image editing
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Image to image
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Terminal commands management
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Vs code
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