Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Cursor
Cursor clearly comes out ahead of Continue on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Cursor has a free tier; Continue does not. Paid plans start at $20/mo for Continue and $20/mo for Cursor.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | ai tool | ai tool |
| Company | Continue | - |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Learning Curve | - | easy |
| Integration | - | low |
| Trending | Stable | Hot |
| Industries | DevelopmentAI & Machine Learning | Development |
| Categories | ai-codingdeveloper-tools | developer-tools |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
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| Feature | continue-dev | cursor |
|---|---|---|
| $3 / Million Tokens (Input And Output, Pay As You Go) | ||
| 20X Usage On All Openai, Claude, Gemini Models | ||
| Bring Your Own Api Keys (Byok) | ||
| 3X Usage On All Openai, Claude, Gemini Models | ||
| Buy Credits For Frontier Models | ||
| Access To Frontier Models | ||
| Commitment, Invoicing, And Sla | ||
| Ai Code Tracking Api And Audit Logs | ||
| Connect Integrations Like Slack, Sentry, And Snyk | ||
| Centralized Team Billing | ||
| Control Which Agents Your Team Can Use | ||
| Cloud Agents | ||
| Create And Run Ai Agents | ||
| Extended Limits On Agent | ||
| Custom Sso With Saml Or Oidc | ||
| Granular Admin And Model Controls | ||
| Everything In Starter | ||
| Invoice/Po Billing | ||
| Everything In Starter & Team | ||
| Limited Agent Requests | ||
| Gmail/Github Sso Login | ||
| Limited Tab Completions | ||
| Includes $10 In Credits Per Seat | ||
| Mcps, Skills, And Hooks | ||
| Manage And Share Private Agents Across Your Team | ||
| No Credit Card Required | ||
| Try Agents And Get Started | ||
| Org-Wide Privacy Mode Controls | ||
| Pooled Usage | ||
| Priority Access To New Features |
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On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, Cursor comes out ahead overall, though Continue can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Continue's paid plans start at $20/mo and Cursor's start at $20/mo, so Continue is the lower entry price. Check the pricing comparison for higher tiers and per-seat costs.
Cursor offers a free tier; Continue does not currently list one.
Continue is open source. The feature comparison and dimension scores above cover the full breakdown.
