GitHub Copilot vs OpenAI API vs Cursor vs Continue

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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OpenAI API
Competitor 2
Cursor
Competitor 3
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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 OpenAI API
platform.openai.com
The API powering the AI ecosystem
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Competitor Cursor
cursor.sh
Code editor that actually understands your codebase
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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
637.9Mvisits/mo
15.2Mvisits/mo
4.5Mvisits/mo
410.4Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.7%
▲ 4.6%
▲ 7.8%
▼ 16.6%
6-month growth
+19.3%
-2.4%
-1.8%
-24.4%
Global rank web
#49
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#15,584
#106,338
Avg. last 3 months
629.7M
15.2M
4.4M
539.2K
Bounce rate lower is better
36%
34%
57%
48%
Pages / visit
5.9
5.4
2.4
2.4
Visit duration
6m 26s
3m 56s
1m 36s
1m 44s
Traffic sources
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 6%
GitHub CopilotOpenAI APICursorContinue
0159.5M318.9M478.4M637.9MGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MOpenAI API · 18.7MOpenAI API · 16.7MOpenAI API · 16.5MOpenAI API · 15.6MOpenAI API · 15.9MOpenAI API · 15.1MOpenAI API · 15.7MOpenAI API · 14.6MOpenAI API · 15.2MCursor · 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 · 410.4K100K1M10M100M1BGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MOpenAI API · 18.7MOpenAI API · 16.7MOpenAI API · 16.5MOpenAI API · 15.6MOpenAI API · 15.9MOpenAI API · 15.1MOpenAI API · 15.7MOpenAI API · 14.6MOpenAI API · 15.2MCursor · 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 · 410.4KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Paid
Freemium
Free
Starting price
$4per month · free tier available
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$20per month · free tier available
Free
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Free trial
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API access
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Plans
Free FreeTeam $4/moEnterprise $21/mo
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Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
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Capabilities input → output
Input
TextCode
AudioDocumentsImagesText
TextCode
TextCode
Output
Code
VideoTextImagesAudioCode
Code
Code
Skill level
Intermediate
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Development & CodeAI APILarge Language Models (LLMs)
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
4
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3
Coding
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Code reviews
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Development
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APIs
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Agents
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Debugging
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LLM development
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Large language models
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Refactoring
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API integrations
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Agent management
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Code documentation
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Terminal commands management
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Reviews
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Prompts
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