LM Studio vs Continue vs GitHub Copilot CLI vs Manus

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

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LM Studio
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Continue
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool LM Studio
lmstudio.ai
LM Studio is a desktop application for running large language models on your own computer, and its Bionic release adds an agent for work and code.
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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 GitHub Copilot CLI
github.com
It reads, writes and runs code, works directly with your issues and pull requests, and carries a task from planning to merged code.
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Competitor Manus
manus.im
Manus is an AI agent that goes beyond answering questions to carry out tasks and automate workflows.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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410.4Kvisits/mo
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25Mvisits/mo
MoM change
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▼ 16.6%
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▲ 27.7%
6-month growth
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-24.4%
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-13.1%
Global rank web
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#106,338
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#2,481
Avg. last 3 months
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539.2K
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22.6M
Bounce rate lower is better
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48%
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37%
Pages / visit
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2.4
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5.0
Visit duration
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1m 44s
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6m 52s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 93% · ● Referral 6%
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● Direct 84% · ● Referral 13%
LM StudioContinueGitHub Copilot CLIManus
07.4M14.7M22.1M29.4MContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KManus · 14.8MManus · 14.4MManus · 18.6MManus · 21.1MManus · 28.8MManus · 29.4MManus · 28MManus · 23.2MManus · 19.6MManus · 25M100K1M10M100MContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KManus · 14.8MManus · 14.4MManus · 18.6MManus · 21.1MManus · 28.8MManus · 29.4MManus · 28MManus · 23.2MManus · 19.6MManus · 25MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
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Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
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$16per month · free tier available
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Capabilities input → output
Input
TextCodeAudio
TextCode
CodeText
TextImagesDocuments
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TextSlidesDocumentsCode
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VideoSlidesImagesDocumentsApps
Skill level
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Intermediate
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Categories
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant+2 more
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Audio & MusicDesign & CreativeDevelopment & CodeImage Generation+15 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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