Continue vs GitHub Copilot CLI vs Qwen Code vs Cursor

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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Qwen Code
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Cursor
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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 Qwen Code
github.com
Qwen Code is an open-source AI coding agent that lives in the terminal and also runs in editors, a desktop app, a Web UI and chat apps.
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Competitor Cursor
cursor.sh
Code editor that actually understands your codebase
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
410.4Kvisits/mo
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4.5Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 16.6%
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▲ 7.8%
6-month growth
-24.4%
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-1.8%
Global rank web
#106,338
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#15,584
Avg. last 3 months
539.2K
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4.4M
Bounce rate lower is better
48%
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57%
Pages / visit
2.4
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2.4
Visit duration
1m 44s
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1m 36s
Traffic sources
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 6%
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● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
ContinueGitHub Copilot CLIQwen CodeCursor
01.2M2.3M3.5M4.6MContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5M100K1M10MContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
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Starting price
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$20per month · free tier available
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Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
Capabilities input → output
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CodeText
CodeText
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Output
Code
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Code
Skill level
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Categories
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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