Cursor vs Consensus vs Continue vs OpenAI Codex

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

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Consensus
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Continue
Competitor 3
OpenAI Codex
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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 Consensus
consensus.app
Scientific answers from peer-reviewed research
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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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Competitor OpenAI Codex
openai.com
A dedicated coding agent that writes and runs code for you
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
4.5Mvisits/mo
5.8Mvisits/mo
410.4Kvisits/mo
204.3Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 7.8%
▲ 3.5%
▼ 16.6%
▲ 3.6%
6-month growth
-1.8%
+14.4%
-24.4%
+0.3%
Global rank web
#15,584
#9,859
#106,338
#212
Avg. last 3 months
4.4M
5.5M
539.2K
197.3M
Bounce rate lower is better
57%
43%
48%
58%
Pages / visit
2.4
4.1
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Visit duration
1m 36s
3m 56s
1m 44s
2m 31s
Traffic sources
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 6%
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 17%
CursorConsensusContinueOpenAI Codex
066.6M133.2M199.7M266.3MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KOpenAI Codex · 266.3MOpenAI Codex · 225MOpenAI Codex · 210.1MOpenAI Codex · 191.2MOpenAI Codex · 203.7MOpenAI Codex · 195.7MOpenAI Codex · 203.1MOpenAI Codex · 190.4MOpenAI Codex · 197.2MOpenAI Codex · 204.3M100K1M10M100M1BCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KOpenAI Codex · 266.3MOpenAI Codex · 225MOpenAI Codex · 210.1MOpenAI Codex · 191.2MOpenAI Codex · 203.7MOpenAI Codex · 195.7MOpenAI Codex · 203.1MOpenAI Codex · 190.4MOpenAI Codex · 197.2MOpenAI Codex · 204.3MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Free
Freemium
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
$8.99per month · free tier available
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$20per month · free tier available
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Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
Text
CodeText
CodeText
Output
Code
Text
Code
Code
Skill level
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Intermediate
Advanced
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Categories
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Coding
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Code reviews
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Development
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Research
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Debugging
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Literature reviews
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Medical research
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Refactoring
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Research papers summaries
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Scientific research
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Terminal commands management
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Prompts
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