Cursor vs Continue vs Kimi 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
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Kimi 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 Kimi Code
kimi.com
Writing code means constantly jumping between your editor and browser tabs stuffed with documentation
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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
60.1Mvisits/mo
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MoM change
▲ 7.8%
▼ 16.6%
▲ 52.2%
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6-month growth
-1.8%
-24.4%
+33.8%
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Global rank web
#15,584
#106,338
#852
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Avg. last 3 months
4.4M
539.2K
48.3M
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Bounce rate lower is better
57%
48%
37%
0%
Pages / visit
2.4
2.4
3.9
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Visit duration
1m 36s
1m 44s
7m 13s
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Traffic sources
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 6%
● Direct 89% · ● Referral 10%
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CursorContinueKimi CodeCline
015M30.1M45.1M60.1MCursor · 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 · 410.4KKimi Code · 43.3MKimi Code · 38.2MKimi Code · 33.5MKimi Code · 44.9MKimi Code · 48.1MKimi Code · 43MKimi Code · 45.3MKimi Code · 39.5MKimi Code · 60.1M100K1M10M100MCursor · 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 · 410.4KKimi Code · 43.3MKimi Code · 38.2MKimi Code · 33.5MKimi Code · 44.9MKimi Code · 48.1MKimi Code · 43MKimi Code · 45.3MKimi Code · 39.5MKimi Code · 60.1MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Free
Freemium
Free
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
Free
$15per month · free tier available
Free
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Plans
Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
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Adagio FreePlus $15/moPro $31/moMax $79/mo+1 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 & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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11
Coding
Refactoring
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Development
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Code reviews
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Debugging
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Shell commands
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Terminal commands management
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Agents
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Coding in VS Code
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MCP
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Terminal
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Vs code
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Bash
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Code documentation
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Developer assistance
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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.