Cursor vs CodeGPT vs Visual Studio Code vs Continue

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

Your tool
Cursor
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Competitor 1
CodeGPT
Competitor 2
Visual Studio Code
Competitor 3
Continue
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Cursor
cursor.sh
Code editor that actually understands your codebase
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Competitor CodeGPT
codegpt.co
ChatGPT in your code editor
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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 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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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
4.5Mvisits/mo
188.3Kvisits/mo
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410.4Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 7.8%
▲ 0.8%
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▼ 16.6%
6-month growth
-1.8%
-37.2%
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-24.4%
Global rank web
#15,584
#251,957
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#106,338
Avg. last 3 months
4.4M
196.6K
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539.2K
Bounce rate lower is better
57%
43%
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48%
Pages / visit
2.4
1.9
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2.4
Visit duration
1m 36s
38s
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1m 44s
Traffic sources
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
● Direct 58% · ● Referral 42%
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● Direct 93% · ● Referral 6%
CursorCodeGPTVisual Studio CodeContinue
01.2M2.3M3.5M4.6MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MCodeGPT · 267.5KCodeGPT · 278.8KCodeGPT · 284.1KCodeGPT · 233.4KCodeGPT · 299.7KCodeGPT · 277.1KCodeGPT · 262.2KCodeGPT · 214.6KCodeGPT · 186.8KCodeGPT · 188.3KContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4K100K1M10MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MCodeGPT · 267.5KCodeGPT · 278.8KCodeGPT · 284.1KCodeGPT · 233.4KCodeGPT · 299.7KCodeGPT · 277.1KCodeGPT · 262.2KCodeGPT · 214.6KCodeGPT · 186.8KCodeGPT · 188.3KContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Free
Free
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
$9per month · free tier available
Free
Free
Free tier
Free trial
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API access
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Plans
Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
Free FreeProfessional $9/moTeams $27/moEnterprise Custom
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Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Intermediate
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
7
3
4
3
Coding
Code reviews
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Debugging
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Development
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Coding in VS Code
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Vs code
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Developer tools
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Refactoring
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Code documentation
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MCP
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Terminal commands management
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Community on aitoolstime
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Saves
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Reviews
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Prompts
3
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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.