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Open-source AI code assistant for IDEs

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Overall score

3.7/ 5
SME Fit3/5per-seat pricing + freemium
JTBD4/5solid named JTBD
Integration4/5MCP + 9 integrations
Trust3/5growing, founded 2023
Quality5/54.5 on GitHub (25,000 reviews)
Compliance3/5GDPR + customer-choice residency

About

Continue is an open-source AI coding assistant for VS Code and JetBrains, plus a CLI for source-controlled AI checks in CI. It lets teams mix and match models and configure shared agents via the Continue Hub.

Best for: Engineering teams who want a Cursor-style experience but in their existing IDE with full control over which model handles each task.

Pricing

TierMonthlyAnnual /moBillingNotes
SoloFreeflatVS Code/JetBrains extensions;BYO LLM keys;Personal Hub access
Team$10$10per_userShared agents;Centralised config;Secrets management;Org-level governance
Enterpriseper_userSelf-hosting;SSO;Priority support;Advanced governance · Custom pricing

Key features

  • Open-source Apache 2.0
  • BYO model (cloud or local)
  • Custom agent definitions
  • MCP support
  • Continue CLI for CI
  • Continue Hub for shared assistants

Integrations

VS CodeJetBrainsOpenAIAnthropicGoogleMistralOllamaLM StudioTogether

Trust & compliance

Stage range
Solopreneur → Growth
Founded
2023
Status
active
SOC 2
unknown
GDPR
yes
Data residency
customer_choice
External rating
4.5 on GitHub (25000 reviews)
Last verified
May 2026

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