Continue vs. Kilo Code

Feature	Continue	Kilo Code

Tagline	The open-source AI code assistant	The all-in-one agentic engineering platform
Website	https://continue.dev	https://kilo.ai
Language	typescript	typescript
Release Date	August 21, 2025	October 15, 2025
Last Updated	June 16, 2026	July 15, 2026
Provider Type	Independent	Independent
MCP Support	Yes	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	No	Yes
Git Integration	basic	deep
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	Yes	Yes
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	No	Yes
Voice Mode	No	No
IDE Integration	VS Code, JetBrains IDEs	VS Code, JetBrains, Cursor, Windsurf, Trae AI
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	Yes
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	Yes
Context Window	Model-dependent	Model-dependent
Supported Models	Claude Opus / Sonnet / Haiku, GPT-5 / pro / mini, Gemini, Mistral, DeepSeek, Qwen, Llama, Local models for Ollama	Kilo Gateway managed AI models and supports 500+ AI models including Anthropic, GPT, Gemini, Custom AI models.
Supported Subscriptions	—	ChatGPT GitHub Copilot SuperGrok OpenCode Go / Zen X Premium Kilo Pass Ollama Cloud MiniMax Token Plan
Pricing Model	Freemium	Freemium, Usage Based, Subscription, Free, BYOK
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free (BYOK) / $10/mo	Free forever (individual users, BYOK), $19/mo (Kilo Pass), $15/mo (teams)
Source Code Availability	Open Source (Apache-2.0)	Open Source (MIT)
Source Code	https://github.com/continuedev/continue	https://github.com/Kilo-Org/kilocode
Development State	inactive	active