Zed vs Screenpipe vs Continue vs Visual Studio Code

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

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Zed
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Screenpipe
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Continue
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Visual Studio Code
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Zed
zed.dev
Speed meets intelligence
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Competitor Screenpipe
screenpi.pe
Screenpipe records what appears on your screen and what you hear, turns it into local searchable history, and lets approved AI agents use that history as context.
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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 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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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
1.2Mvisits/mo
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410.4Kvisits/mo
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MoM change
▼ 18.1%
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▼ 16.6%
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6-month growth
+26.6%
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-24.4%
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Global rank web
#47,672
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#106,338
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Avg. last 3 months
1.5M
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539.2K
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Bounce rate lower is better
42%
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48%
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Pages / visit
2.8
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2.4
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Visit duration
1m 56s
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1m 44s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 80% · ● Referral 18%
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● Direct 93% · ● Referral 6%
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ZedScreenpipeContinueVisual Studio Code
0462K923.9K1.4M1.8MZed · 1.1MZed · 966.1KZed · 1.1MZed · 936.1KZed · 1.4MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.8MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.2MContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4K100K1M10MZed · 1.1MZed · 966.1KZed · 1.1MZed · 936.1KZed · 1.4MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.8MZed · 1.4MZed · 1.2MContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
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Starting price
Free tier
$20.83per month · free tier available
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Plans
Personal FreePro $10/moBusiness $30/mo
Free FreeBasic $20.83/moBusiness $41.67/moEnterprise Custom
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Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
AudioVideo
CodeText
CodeText
Output
Code
Text
Code
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
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Categories
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Education & LearningProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Knowledge Management+1 more
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Coding
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Coding in VS Code
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Code reviews
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Debugging
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Digital information management
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