Aider vs. Continue

Feature	Aider	Continue

Tagline	AI pair programming in your terminal	The open-source AI code assistant
Website	https://aider.chat	https://continue.dev
Language	python	typescript
Release Date	July 8, 2023	August 21, 2025
Last Updated	April 28, 2026	April 28, 2026
Provider Type	Independent	Independent
MCP Support	No	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	No	No
Git Integration	deep	basic
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	Yes	Yes
Sandbox / Permissions	No	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	No
Voice Mode	Yes	No
IDE Integration	VS Code, Neovim, Emacs	VS Code, JetBrains IDEs
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	Yes
Web Search	No	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	Yes
Context Window	Model-dependent	Model-dependent
Supported Models	Claude Sonnet 4.5/4.6, Claude Opus 4.5/4.6, GPT-5.4, GPT-4o, DeepSeek, Gemini, Llama, Qwen	Claude Opus / Sonnet / Haiku, GPT-5 / pro / mini, Gemini, Mistral, DeepSeek, Qwen, Llama, Local models for Ollama
Pricing Model	BYOK	Freemium
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free (BYOK)	Free (BYOK) / $10/mo
Source Code Availability	Open Source (Apache-2.0)	Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Source Code	https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider	https://github.com/continuedev/continue
Development State	active	active