Stacks vs Visual Studio Code vs Continue

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

Your tool
Stacks
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Competitor 1
Visual Studio Code
Competitor 2
Continue
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3 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Stacks
betterstacks.com
Stacks is a personal AI workspace that gathers what you find online into one searchable place.
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.
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
6.3Kvisits/mo
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410.4Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 8.4%
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▼ 16.6%
6-month growth
-50.8%
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-24.4%
Global rank web
#3,182,249
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#106,338
Avg. last 3 months
6.1K
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539.2K
Bounce rate lower is better
41%
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48%
Pages / visit
1.7
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2.4
Visit duration
6s
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1m 44s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 93% · ● Referral 6%
StacksVisual Studio CodeContinue
0193.8K387.7K581.5K775.3KStacks · 7KStacks · 12.2KStacks · 12.8KStacks · 8.7KStacks · 5.7KStacks · 5.1KStacks · 6.8KStacks · 6.3KContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4K1K10K100K1MStacks · 7KStacks · 12.2KStacks · 12.8KStacks · 8.7KStacks · 5.7KStacks · 5.1KStacks · 6.8KStacks · 6.3KContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Paid
Free
Free
Starting price
$9per month
Free
Free
Free tier
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Free trial
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API access
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Plans
Be Productive $89/yrBe Collaborative $199/yrBe Creative $349/yr
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Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsTextWeb pages
CodeText
CodeText
Output
Text
Code
Code
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
4
4
3
Coding
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Coding in VS Code
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Digital information management
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Knowledge bases
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Vs code
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Code reviews
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Developer tools
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Development
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Knowledge exploration
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Note taking
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Community on aitoolstime
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Saves
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Reviews
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Prompts
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