Continue vs Consensus vs CodeGPT vs Perplexity AI

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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Consensus
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CodeGPT
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Perplexity AI
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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 Consensus
consensus.app
Scientific answers from peer-reviewed research
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Competitor CodeGPT
codegpt.co
ChatGPT in your code editor
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Competitor Perplexity AI
perplexity.ai
Search that gives answers instead of links
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
410.4Kvisits/mo
5.8Mvisits/mo
188.3Kvisits/mo
95.2Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 16.6%
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▼ 8.2%
6-month growth
-24.4%
+14.4%
-37.2%
-42.9%
Global rank web
#106,338
#9,859
#251,957
#446
Avg. last 3 months
539.2K
5.5M
196.6K
104.9M
Bounce rate lower is better
48%
43%
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Pages / visit
2.4
4.1
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Visit duration
1m 44s
3m 56s
38s
4m 18s
Traffic sources
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 6%
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 58% · ● Referral 42%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
ContinueConsensusCodeGPTPerplexity AI
047.3M94.5M141.8M189MContinue · 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 · 5.8MCodeGPT · 267.5KCodeGPT · 278.8KCodeGPT · 284.1KCodeGPT · 233.4KCodeGPT · 299.7KCodeGPT · 277.1KCodeGPT · 262.2KCodeGPT · 214.6KCodeGPT · 186.8KCodeGPT · 188.3KPerplexity AI · 189MPerplexity AI · 179.6MPerplexity AI · 170.1MPerplexity AI · 153.8MPerplexity AI · 166.8MPerplexity AI · 154.9MPerplexity AI · 138.1MPerplexity AI · 115.8MPerplexity AI · 103.8MPerplexity AI · 95.2M100K1M10M100M1BContinue · 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 · 5.8MCodeGPT · 267.5KCodeGPT · 278.8KCodeGPT · 284.1KCodeGPT · 233.4KCodeGPT · 299.7KCodeGPT · 277.1KCodeGPT · 262.2KCodeGPT · 214.6KCodeGPT · 186.8KCodeGPT · 188.3KPerplexity AI · 189MPerplexity AI · 179.6MPerplexity AI · 170.1MPerplexity AI · 153.8MPerplexity AI · 166.8MPerplexity AI · 154.9MPerplexity AI · 138.1MPerplexity AI · 115.8MPerplexity AI · 103.8MPerplexity AI · 95.2MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Free
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
Free
$8.99per month · free tier available
$9per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
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Capabilities input → output
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CodeText
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CodeDocumentsImagesText
Output
Code
Text
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CodeText
Skill level
Advanced
Intermediate
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Chatbots & CompanionsEducation & LearningLifestyle & EntertainmentProductivity & Office+13 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Coding
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Code reviews
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Debugging
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Medical research
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Research papers summaries
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Summarizing
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Development
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Homework assistance
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MCP
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Writing
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