Continue vs GitHub Copilot vs DeepSeek vs Anthropic Claude API

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
Competitor 2
DeepSeek
Competitor 3
Anthropic Claude API
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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
github.com
Your AI pair programmer that actually knows the codebase
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Competitor DeepSeek
deepseek.com
DeepSeek is an AI lab and chat assistant.
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Competitor Anthropic Claude API
anthropic.com
Build on Claude's capabilities
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
410.4Kvisits/mo
637.9Mvisits/mo
353.8Mvisits/mo
13.8Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 16.6%
▲ 3.7%
▲ 2.1%
▼ 39.4%
6-month growth
-24.4%
+19.3%
+0.9%
-43.4%
Global rank web
#106,338
#49
#131
#3,345
Avg. last 3 months
539.2K
629.7M
357.9M
25.7M
Bounce rate lower is better
48%
36%
38%
67%
Pages / visit
2.4
5.9
3.4
1.8
Visit duration
1m 44s
6m 26s
5m 33s
1m 35s
Traffic sources
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 6%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 16%
ContinueGitHub CopilotDeepSeekAnthropic Claude API
0159.5M318.9M478.4M637.9MContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8MAnthropic Claude API · 9.9MAnthropic Claude API · 9.4MAnthropic Claude API · 9.5MAnthropic Claude API · 16.1MAnthropic Claude API · 24.4MAnthropic Claude API · 25.9MAnthropic Claude API · 22.4MAnthropic Claude API · 40.5MAnthropic Claude API · 22.8MAnthropic Claude API · 13.8M100K1M10M100M1BContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8MAnthropic Claude API · 9.9MAnthropic Claude API · 9.4MAnthropic Claude API · 9.5MAnthropic Claude API · 16.1MAnthropic Claude API · 24.4MAnthropic Claude API · 25.9MAnthropic Claude API · 22.4MAnthropic Claude API · 40.5MAnthropic Claude API · 22.8MAnthropic Claude API · 13.8MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Free
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
Free
$4per month · free tier available
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$17per month · free tier available
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Plans
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Free FreeTeam $4/moEnterprise $21/mo
deepseek-flash Customdeepseek-v4-pro Custom
Plan $17.0 $17/moPlan $20.0 $20/moPlan $25.0 $25/moPlan $100.0 $100/mo+2 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
TextCode
CodeText
TextImagesCode
TextImagesDocumentsCode
Output
Code
Code
TextCode
TextCode
Skill level
Advanced
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningWriting & Content+10 more
Development & CodeAI APILarge Language Models (LLMs)
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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9
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Coding
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Homework assistance
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Research
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Summarizing
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Writing
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Agent management
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Math
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