Continue vs Kilo Code — Which AI Agent Is Better?
An in-depth comparison of Continue and Kilo Code across output quality, autonomy, reliability, speed, value, and ease of use. Vote for your favorite.
An in-depth comparison of Continue and Kilo Code across output quality, autonomy, reliability, speed, value, and ease of use. Vote for your favorite.
Pick a winner in each category — you can change your vote anytime.
ContinueKilo CodeChoose Continue if you are developers who want full control over their AI coding assistant. Choose Kilo Code if you are vS Code users who want an open-source AI coding assistant.
In our editorial scoring, Kilo Code leads in 3 of six categories (autonomy, speed and ease of use), while Continue leads in 1 (value). On price, Continue runs free (byo api key) and is open source; Kilo Code runs free / pro via standard compute and is open source.
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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.
Kilo Code is an open-source VS Code extension that brings powerful AI coding assistance directly into your editor. It supports multi-file editing, intelligent refactoring, and context-aware code generation. Works with any OpenAI-compatible API.
Continue and Kilo Code both run on Standard Compute
