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developers who want the OSS extension and will point it at their own model.
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Pick Continue if you're a developer who want the OSS extension and will point it at their own model. Pick OpenAI Codex if you're a developer already on a ChatGPT plan who want one agent across desktop, CLI, and GitHub review. Skip Continue if you're people who want a maintained commercial IDE agent (Cursor, GitHub Copilot).
Best for
Continue An OSS Copilot-shaped sidebar you configure yourself
OpenAI Codex A reviewable coding session on an OpenAI account
Free plan
Continue $0 · apache 2.0. You pay the model provider
OpenAI Codex $0 · /month. GPT-6 Luna at Standard speed in the desktop app (rollout)
Lowest paid
Continue Not published by the vendor
OpenAI Codex Plus $20/mo
Next step up
Continue
OpenAI Codex Business $25
Coding agent
Continue User Settings
OpenAI Codex Codex
Runs where
Continue Hosted
OpenAI Codex Hosted
Watch out
Continue The repo is read-only
OpenAI Codex Codex and ChatGPT Work share the same usage pool
Last checked
Continue 2026-10-19 · continue.dev
OpenAI Codex 2026-10-22 · learn.chatgpt.com/docs/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick OpenAI Codex if
developers already on a ChatGPT plan who want one agent across desktop, CLI, and GitHub review.
Read the OpenAI Codex page