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Cody vs Continue

A side-by-side look at pricing, capabilities, pros, cons, and our editorial scores.

 
Cody
Coding
Continue
Coding
TaglineSourcegraph's AI coding assistant — codebase-aware via their search index.Open-source, self-hostable VS Code/JetBrains AI assistant.
CategoryCodingCoding
PricingFreemium· Free; Pro $9/mo; Enterprise customFree· Free / open-source; you pay model costs
ModelClaude / GPT / Mixtral (configurable)BYO (any OpenAI-compatible API + Ollama for local)
Editorial score8.0 / 107.9 / 10
Use cases
enterprisemonoreposcode search
self-hostedopen sourceBYO model
Pros
  • Excellent for huge monorepos
  • Sourcegraph index is unmatched
  • Enterprise-grade privacy
  • Free tier
  • Free and open source
  • Works with local models via Ollama
  • No data leaves your machine if local
  • BYO model flexibility
Cons
  • Most value unlocked on Sourcegraph itself
  • Solo dev value smaller than Cursor
  • Less polished than Cursor/Copilot
  • Setup is fiddly
Websitesourcegraph.comcontinue.dev
Pick Cody if
  • ✅ Excellent for huge monorepos
  • ✅ Sourcegraph index is unmatched
  • ✅ Enterprise-grade privacy
  • ✅ Free tier
Pick Continue if
  • ✅ Free and open source
  • ✅ Works with local models via Ollama
  • ✅ No data leaves your machine if local
  • ✅ BYO model flexibility
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