Continue vs GitHub Copilot

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

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	Continue AI-powered quality control checks on every pull request, enforced by your own standards. Visit	GitHub Copilot AI pair programmer that autocompletes and generates code inside your editor. Visit
Category	Coding & development	Coding & development
Pricing	Freemium	Paid
Starting price		USD 10/mo
Free tier
Audience	Technical	Technical
API available
Open source
Self-hostable
Model provider		OpenAI / Anthropic / Google
Founded		2021
Headquarters		San Francisco, US
Key strengths	·Source-controlled, repo-defined AI checks written in plain Markdown ·Runs as native GitHub status checks on every pull request ·Enforces only the standards you define — no unsolicited AI opinions ·Scales automatically with development velocity	·inline autocomplete ·VS Code integration ·multi-model ·enterprise SSO