Is Continue free and open source?

Continue is an open-source project; its codebase remains freely available even after the team joined Cursor.

How does Continue work in the IDE?

Continue provides customizable autocomplete and chat inside your IDE, and you can configure the models it uses.

What is Continue's monthly traffic and growth trend?

Continue currently receives 305.49K monthly visits, with a month-over-month traffic change of -104.87K (-25.6% growth rate). Its primary source market is United States (11.7% share), including 197.37K direct visits/mo and 0 organic search visits/mo.

Is Continue free? What is its pricing model?

Continue operates on a Free pricing model. Continue is free to use as an open-source project; configuration and model providers are chosen by the user. Supported billing and checkout platforms include: not listed.

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Rank	AI Tool	Monthly Visits	MoM Growth	Stickiness	Pricing	Head-to-Head
●	Continue	305.49K	-25.6%	65% Direct	Free	Current
1	ChatGPT	5.92B	+5%	74% Direct	Freemium	vs ChatGPT
2	Google Gemini	2.64B	+0.9%	62% Direct	Freemium	vs Google Gemini
3	Claude	1.01B	+6.6%	73% Direct	Freemium	vs Claude
4	DeepSeek	357.4M	+1%	78% Direct	Freemium	vs DeepSeek
5	OpenAI Platform	259.46M	+27%	43% Direct	Paid	vs OpenAI Platform
6	Grok	205.46M	-2%	66% Direct	Freemium	vs Grok

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