DeepSeek vs Continue vs Claude Code vs Qwen

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

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DeepSeek
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Competitor 1
Continue
Competitor 2
Claude Code
Competitor 3
Qwen
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool DeepSeek
deepseek.com
DeepSeek is an AI lab and chat assistant.
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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 Qwen
qwen.ai
You're bouncing between creative work and technical tasks
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
353.8Mvisits/mo
410.4Kvisits/mo
123.5Mvisits/mo
35.1Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 2.1%
▼ 16.6%
▼ 6.8%
▼ 3.9%
6-month growth
+0.9%
-24.4%
+106.6%
+12.5%
Global rank web
#131
#106,338
#434
#1,613
Avg. last 3 months
357.9M
539.2K
125.2M
36.5M
Bounce rate lower is better
38%
48%
64%
32%
Pages / visit
3.4
2.4
2.2
3.9
Visit duration
5m 33s
1m 44s
2m 36s
5m 23s
Traffic sources
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 6%
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 4%
DeepSeekContinueClaude CodeQwen
0107.6M215.2M322.8M430.4MDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8MContinue · 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 · 123.5MQwen · 32.8MQwen · 32.8MQwen · 31.7MQwen · 31.2MQwen · 35.7MQwen · 37.6MQwen · 38MQwen · 36.5MQwen · 35.1M100K1M10M100M1BDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8MContinue · 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 · 123.5MQwen · 32.8MQwen · 32.8MQwen · 31.7MQwen · 31.2MQwen · 35.7MQwen · 37.6MQwen · 38MQwen · 36.5MQwen · 35.1MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Free
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
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Free
$17per month · free tier available
$9.99per month · free tier available
Free tier
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API access
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Plans
deepseek-flash Customdeepseek-v4-pro Custom
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Free FreePro $17/moMax 5x $100/moMax 20x Custom/mo+2 more
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Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeImagesText
TextCode
TextCode
VideoTextImagesDocumentsCode
Output
CodeText
Code
Code
VideoTextImagesCode
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningWriting & Content+10 more
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+20 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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8
Coding
Chatbots
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Large language models
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Code reviews
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Writing
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Summarizing
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Development
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Terminal
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Agents
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Code analysis
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Code explanations
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Debugging
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Homework assistance
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Image generation
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Research
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Translations
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Website building
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Math
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Refactoring
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Video generation
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Prompts
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