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Open-source AI code assistant for IDEs
Consider with caveatsMCP
Audited by Jack Phillips · Updated June 2026
Overall score
3.7/ 5
SME fit3/5
per-seat pricing + freemium
JTBD4/5
solid named JTBD
Integration4/5
MCP + 9 integrations
Trust3/5
growing, founded 2023
Quality5/5
4.5 on GitHub (25,000 reviews)
Compliance3/5
GDPR + 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
Solo
- Monthly
- n/a
- Annual /mo
- Free
- Billing
- flat
- Notes
- VS Code/JetBrains extensions;BYO LLM keys;Personal Hub access
Team
- Monthly
- $10
- Annual /mo
- $10
- Billing
- per_user
- Notes
- Shared agents;Centralised config;Secrets management;Org-level governance
Enterprise
- Monthly
- n/a
- Annual /mo
- n/a
- Billing
- per_user
- Notes
- Self-hosting;SSO;Priority support;Advanced governance · Custom pricing
| Tier | Monthly | Annual /mo | Billing | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solo | n/a | Free | flat | VS Code/JetBrains extensions;BYO LLM keys;Personal Hub access |
| Team | $10 | $10 | per_user | Shared agents;Centralised config;Secrets management;Org-level governance |
| Enterprise | n/a | n/a | per_user | Self-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
- MVP → Growth
- Founded
- 2023
- Status
- active
- SOC 2
- unknown
- GDPR
- yes
- Data residency
- customer_choice
- External rating
- 4.5 on GitHub (25000 reviews)
- Last verified
- Jun 2026
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