Continue vs Claude Code vs Gemini Code Assist 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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Claude Code
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Gemini Code Assist
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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 Claude Code
claude.com
Every plan tier hits usage limits
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Competitor Gemini Code Assist
codeassist.google
It provides a chat interface that is aware of the code in the open files, automatic completions as you type, and generation or transformation of whole functions and files on demand.
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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
123.5Mvisits/mo
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317.9Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 16.6%
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▼ 15.9%
6-month growth
-24.4%
+106.6%
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-12.7%
Global rank web
#106,338
#434
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#140,509
Avg. last 3 months
539.2K
125.2M
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378.5K
Bounce rate lower is better
48%
64%
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48%
Pages / visit
2.4
2.2
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2.0
Visit duration
1m 44s
2m 36s
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55s
Traffic sources
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 6%
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
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● Direct 83% · ● Referral 16%
ContinueClaude CodeGemini Code AssistAider
035M69.9M104.9M139.9MContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KClaude 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 · 123.5MAider · 293.8KAider · 277.7KAider · 314.6KAider · 289.1KAider · 364.1KAider · 402KAider · 478.7KAider · 439.5KAider · 378KAider · 317.9K100K1M10M100M1BContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KClaude 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 · 123.5MAider · 293.8KAider · 277.7KAider · 314.6KAider · 289.1KAider · 364.1KAider · 402KAider · 478.7KAider · 439.5KAider · 378KAider · 317.9KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
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Freemium
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Starting price
Free
$17per month · free tier available
$19per month · free tier available
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Free FreePro $17/moMax 5x $100/moMax 20x Custom/mo+2 more
Individuals FreeStandard $19/moEnterprise $45/mo
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Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
AudioCodeImagesTextWeb pages
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Code
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Intermediate
Intermediate
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Categories
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI 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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Git commands
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Refactoring
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Terminal commands management
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