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Continue vs Tabnine

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

 
Continue
Coding
Tabnine
Coding
TaglineOpen-source, self-hostable VS Code/JetBrains AI assistant.Privacy-focused AI autocomplete with on-prem options.
CategoryCodingCoding
PricingFree· Free / open-source; you pay model costsPaid· $12+/mo per seat; Enterprise custom
ModelBYO (any OpenAI-compatible API + Ollama for local)Proprietary (Tabnine-trained, on-prem capable)
Editorial score7.9 / 107.6 / 10
Use cases
self-hostedopen sourceBYO model
enterpriseprivacyon-prem
Pros
  • Free and open source
  • Works with local models via Ollama
  • No data leaves your machine if local
  • BYO model flexibility
  • Self-hosted option
  • Trains on your own code
  • Strong privacy posture
  • SOC 2 / GDPR / HIPAA paths
Cons
  • Less polished than Cursor/Copilot
  • Setup is fiddly
  • Output quality behind frontier-model assistants
  • Pricier than Codeium
Websitecontinue.devwww.tabnine.com
Pick Continue if
  • ✅ Free and open source
  • ✅ Works with local models via Ollama
  • ✅ No data leaves your machine if local
  • ✅ BYO model flexibility
Pick Tabnine if
  • ✅ Self-hosted option
  • ✅ Trains on your own code
  • ✅ Strong privacy posture
  • ✅ SOC 2 / GDPR / HIPAA paths
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