Visual Studio Code vs Runcell vs Jules vs Continue

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

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Visual Studio Code
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Your tool 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 Runcell
runcell.dev
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Competitor Jules
jules.google
An AI coding assistant that works while you sleep sounds like science fiction, but Jules runs continuously in the cloud doing exactly that
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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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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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176.9Kvisits/mo
280.8Kvisits/mo
410.4Kvisits/mo
MoM change
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▲ 4.1%
▼ 27.6%
▼ 16.6%
6-month growth
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+13.2%
-46.5%
-24.4%
Global rank web
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#279,476
#198,101
#106,338
Avg. last 3 months
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168.7K
435.9K
539.2K
Bounce rate lower is better
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45%
49%
48%
Pages / visit
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1.8
1.6
2.4
Visit duration
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45s
42s
1m 44s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 73% · ● Referral 27%
● Direct 71% · ● Referral 28%
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 6%
Visual Studio CodeRuncellJulesContinue
0201K402.1K603.1K804.2KRuncell · 52KRuncell · 99.5KRuncell · 144.1KRuncell · 154KRuncell · 156.3KRuncell · 140.4KRuncell · 170.3KRuncell · 159.2KRuncell · 170KRuncell · 176.9KJules · 804.2KJules · 742.5KJules · 525.1KJules · 315.3KJules · 476.6KJules · 638.7KJules · 388.1KJules · 280.8KContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4K10K100K1MRuncell · 52KRuncell · 99.5KRuncell · 144.1KRuncell · 154KRuncell · 156.3KRuncell · 140.4KRuncell · 170.3KRuncell · 159.2KRuncell · 170KRuncell · 176.9KJules · 804.2KJules · 742.5KJules · 525.1KJules · 315.3KJules · 476.6KJules · 638.7KJules · 388.1KJules · 280.8KContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
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Freemium
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Starting price
Free
$20per month · free tier available
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Plans
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Hobby FreePro $20/moPro+ $60/moUltra $200/mo+1 more
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Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
DataText
CodeText
CodeText
Output
Code
CodeData
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
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Categories
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeResearch & AnalyticsAI Coding AssistantAI For Data Analytics
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
2
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6
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Coding
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