Continue vs OpenAI API vs DeepSeek

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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OpenAI API
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DeepSeek
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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 OpenAI API
platform.openai.com
The API powering the AI ecosystem
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Competitor DeepSeek
deepseek.com
DeepSeek is an AI lab and chat assistant.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
410.4Kvisits/mo
15.2Mvisits/mo
353.8Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 16.6%
▲ 4.6%
▲ 2.1%
6-month growth
-24.4%
-2.4%
+0.9%
Global rank web
#106,338
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#131
Avg. last 3 months
539.2K
15.2M
357.9M
Bounce rate lower is better
48%
34%
38%
Pages / visit
2.4
5.4
3.4
Visit duration
1m 44s
3m 56s
5m 33s
Traffic sources
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 6%
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 4%
ContinueOpenAI APIDeepSeek
0107.6M215.2M322.8M430.4MContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KOpenAI API · 18.7MOpenAI API · 16.7MOpenAI API · 16.5MOpenAI API · 15.6MOpenAI API · 15.9MOpenAI API · 15.1MOpenAI API · 15.7MOpenAI API · 14.6MOpenAI API · 15.2MDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8M100K1M10M100M1BContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KOpenAI API · 18.7MOpenAI API · 16.7MOpenAI API · 16.5MOpenAI API · 15.6MOpenAI API · 15.9MOpenAI API · 15.1MOpenAI API · 15.7MOpenAI API · 14.6MOpenAI API · 15.2MDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
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Starting price
Free
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deepseek-flash Customdeepseek-v4-pro Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
DocumentsTextImagesAudio
CodeImagesText
Output
Code
VideoTextImagesCodeAudio
CodeText
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI APILarge Language Models (LLMs)
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningWriting & Content+10 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
3
6
9
Coding
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Large language models
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APIs
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Chatbots
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Code reviews
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Developer tools
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Homework assistance
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LLM development
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Research
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Summarizing
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Translations
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Writing
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API integrations
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Chatbot building
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Development
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Math
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