Continue vs Hal vs GitHub Copilot CLI vs StartKit

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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Hal
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GitHub Copilot CLI
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StartKit
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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 Hal
hal9.com
Hal9 is a powerful platform for quickly building and deploying fully customizable AI chatbots, powered by your data with complete privacy. In just under 5 minutes, you can create a tailored chatbot t
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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 StartKit
startkit.ai
StartKit hands you the entire backend so you can ship your product faster
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
410.4Kvisits/mo
3.4Kvisits/mo
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1.3Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 16.6%
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▲ 79.8%
6-month growth
-24.4%
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-36.9%
Global rank web
#106,338
#6,156,551
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Avg. last 3 months
539.2K
3.9K
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756
Bounce rate lower is better
48%
39%
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38%
Pages / visit
2.4
1.1
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1.0
Visit duration
1m 44s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 6%
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ContinueHalGitHub Copilot CLIStartKit
0193.8K387.7K581.5K775.3KContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KHal · 934Hal · 2.1KHal · 1.3KHal · 2.1KHal · 6.4KHal · 6.9KHal · 4.5KHal · 3.8KHal · 3.4KStartKit · 1.6KStartKit · 1.4KStartKit · 2.2KStartKit · 2KStartKit · 1.6KStartKit · 181StartKit · 300StartKit · 704StartKit · 1.3K1001K10K100K1MContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KHal · 934Hal · 2.1KHal · 1.3KHal · 2.1KHal · 6.4KHal · 6.9KHal · 4.5KHal · 3.8KHal · 3.4KStartKit · 1.6KStartKit · 1.4KStartKit · 2.2KStartKit · 2KStartKit · 1.6KStartKit · 181StartKit · 300StartKit · 704StartKit · 1.3KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
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Freemium
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Starting price
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$2,000per month
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$149per month
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Startups $2,000/mo
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Starter $149Growth $249Concierge $0
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
Text
Output
Code
Apps
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Intermediate
Intermediate
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Categories
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Developer Tools
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Developer Tools
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Code reviews
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GitHub management
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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.