Cursor vs GitHub Copilot CLI vs Continue vs Hal

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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GitHub Copilot CLI
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Continue
Competitor 3
Hal
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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 GitHub Copilot CLI
github.com
It reads, writes and runs code, works directly with your issues and pull requests, and carries a task from planning to merged code.
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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 Hal
hal9.com
Hal9 is a powerful platform for quickly building and deploying fully customizable AI chatbots, powered by your data with complete privacy. In just under 5 minutes, you can create a tailored chatbot t
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
4.5Mvisits/mo
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410.4Kvisits/mo
3.4Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 7.8%
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▼ 16.6%
▼ 10.9%
6-month growth
-1.8%
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-24.4%
+60.6%
Global rank web
#15,584
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#106,338
#6,156,551
Avg. last 3 months
4.4M
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539.2K
3.9K
Bounce rate lower is better
57%
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48%
39%
Pages / visit
2.4
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2.4
1.1
Visit duration
1m 36s
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1m 44s
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Traffic sources
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
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● Direct 93% · ● Referral 6%
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CursorGitHub Copilot CLIContinueHal
01.2M2.3M3.5M4.6MCursor · 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 · 410.4KHal · 934Hal · 2.1KHal · 1.3KHal · 2.1KHal · 6.4KHal · 6.9KHal · 4.5KHal · 3.8KHal · 3.4K1001K10K100K1M10MCursor · 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 · 410.4KHal · 934Hal · 2.1KHal · 1.3KHal · 2.1KHal · 6.4KHal · 6.9KHal · 4.5KHal · 3.8KHal · 3.4KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Free
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Freemium
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
Free
Free
$2,000per month
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Plans
Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
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Startups $2,000/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
Code
Apps
Skill level
Advanced
Intermediate
Advanced
Intermediate
Categories
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Developer Tools
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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Chatbot building
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Chatbots
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APIs
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Agents
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Debugging
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Document chat
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GitHub pull requests
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Refactoring
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Code documentation
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Developer tools
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GitHub management
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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
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