Continue vs Layercode vs Shortwave vs Gemini Code Assist

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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LLayercode
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Shortwave
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Gemini Code Assist
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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 LLayercode
layercode.com
A developer building a telehealth app needs voice agents that respond instantly during patient consultations
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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 Gemini Code Assist
codeassist.google
It provides a chat interface that is aware of the code in the open files, automatic completions as you type, and generation or transformation of whole functions and files on demand.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
410.4Kvisits/mo
548visits/mo
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MoM change
▼ 16.6%
▼ 75.1%
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6-month growth
-24.4%
-96.0%
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Global rank web
#106,338
#6,604,519
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Avg. last 3 months
539.2K
1.6K
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Bounce rate lower is better
48%
36%
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Pages / visit
2.4
1.0
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Visit duration
1m 44s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 6%
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ContinueLayercodeShortwaveGemini Code Assist
0193.8K387.7K581.5K775.3KContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KLayercode · 6.8KLayercode · 21.9KLayercode · 13.7KLayercode · 4.3KLayercode · 3KLayercode · 2.1KLayercode · 2.2KLayercode · 5481001K10K100K1MContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KLayercode · 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
$250per month · free tier available
$30per month
$19per month · free tier available
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Developer FreePro $250/moEnterprise Custom
Business $30/moPremier $45/moMax $120/mo
Individuals FreeStandard $19/moEnterprise $45/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
AudioText
DocumentsText
CodeText
Output
Code
AudioText
Text
Code
Skill level
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Intermediate
Categories
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Productivity & OfficeAI AssistantAI Email AssistantAI Scheduling
Productivity & OfficeAI AssistantAI Email Assistant
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Coding
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Code reviews
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Developer tools
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Email management
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APIs
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Code autocompletion
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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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Agents
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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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MCP
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Node js
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Task management
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