GitHub Copilot vs ChatGPT vs Continue vs Cursor

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

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GitHub Copilot
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Competitor 1
ChatGPT
Competitor 2
Continue
Competitor 3
Cursor
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool GitHub Copilot
github.com
Your AI pair programmer that actually knows the codebase
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Competitor ChatGPT
chatgpt.com
Your AI assistant for everything
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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 Cursor
cursor.sh
Code editor that actually understands your codebase
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
637.9Mvisits/mo
5.6Bvisits/mo
410.4Kvisits/mo
4.5Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.7%
▲ 3.5%
▼ 16.6%
▲ 7.8%
6-month growth
+19.3%
-1.6%
-24.4%
-1.8%
Global rank web
#49
#7
#106,338
#15,584
Avg. last 3 months
629.7M
5.5B
539.2K
4.4M
Bounce rate lower is better
36%
30%
48%
57%
Pages / visit
5.9
4.3
2.4
2.4
Visit duration
6m 26s
6m 35s
1m 44s
1m 36s
Traffic sources
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 3%
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 6%
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
GitHub CopilotChatGPTContinueCursor
01.5B2.9B4.4B5.8BGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5M100K1M10M100M1B10BGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Free
Freemium
Starting price
$4per month · free tier available
$8per month · free tier available
Free
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free trial
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Plans
Free FreeTeam $4/moEnterprise $21/mo
Free FreeGo $8/moPlus $20/moPro 5x $100/mo+1 more
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Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
TextCode
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
TextCode
CodeText
Output
Code
TextImagesCodeAudio
Code
Code
Skill level
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+27 more
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
4
19
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Coding
Code reviews
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Debugging
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Development
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Refactoring
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Code documentation
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Chatbots
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Agents
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Blogging
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Copywriting
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Email writing
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Essay writing
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Grammar checking
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Image generation
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Image to text
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Research
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Search engine
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Summarizing
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Translations
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Writing
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Agent management
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Image editing
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Image to image
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Terminal commands management
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Community on aitoolstime
Rating
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Upvotes
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Reviews
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Prompts
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