OpenAI API vs Continue vs GitHub Copilot CLI vs Anthropic Claude API

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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Continue
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GitHub Copilot CLI
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Anthropic Claude API
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Your tool OpenAI API
platform.openai.com
The API powering the AI ecosystem
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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 Anthropic Claude API
anthropic.com
Build on Claude's capabilities
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
15.2Mvisits/mo
410.4Kvisits/mo
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13.8Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 4.6%
▼ 16.6%
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▼ 39.4%
6-month growth
-2.4%
-24.4%
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-43.4%
Global rank web
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#106,338
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#3,345
Avg. last 3 months
15.2M
539.2K
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25.7M
Bounce rate lower is better
34%
48%
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67%
Pages / visit
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1.8
Visit duration
3m 56s
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1m 35s
Traffic sources
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 6%
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● Direct 81% · ● Referral 16%
OpenAI APIContinueGitHub Copilot CLIAnthropic Claude API
010.1M20.2M30.4M40.5MOpenAI 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 · 15.2MContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KAnthropic Claude API · 9.9MAnthropic Claude API · 9.4MAnthropic Claude API · 9.5MAnthropic Claude API · 16.1MAnthropic Claude API · 24.4MAnthropic Claude API · 25.9MAnthropic Claude API · 22.4MAnthropic Claude API · 40.5MAnthropic Claude API · 22.8MAnthropic Claude API · 13.8M100K1M10M100MOpenAI 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 · 15.2MContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KAnthropic Claude API · 9.9MAnthropic Claude API · 9.4MAnthropic Claude API · 9.5MAnthropic Claude API · 16.1MAnthropic Claude API · 24.4MAnthropic Claude API · 25.9MAnthropic Claude API · 22.4MAnthropic Claude API · 40.5MAnthropic Claude API · 22.8MAnthropic Claude API · 13.8MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
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Capabilities input → output
Input
AudioDocumentsImagesText
TextCode
TextCode
CodeTextImagesDocuments
Output
AudioCodeImagesTextVideo
Code
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TextCode
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Intermediate
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI APILarge Language Models (LLMs)
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI APILarge Language Models (LLMs)
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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