OpenAI API vs Claude Code vs Continue vs Together AI

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

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OpenAI API
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Claude Code
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Continue
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Together AI
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool OpenAI API
platform.openai.com
The API powering the AI ecosystem
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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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Competitor Together AI
together.ai
Open-source models without infrastructure
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
15.2Mvisits/mo
123.5Mvisits/mo
410.4Kvisits/mo
785.1Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 4.6%
▼ 6.8%
▼ 16.6%
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6-month growth
-2.4%
+106.6%
-24.4%
+1.9%
Global rank web
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#434
#106,338
#60,843
Avg. last 3 months
15.2M
125.2M
539.2K
794.7K
Bounce rate lower is better
34%
64%
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42%
Pages / visit
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Visit duration
3m 56s
2m 36s
1m 44s
1m 57s
Traffic sources
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 6%
● Direct 77% · ● Referral 21%
OpenAI APIClaude CodeContinueTogether AI
035M69.9M104.9M139.9MOpenAI 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 · 15.2MClaude 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 · 410.4KTogether AI · 566.8KTogether AI · 552.7KTogether AI · 645.8KTogether AI · 637.7KTogether AI · 770.2KTogether AI · 792.8KTogether AI · 756.1KTogether AI · 760.5KTogether AI · 838.4KTogether AI · 785.1K100K1M10M100M1BOpenAI 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 · 15.2MClaude 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 · 410.4KTogether AI · 566.8KTogether AI · 552.7KTogether AI · 645.8KTogether AI · 637.7KTogether AI · 770.2KTogether AI · 792.8KTogether AI · 756.1KTogether AI · 760.5KTogether AI · 838.4KTogether AI · 785.1KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
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Freemium
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Starting price
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$17per month · free tier available
Free
$1.99per month
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Plans
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Free FreePro $17/moMax 5x $100/moMax 20x Custom/mo+2 more
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Serverless Inference $0.30/usage-basedDedicated Inference GPU $3.99/usage-basedGPU Clusters $1.99/usage-basedFine-Tuning $0.34/usage-based
Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsImagesTextAudio
CodeText
TextCode
TextImagesCodeAudio
Output
AudioCodeImagesTextVideo
Code
Code
VideoTextImagesCodeAudio
Skill level
Advanced
Intermediate
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI APILarge Language Models (LLMs)
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI APIAI Developer ToolsOpen Source AI Models
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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LLM development
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Agents
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Code analysis
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Debugging
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GPU infrastructure
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Large language models
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Chatbot building
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Refactoring
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