An in-depth comparison of Continue and Cursor across reliability, speed, cost, ease of use, integrations, and community support. Vote for your favorite.
Pick a winner in each category — you can change your vote anytime.
Continue is an open-source AI coding assistant that works as an extension for VS Code and JetBrains IDEs. It offers chat, autocomplete, and inline editing with full control over which models you use. Highly customizable with support for local models, cloud APIs, and custom context providers.
Cursor is a fork of VS Code redesigned from the ground up for AI-powered development. It features tab completions, natural language code editing, codebase-wide chat, and multi-file editing. Its deep editor integration makes it one of the most polished AI coding tools available.
Whichever AI agent you choose, Standard Compute gives you unlimited LLM compute at one flat monthly price. No rate limits, no per-token billing.