Continue vs OpenAI Codex vs Gemini vs GitHub Copilot

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
Competitor 2
Gemini
Competitor 3
GitHub Copilot
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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
openai.com
A dedicated coding agent that writes and runs code for you
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Competitor Gemini
gemini.google.com
Google's most capable AI model
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Competitor GitHub Copilot
github.com
Your AI pair programmer that actually knows the codebase
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
410.4Kvisits/mo
204.3Mvisits/mo
2.6Bvisits/mo
637.9Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 16.6%
▲ 3.6%
▼ 2.6%
▲ 3.7%
6-month growth
-24.4%
+0.3%
+0.8%
+19.3%
Global rank web
#106,338
#212
#17
#49
Avg. last 3 months
539.2K
197.3M
2.7B
629.7M
Bounce rate lower is better
48%
58%
28%
36%
Pages / visit
2.4
3.0
4.1
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Visit duration
1m 44s
2m 31s
7m 01s
6m 26s
Traffic sources
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 6%
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 17%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
ContinueOpenAI CodexGeminiGitHub Copilot
0725.8M1.5B2.2B2.9BContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KOpenAI Codex · 266.3MOpenAI Codex · 225MOpenAI Codex · 210.1MOpenAI Codex · 191.2MOpenAI Codex · 203.7MOpenAI Codex · 195.7MOpenAI Codex · 203.1MOpenAI Codex · 190.4MOpenAI Codex · 197.2MOpenAI Codex · 204.3MGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6BGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9M100K1M10M100M1B10BContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KOpenAI Codex · 266.3MOpenAI Codex · 225MOpenAI Codex · 210.1MOpenAI Codex · 191.2MOpenAI Codex · 203.7MOpenAI Codex · 195.7MOpenAI Codex · 203.1MOpenAI Codex · 190.4MOpenAI Codex · 197.2MOpenAI Codex · 204.3MGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6BGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Free
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
Free
$20per month · free tier available
$4.99per month · free tier available
$4per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Free FreeGoogle AI Plus $4.99/moGoogle AI Pro $19.99/moGoogle AI Ultra 5x $99.99/mo+1 more
Free FreeTeam $4/moEnterprise $21/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
TextCode
TextCode
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
TextCode
Output
Code
Code
VideoTextImagesCodeAudio
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Categories
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+27 more
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
3
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15
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Coding
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Development
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Image generation
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Agents
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Email writing
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Image to image
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Large language models
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PDF analysis
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Research
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Search engine
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Summarizing
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Translations
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Video generation
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Video summaries
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Writing
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Agent management
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Code documentation
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Image editing
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