Continue vs OpenAI Codex CLI vs Claude Code vs Kimi 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 Codex CLI
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Claude Code
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Kimi 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 Codex CLI
developers.openai.com
OpenAI Codex CLI brings the Codex coding agent to the terminal and to scripts.
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Competitor Claude Code
claude.com
Every plan tier hits usage limits
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Competitor Kimi Code
kimi.com
Writing code means constantly jumping between your editor and browser tabs stuffed with documentation
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
410.4Kvisits/mo
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123.5Mvisits/mo
60.1Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 16.6%
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▼ 6.8%
▲ 52.2%
6-month growth
-24.4%
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+106.6%
+33.8%
Global rank web
#106,338
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#434
#852
Avg. last 3 months
539.2K
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125.2M
48.3M
Bounce rate lower is better
48%
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64%
37%
Pages / visit
2.4
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2.2
3.9
Visit duration
1m 44s
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2m 36s
7m 13s
Traffic sources
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 6%
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● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 89% · ● Referral 10%
ContinueOpenAI Codex CLIClaude CodeKimi Code
035M69.9M104.9M139.9MContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KClaude 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 · 123.5MKimi Code · 43.3MKimi Code · 38.2MKimi Code · 33.5MKimi Code · 44.9MKimi Code · 48.1MKimi Code · 43MKimi Code · 45.3MKimi Code · 39.5MKimi Code · 60.1M100K1M10M100M1BContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KClaude 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 · 123.5MKimi Code · 43.3MKimi Code · 38.2MKimi Code · 33.5MKimi Code · 44.9MKimi Code · 48.1MKimi Code · 43MKimi Code · 45.3MKimi Code · 39.5MKimi Code · 60.1MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
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Starting price
Free
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$17per month · free tier available
$15per month · free tier available
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GPT-6-Astra $10GPT-6.1-Sol $2GPT-6-Luna $0.10GPT-Live-1 $0.05/minute+1 more
Free FreePro $17/moMax 5x $100/moMax 20x Custom/mo+2 more
Adagio FreePlus $15/moPro $31/moMax $79/mo+1 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeImagesText
CodeText
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
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Categories
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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6
6
Coding
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Code analysis
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Developer assistance
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