OpenCode vs Shortwave vs GitHub Copilot vs Continue

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

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OpenCode
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Shortwave
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GitHub Copilot
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool OpenCode
opencode.ai
OpenCode is an open-source AI coding agent that helps developers write code in the terminal, an IDE or a desktop app.
Competitor Shortwave
shortwave.com
Shortwave is an AI email client that puts an assistant inside the inbox.
Competitor GitHub Copilot
github.com
Your AI pair programmer that actually knows the codebase
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.
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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637.9Mvisits/mo
410.4Kvisits/mo
MoM change
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▲ 3.7%
▼ 16.6%
6-month growth
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+19.3%
-24.4%
Global rank web
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#49
#106,338
Avg. last 3 months
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629.7M
539.2K
Bounce rate lower is better
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36%
48%
Pages / visit
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5.9
2.4
Visit duration
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6m 26s
1m 44s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 6%
OpenCodeShortwaveGitHub CopilotContinue
0159.5M318.9M478.4M637.9MGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4K100K1M10M100M1BGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Free
Free Trial
Freemium
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Starting price
Free
$30per month
$4per month · free tier available
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Business $30/moPremier $45/moMax $120/mo
Free FreeTeam $4/moEnterprise $21/mo
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Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
DocumentsText
CodeText
CodeText
Output
Code
Text
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Intermediate
Intermediate
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Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Coding
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Agents
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Code reviews
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Development
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Code autocompletion
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Email management
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Coding in VS Code
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Email
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Email automation
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Email replies
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Email writing
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Vs code
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Agent management
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Debugging
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Developer tools
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Email enhancement
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Email tracking
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Local AI
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Meeting scheduling
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Self hosted
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Task management
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Team collaboration
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Terminal
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Reviews
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Prompts
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Traffic figures are third-party estimates for the tool's own domain; tools sharing a domain with a bigger product are not counted. Pricing is captured from each tool's site and may lag.