DeepSeek vs Visual Studio Code vs Continue vs Kimi AI

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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Visual Studio Code
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Continue
Competitor 3
Kimi AI
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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 Visual Studio Code
code.visualstudio.com
Visual Studio Code is a free, open source code editor that runs on Windows, macOS and Linux and now includes built-in AI agents.
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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 AI
kimi.com
This conversational AI platform runs on the K2
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
353.8Mvisits/mo
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410.4Kvisits/mo
60.1Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 2.1%
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▼ 16.6%
▲ 52.2%
6-month growth
+0.9%
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-24.4%
+33.8%
Global rank web
#131
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#106,338
#852
Avg. last 3 months
357.9M
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539.2K
48.3M
Bounce rate lower is better
38%
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48%
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Pages / visit
3.4
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3.9
Visit duration
5m 33s
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1m 44s
7m 13s
Traffic sources
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 4%
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● Direct 93% · ● Referral 6%
● Direct 89% · ● Referral 10%
DeepSeekVisual Studio CodeContinueKimi AI
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 · 410.4KKimi AI · 38.2MKimi AI · 33.5MKimi AI · 44.9MKimi AI · 48.1MKimi AI · 43MKimi AI · 45.3MKimi AI · 39.5MKimi AI · 60.1M100K1M10M100M1BDeepSeek · 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 · 410.4KKimi AI · 38.2MKimi AI · 33.5MKimi AI · 44.9MKimi AI · 48.1MKimi AI · 43MKimi AI · 45.3MKimi AI · 39.5MKimi AI · 60.1MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
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Free tier
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Capabilities input → output
Input
TextImagesCode
CodeText
TextCode
TextImagesDocumentsCode
Output
TextCode
Code
Code
TextSlidesDocumentsCode
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
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Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningWriting & Content+10 more
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningProductivity & Office+17 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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11
Coding
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Agents
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Research
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Summarizing
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Coding in VS Code
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Vs code
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AI search
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Code reviews
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Developer tools
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Document chat
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Homework assistance
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Presentations
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Writing
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Development
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Presentation planning
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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.