Continue vs Visual Studio Code vs GitHub Copilot vs Lovable

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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Visual Studio Code
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GitHub Copilot
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Lovable
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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 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.
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Competitor GitHub Copilot
github.com
Your AI pair programmer that actually knows the codebase
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Competitor Lovable
lovable.dev
Lovable is an AI builder for turning an idea into working software.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
410.4Kvisits/mo
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637.9Mvisits/mo
33.7Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 16.6%
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▲ 3.7%
▼ 0.6%
6-month growth
-24.4%
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+19.3%
-4.6%
Global rank web
#106,338
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#49
#1,460
Avg. last 3 months
539.2K
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629.7M
34M
Bounce rate lower is better
48%
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36%
35%
Pages / visit
2.4
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5.9
4.9
Visit duration
1m 44s
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6m 26s
6m 45s
Traffic sources
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 6%
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● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 90% · ● Referral 6%
ContinueVisual Studio CodeGitHub CopilotLovable
0159.5M318.9M478.4M637.9MContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MLovable · 19.4MLovable · 23.2MLovable · 29.4MLovable · 30.1MLovable · 35.3MLovable · 33.6MLovable · 34.8MLovable · 34.4MLovable · 33.9MLovable · 33.7M100K1M10M100M1BContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MLovable · 19.4MLovable · 23.2MLovable · 29.4MLovable · 30.1MLovable · 35.3MLovable · 33.6MLovable · 34.8MLovable · 34.4MLovable · 33.9MLovable · 33.7MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
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Starting price
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$4per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
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Capabilities input → output
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CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
ImagesText
Output
Code
Code
Code
AppsCode
Skill level
Advanced
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Intermediate
Intermediate
Categories
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Development & CodeAI App BuilderAI Coding AssistantAI Website Builder
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Coding
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