OpenAI API vs Visual Studio Code vs Continue vs DeepSeek

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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Visual Studio Code
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Continue
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DeepSeek
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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 Visual Studio Code
code.visualstudio.com
Visual Studio Code is a free, open source code editor that runs on Windows, macOS and Linux and now includes built-in AI agents.
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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 DeepSeek
deepseek.com
DeepSeek is an AI lab and chat assistant.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
15.2Mvisits/mo
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410.4Kvisits/mo
353.8Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 4.6%
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▼ 16.6%
▲ 2.1%
6-month growth
-2.4%
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-24.4%
+0.9%
Global rank web
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#106,338
#131
Avg. last 3 months
15.2M
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539.2K
357.9M
Bounce rate lower is better
34%
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48%
38%
Pages / visit
5.4
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2.4
3.4
Visit duration
3m 56s
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1m 44s
5m 33s
Traffic sources
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
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● Direct 93% · ● Referral 6%
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 4%
OpenAI APIVisual Studio CodeContinueDeepSeek
0107.6M215.2M322.8M430.4MOpenAI 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 · 410.4KDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8M100K1M10M100M1BOpenAI 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 · 410.4KDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
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deepseek-flash Customdeepseek-v4-pro Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsImagesTextAudio
CodeText
TextCode
TextImagesCode
Output
AudioCodeImagesTextVideo
Code
Code
TextCode
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
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Beginner-friendly
Categories
Development & CodeAI APILarge Language Models (LLMs)
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningWriting & Content+10 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Coding
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Homework assistance
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LLM development
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Research
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Writing
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Development
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