Cursor vs Continue 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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Cursor
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Competitor 1
Continue
Competitor 2
Claude Code
Competitor 3
Cline
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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 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 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
4.5Mvisits/mo
410.4Kvisits/mo
123.5Mvisits/mo
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MoM change
▲ 7.8%
▼ 16.6%
▼ 6.8%
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6-month growth
-1.8%
-24.4%
+106.6%
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Global rank web
#15,584
#106,338
#434
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Avg. last 3 months
4.4M
539.2K
125.2M
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Bounce rate lower is better
57%
48%
64%
0%
Pages / visit
2.4
2.4
2.2
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Visit duration
1m 36s
1m 44s
2m 36s
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Traffic sources
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 6%
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
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CursorContinueClaude CodeCline
035M69.9M104.9M139.9MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KClaude 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 · 123.5M100K1M10M100M1BCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KClaude 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
Freemium
Free
Freemium
Free
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
Free
$17per month · free tier available
Free
Free tier
Free trial
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Plans
Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
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Free FreePro $17/moMax 5x $100/moMax 20x Custom/mo+2 more
Open Source CustomEnterprise Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Intermediate
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
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
7
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3
Coding
Code reviews
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Debugging
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Refactoring
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Agents
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Development
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Code documentation
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Terminal commands management
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Prompts
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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.