Continue vs OpenCode vs Visual Studio Code vs OpenAI API

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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OpenCode
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Visual Studio Code
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OpenAI API
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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.
Competitor OpenCode
opencode.ai
OpenCode is an open-source AI coding agent that helps developers write code in the terminal, an IDE or a desktop app.
Competitor Visual Studio Code
code.visualstudio.com
Visual Studio Code is a free, open source code editor that runs on Windows, macOS and Linux and now includes built-in AI agents.
Competitor OpenAI API
platform.openai.com
The API powering the AI ecosystem
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
410.4Kvisits/mo
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15.2Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 16.6%
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▲ 4.6%
6-month growth
-24.4%
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-2.4%
Global rank web
#106,338
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Avg. last 3 months
539.2K
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15.2M
Bounce rate lower is better
48%
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34%
Pages / visit
2.4
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5.4
Visit duration
1m 44s
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3m 56s
Traffic sources
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 6%
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● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
ContinueOpenCodeVisual Studio CodeOpenAI API
04.7M9.4M14.1M18.7MContinue · 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 · 15.2M100K1M10M100MContinue · 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 · 15.2MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
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Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
DocumentsImagesTextAudio
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Code
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AudioCodeImagesTextVideo
Skill level
Advanced
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Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Coding
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Traffic figures are third-party estimates for the tool's own domain; tools sharing a domain with a bigger product are not counted. Pricing is captured from each tool's site and may lag.