Continue vs OpenHands vs Programming Helper 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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OpenHands
Competitor 2
Programming Helper
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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 OpenHands
openhands.dev
OpenHands is an open-source, model-agnostic platform for running coding agents in the cloud.
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Competitor Programming Helper
programming-helper.com
Most AI chatbots force you to craft perfect prompts—then tweak whatever comes back
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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
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4.6Kvisits/mo
637.9Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 16.6%
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▼ 17.6%
▲ 3.7%
6-month growth
-24.4%
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+40.4%
+19.3%
Global rank web
#106,338
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#3,812,090
#49
Avg. last 3 months
539.2K
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5K
629.7M
Bounce rate lower is better
48%
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48%
36%
Pages / visit
2.4
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1.3
5.9
Visit duration
1m 44s
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16s
6m 26s
Traffic sources
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 6%
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● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
ContinueOpenHandsProgramming HelperGitHub Copilot
0159.5M318.9M478.4M637.9MContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KProgramming Helper · 2.7KProgramming Helper · 3.7KProgramming Helper · 3.2KProgramming Helper · 2.7KProgramming Helper · 3.3KProgramming Helper · 4.1KProgramming Helper · 13.8KProgramming Helper · 4.8KProgramming Helper · 5.6KProgramming Helper · 4.6KGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9M1K10K100K1M10M100M1BContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KProgramming Helper · 2.7KProgramming Helper · 3.7KProgramming Helper · 3.2KProgramming Helper · 2.7KProgramming Helper · 3.3KProgramming Helper · 4.1KProgramming Helper · 13.8KProgramming Helper · 4.8KProgramming Helper · 5.6KProgramming Helper · 4.6KGitHub 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
Free
Freemium
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Starting price
Free
Free
$20per month · free tier available
$4per month · free tier available
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Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
CodeText
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Intermediate
Intermediate
Categories
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Development & CodeAI Coding AssistantSQL Query Builder
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Coding
Code reviews
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Agents
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Code autocompletion
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Regex
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SQL queries
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Code explanations
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Code testing
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Coding in VS Code
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GitHub automation
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GitHub pull requests
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Vs code
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Agent management
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Debugging
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Development
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SQL
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Self hosted
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Tech team automation
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Terminal
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Reviews
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Prompts
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