Continue vs GitHub Next

Side-by-side comparison of Continue and GitHub Next: pricing, features, API access, and community ratings.

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	Continue Open-source AI code assistant for VS Code and JetBrains with bring-your-own-model flexibility Visit	GitHub Next GitHub's research lab exploring the future of software development Visit
Category	Coding & development	Coding & development
Pricing	Free	Free
Starting price	Free	Free
Free tier
Audience	Technical	All audiences
API available
Open source
Self-hostable
Model provider		GitHub Copilot / OpenAI
Founded	2023	2021
Headquarters	US	San Francisco, USA
Key strengths	·Open-source coding agent ·Acquired by Cursor ·Pioneer in AI developer tooling	·Cutting-edge AI research prototypes for software development ·Agentic workflows and automation for GitHub Actions ·Human-in-the-loop code migration and verification ·LLM-powered codebase understanding and navigation