Haystack vs LangChain vs Continue vs Semantic Kernel

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

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Haystack
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LangChain
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Continue
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Semantic Kernel
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Haystack
haystack.deepset.ai
Haystack is an open-source AI orchestration framework from deepset for building production-grade LLM applications and agents.
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Competitor LangChain
langchain.com
Framework for building with large language models
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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 Semantic Kernel
learn.microsoft.com
Semantic Kernel is a lightweight, open-source development kit from Microsoft for building AI agents and adding AI models to existing C#, Python or Java codebases.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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3.4Mvisits/mo
410.4Kvisits/mo
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MoM change
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▲ 0.7%
▼ 16.6%
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6-month growth
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+21.0%
-24.4%
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Global rank web
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#13,384
#106,338
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Avg. last 3 months
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3.3M
539.2K
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Bounce rate lower is better
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42%
48%
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Pages / visit
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6.2
2.4
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Visit duration
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5m 29s
1m 44s
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Traffic sources
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● Direct 73% · ● Referral 24%
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 6%
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HaystackLangChainContinueSemantic Kernel
0850.7K1.7M2.6M3.4MLangChain · 3MLangChain · 2.9MLangChain · 3.2MLangChain · 2.8MLangChain · 3.4MLangChain · 3.2MLangChain · 3.1MLangChain · 3.4MLangChain · 3.4MContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4K100K1M10MLangChain · 3MLangChain · 2.9MLangChain · 3.2MLangChain · 2.8MLangChain · 3.4MLangChain · 3.2MLangChain · 3.1MLangChain · 3.4MLangChain · 3.4MContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
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Starting price
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$39per month · free tier available
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Capabilities input → output
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CodeDocuments
CodeText
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Apps
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Code
Apps
Skill level
Advanced
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Categories
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Developer Tools
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Developer Tools
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Developer Tools
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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