Continue vs GitHub Copilot vs OpenCode vs Citely

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
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OpenCode
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Citely
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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 OpenCode
opencode.ai
OpenCode is an open-source AI coding agent that helps developers write code in the terminal, an IDE or a desktop app.
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Competitor Citely
citely.ai
Academic citation fraud poses real problems for researchers who unknowingly reference fabricated papers
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
410.4Kvisits/mo
637.9Mvisits/mo
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62.9Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 16.6%
▲ 3.7%
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▲ 3.3%
6-month growth
-24.4%
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+26.5%
Global rank web
#106,338
#49
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#561,691
Avg. last 3 months
539.2K
629.7M
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59.2K
Bounce rate lower is better
48%
36%
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37%
Pages / visit
2.4
5.9
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2.2
Visit duration
1m 44s
6m 26s
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24s
Traffic sources
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 6%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
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● Direct 77% · ● Referral 23%
ContinueGitHub CopilotOpenCodeCitely
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 · 637.9MCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9K10K100K1M10M100M1BContinue · 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 · 637.9MCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
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$4per month · free tier available
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Free FreeTeam $4/moEnterprise $21/mo
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Trial $9Monthly $19/moYearly $14/moBeliever $347
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
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Output
Code
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Skill level
Advanced
Intermediate
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Beginner-friendly
Categories
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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