Factory vs Zed vs Claude Code vs Continue

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

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Factory
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Claude Code
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Factory
factory.ai
Factory is an agent-native software development platform built around autonomous coding agents called Droids.
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Competitor Zed
zed.dev
Speed meets intelligence
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Competitor Claude Code
claude.com
Every plan tier hits usage limits
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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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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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1.2Mvisits/mo
123.5Mvisits/mo
410.4Kvisits/mo
MoM change
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▼ 18.1%
▼ 6.8%
▼ 16.6%
6-month growth
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+26.6%
+106.6%
-24.4%
Global rank web
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#47,672
#434
#106,338
Avg. last 3 months
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1.5M
125.2M
539.2K
Bounce rate lower is better
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42%
64%
48%
Pages / visit
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2.8
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2.4
Visit duration
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1m 56s
2m 36s
1m 44s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 80% · ● Referral 18%
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 6%
FactoryZedClaude CodeContinue
035M69.9M104.9M139.9MZed · 1.1MZed · 966.1KZed · 1.1MZed · 936.1KZed · 1.4MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.8MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.2MClaude 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 · 123.5MContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4K100K1M10M100M1BZed · 1.1MZed · 966.1KZed · 1.1MZed · 936.1KZed · 1.4MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.8MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.2MClaude 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 · 123.5MContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Paid
Freemium
Freemium
Free
Starting price
$20per month
Free tier
$17per month · free tier available
Free
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Plans
Pro $20/moPlus $100/moMax $200/moTeams $60/mo+2 more
Personal FreePro $10/moBusiness $30/mo
Free FreePro $17/moMax 5x $100/moMax 20x Custom/mo+2 more
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Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
Output
Code
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
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Intermediate
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Coding
Development
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Agents
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Code analysis
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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.