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Comparison	Cline Open-source autonomous AI coding agent for VS Code with plan-and-act workflows Open Source	Cursor✓ The AI-native code editor with $1B+ ARR, 25+ models, and background agents on dedicated VMs Freemium	Continue✓ Open-source, model-agnostic AI coding assistant for VS Code and JetBrains Open Source
Category	VS Code Extension	AI-Powered IDE	VS Code Extension
Pricing	Free (Open Source): $0	Hobby: $0/month Pro: $20/month Pro+: $60/month Ultra: $200/month Teams: $40/user/month	Free (Open Source): $0
AI Models	ClaudeGPTGeminiAWS BedrockAzure OpenAI+3 more	Claude Opus 4.5Claude Sonnet 4.5Claude Sonnet 4.6GPT-5GPT-5.2+4 more	Any LLM via APIOpenAIAnthropicGeminiLocal (Ollama/LM Studio)+1 more
Context Window	Depends on chosen model	Up to 272K tokens (codebase-wide context via RAG indexing)	Depends on chosen model
Capabilities	Code Completion Code Generation Code Review Debugging Refactoring Testing Documentation Chat Agentic Mode Multi File	Code Completion Code Generation Code Review Debugging Refactoring Testing Documentation Chat Agentic Mode Multi File Voice Input	Code Completion Code Generation Code Review Debugging Refactoring Testing Documentation Chat Multi File
Platforms	macOSLinuxWindows	macOSWindowsLinux	macOSLinuxWindows
Languages	All languages supported by chosen model	All languages supported by VS Code	All languages supported by chosen model
Open Source	Yes	No	Yes
GitHub Stars	N/A	N/A	30,200Most
Users	N/A	1M+ daily active users	N/A
Rating	N/A	N/A	N/A
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