Pick Continue if
developers who want the OSS extension and will point it at their own model.
Read the Continue pageContinue vs GitHub Copilot
Our take
Pick Continue if developers who want the OSS extension and will point it at their own model. Pick GitHub Copilot if developers already in GitHub who want completions and chat without switching to a separate AI IDE. Skip Continue if people who want a maintained commercial IDE agent (Cursor, GitHub Copilot). Skip GitHub Copilot if teams that cannot send code to GitHub’s model pool, or users who want a local-only model
Best for
Continue An OSS Copilot-shaped sidebar you configure yourself
GitHub Copilot Code in a real editor
Free plan
Continue $0 · apache 2.0. You pay the model provider
GitHub Copilot $0 · limited completions and chat
Lowest paid
Continue Not published by the vendor
GitHub Copilot Pro $10/mo
Next step up
Continue
GitHub Copilot Pro+ $39/mo
Coding agent
Continue User Settings
GitHub Copilot Agent + Tab inside the editor
Runs where
Continue Hosted
GitHub Copilot
Watch out
Continue The repo is read-only
GitHub Copilot Flex credits are not unlimited Agent
Last checked
Continue 2026-10-19 · continue.dev
GitHub Copilot 2026-10-19 · github.com/features/copilot
Which one, then?
Pick GitHub Copilot if
developers already in GitHub who want completions and chat without switching to a separate AI IDE.
Read the GitHub Copilot page