Continue vs GitHub Copilot vs Shortwave vs Layercode

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
Shortwave
Competitor 3
LLayercode
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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 Shortwave
shortwave.com
Shortwave is an AI email client that puts an assistant inside the inbox.
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Competitor LLayercode
layercode.com
A developer building a telehealth app needs voice agents that respond instantly during patient consultations
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
410.4Kvisits/mo
637.9Mvisits/mo
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548visits/mo
MoM change
▼ 16.6%
▲ 3.7%
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▼ 75.1%
6-month growth
-24.4%
+19.3%
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-96.0%
Global rank web
#106,338
#49
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#6,604,519
Avg. last 3 months
539.2K
629.7M
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1.6K
Bounce rate lower is better
48%
36%
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36%
Pages / visit
2.4
5.9
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1.0
Visit duration
1m 44s
6m 26s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 6%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
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ContinueGitHub CopilotShortwaveLayercode
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 · 637.9MLayercode · 6.8KLayercode · 21.9KLayercode · 13.7KLayercode · 4.3KLayercode · 3KLayercode · 2.1KLayercode · 2.2KLayercode · 5481001K10K100K1M10M100M1BContinue · 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 · 637.9MLayercode · 6.8KLayercode · 21.9KLayercode · 13.7KLayercode · 4.3KLayercode · 3KLayercode · 2.1KLayercode · 2.2KLayercode · 548Nov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Free
Freemium
Free Trial
Freemium
Starting price
Free
$4per month · free tier available
$30per month
$250per month · free tier available
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Free FreeTeam $4/moEnterprise $21/mo
Business $30/moPremier $45/moMax $120/mo
Developer FreePro $250/moEnterprise Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
DocumentsText
AudioText
Output
Code
Code
Text
AudioText
Skill level
Advanced
Intermediate
Intermediate
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Productivity & OfficeAI AssistantAI Email Assistant
Productivity & OfficeAI AssistantAI Email AssistantAI Scheduling
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
3
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10
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Coding
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Email management
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Agents
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Email
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Email automation
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Email replies
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Email writing
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Agent management
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Assistant development
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Development
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Email enhancement
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Email tracking
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Meeting scheduling
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Node js
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Task management
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Team collaboration
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Reviews
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Prompts
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Traffic figures are third-party estimates for the tool's own domain; tools sharing a domain with a bigger product are not counted. Pricing is captured from each tool's site and may lag.