Pick Cline if
developers who want an OSS agent in the editor and will pay tokens or bring a key.
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Our take
Pick Cline if developers who want an OSS agent in the editor and will pay tokens or bring a key. Pick Continue if developers who want the OSS extension and will point it at their own model. Skip Cline if people who want a hosted IDE subscription with published seat cards (Cursor, GitHub Copilot). Skip Continue if people who want a maintained commercial IDE agent (Cursor, GitHub Copilot).
Best for
Cline An agent that edits files and runs commands with your approval
Continue An OSS Copilot-shaped sidebar you configure yourself
Free plan
Cline No free plan
Continue $0 · apache 2.0. You pay the model provider
Lowest paid
Cline Not published by the vendor
Continue Not published by the vendor
Coding agent
Cline CLI + desktop
Continue User Settings
Runs where
Cline Hosted
Continue Hosted
Watch out
Cline The extension is free
Continue The repo is read-only
Last checked
Cline 2026-10-19 · cline.bot/pricing
Continue 2026-10-19 · continue.dev
Which one, then?
Pick Continue if
developers who want the OSS extension and will point it at their own model.
Read the Continue page