Continue vs OpenAI API vs GitHub Copilot vs Claude Code

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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GitHub Copilot
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Claude Code
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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 OpenAI API
platform.openai.com
The API powering the AI ecosystem
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Competitor GitHub Copilot
github.com
Your AI pair programmer that actually knows the codebase
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Competitor Claude Code
claude.com
Every plan tier hits usage limits
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
410.4Kvisits/mo
15.2Mvisits/mo
637.9Mvisits/mo
123.5Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 16.6%
▲ 4.6%
▲ 3.7%
▼ 6.8%
6-month growth
-24.4%
-2.4%
+19.3%
+106.6%
Global rank web
#106,338
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#49
#434
Avg. last 3 months
539.2K
15.2M
629.7M
125.2M
Bounce rate lower is better
48%
34%
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64%
Pages / visit
2.4
5.4
5.9
2.2
Visit duration
1m 44s
3m 56s
6m 26s
2m 36s
Traffic sources
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 6%
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
ContinueOpenAI APIGitHub CopilotClaude Code
0159.5M318.9M478.4M637.9MContinue · 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 · 15.2MGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MClaude Code · 19.2MClaude Code · 19.5MClaude Code · 35.8MClaude Code · 59.8MClaude Code · 139.9MClaude Code · 133.1MClaude Code · 119.5MClaude Code · 132.6MClaude Code · 123.5M100K1M10M100M1BContinue · 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 · 15.2MGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MClaude Code · 19.2MClaude Code · 19.5MClaude Code · 35.8MClaude Code · 59.8MClaude Code · 139.9MClaude Code · 133.1MClaude Code · 119.5MClaude Code · 132.6MClaude Code · 123.5MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Free
Paid
Freemium
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Starting price
Free
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$4per month · free tier available
$17per month · free tier available
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Free FreeTeam $4/moEnterprise $21/mo
Free FreePro $17/moMax 5x $100/moMax 20x Custom/mo+2 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
AudioDocumentsImagesText
CodeText
TextCode
Output
Code
AudioCodeImagesTextVideo
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Intermediate
Intermediate
Categories
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI APILarge Language Models (LLMs)
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Coding
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Agents
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Code analysis
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LLM development
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Large language models
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API integrations
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