Continue vs OpenRouter vs Claude Code vs Cline

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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OpenRouter
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Claude Code
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Cline
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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 OpenRouter
openrouter.ai
Every model, one endpoint
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Competitor Claude Code
claude.com
Every plan tier hits usage limits
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Competitor Cline
cline.bot
Terminal-first coders get a different kind of AI assistant here
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
410.4Kvisits/mo
22Mvisits/mo
123.5Mvisits/mo
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MoM change
▼ 16.6%
▲ 14.6%
▼ 6.8%
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6-month growth
-24.4%
+39.6%
+106.6%
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Global rank web
#106,338
#2,023
#434
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Avg. last 3 months
539.2K
19.5M
125.2M
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Bounce rate lower is better
48%
32%
64%
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Pages / visit
2.4
7.7
2.2
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Visit duration
1m 44s
6m 13s
2m 36s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 6%
● Direct 89% · ● Referral 10%
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
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ContinueOpenRouterClaude CodeCline
035M69.9M104.9M139.9MContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KOpenRouter · 7.5MOpenRouter · 8.6MOpenRouter · 8.4MOpenRouter · 11.2MOpenRouter · 15.8MOpenRouter · 17.9MOpenRouter · 16.8MOpenRouter · 17.3MOpenRouter · 19.2MOpenRouter · 22MClaude 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 · 410.4KOpenRouter · 7.5MOpenRouter · 8.6MOpenRouter · 8.4MOpenRouter · 11.2MOpenRouter · 15.8MOpenRouter · 17.9MOpenRouter · 16.8MOpenRouter · 17.3MOpenRouter · 19.2MOpenRouter · 22MClaude 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
Freemium
Freemium
Free
Starting price
Free
Free tier
$17per month · free tier available
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Free FreePro $17/moMax 5x $100/moMax 20x Custom/mo+2 more
Open Source CustomEnterprise Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
TextCode
VideoTextImagesAudio
TextCode
TextCode
Output
Code
VideoTextImagesAudio
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Intermediate
Advanced
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 Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Development
Coding
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Code reviews
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Large language models
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