Perplexity AI vs GitHub Copilot vs OpenCode vs Continue

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

Your tool
Perplexity AI
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Competitor 1
GitHub Copilot
Competitor 2
OpenCode
Competitor 3
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Perplexity AI
perplexity.ai
Search that gives answers instead of links
Competitor GitHub Copilot
github.com
Your AI pair programmer that actually knows the codebase
Competitor 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 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
95.2Mvisits/mo
637.9Mvisits/mo
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410.4Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 8.2%
▲ 3.7%
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▼ 16.6%
6-month growth
-42.9%
+19.3%
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-24.4%
Global rank web
#446
#49
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#106,338
Avg. last 3 months
104.9M
629.7M
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539.2K
Bounce rate lower is better
33%
36%
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48%
Pages / visit
3.6
5.9
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2.4
Visit duration
4m 18s
6m 26s
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1m 44s
Traffic sources
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
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● Direct 93% · ● Referral 6%
Perplexity AIGitHub CopilotOpenCodeContinue
0159.5M318.9M478.4M637.9MPerplexity AI · 189MPerplexity AI · 179.6MPerplexity AI · 170.1MPerplexity AI · 153.8MPerplexity AI · 166.8MPerplexity AI · 154.9MPerplexity AI · 138.1MPerplexity AI · 115.8MPerplexity AI · 103.8MPerplexity AI · 95.2MGitHub 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 · 410.4K100K1M10M100M1BPerplexity AI · 189MPerplexity AI · 179.6MPerplexity AI · 170.1MPerplexity AI · 153.8MPerplexity AI · 166.8MPerplexity AI · 154.9MPerplexity AI · 138.1MPerplexity AI · 115.8MPerplexity AI · 103.8MPerplexity AI · 95.2MGitHub 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
Freemium
Freemium
Free
Free
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
$4per month · free tier available
Free
Free
Free tier
Free trial
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Plans
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Free FreeTeam $4/moEnterprise $21/mo
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Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeDocumentsImagesText
CodeText
CodeText
CodeText
Output
CodeText
Code
Code
Code
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
10
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3
3
Coding
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Code reviews
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Development
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AI search
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Research
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Search engine
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Agents
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Chatbots
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Document summarization
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Research papers
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Summarizing
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Agent management
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Developer tools
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Homework assistance
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Literature reviews
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Writing
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Community on aitoolstime
Rating
no ratings yet
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no ratings yet
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Upvotes
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Saves
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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.