Continue vs GitHub Copilot CLI vs Gemini vs Cline

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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GitHub Copilot CLI
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Gemini
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Cline
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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 GitHub Copilot CLI
github.com
It reads, writes and runs code, works directly with your issues and pull requests, and carries a task from planning to merged code.
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Competitor Gemini
gemini.google.com
Google's most capable AI model
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Competitor Cline
cline.bot
Terminal-first coders get a different kind of AI assistant here
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
410.4Kvisits/mo
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2.6Bvisits/mo
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MoM change
▼ 16.6%
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▼ 2.6%
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6-month growth
-24.4%
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+0.8%
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Global rank web
#106,338
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#17
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Avg. last 3 months
539.2K
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2.7B
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Bounce rate lower is better
48%
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28%
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Pages / visit
2.4
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4.1
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Visit duration
1m 44s
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7m 01s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 6%
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● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
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ContinueGitHub Copilot CLIGeminiCline
0725.8M1.5B2.2B2.9BContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6B100K1M10M100M1B10BContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6BNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
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Starting price
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$4.99per month · free tier available
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Capabilities input → output
Input
TextCode
TextCode
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
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Output
Code
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VideoTextImagesCodeAudio
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Skill level
Advanced
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+27 more
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Coding
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Image generation
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Refactoring
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Code reviews
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Coding in VS Code
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Email writing
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GitHub pull requests
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Image to image
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Large language models
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MCP
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PDF analysis
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Research
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Search engine
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Shell commands
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Summarizing
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Terminal
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Video generation
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Writing
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Bash
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Developer tools
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GitHub management
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Image editing
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