Continue is an open-source (Apache 2.0) AI coding extension for VS Code and JetBrains. Configuration is handled via a config.yaml file that maps model providers to specific tasks: one model for chat, a separate model for autocomplete, another for embeddings. Continue supports 30+ providers including Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini, Azure, Bedrock, Mistral, Ollama, vLLM, Groq, and OpenRouter.
Continue Hub is a registry of shareable AI assistant configurations — agents, rules, prompts, MCP servers, and documentation sources — that teams use to standardize extension behavior across engineers. Team plan adds private Hub entries and SSO; Company tier adds BYOK at the workspace level and SLA.
The open-source extension has 32,000+ GitHub stars. Individual use with BYO API keys is free. Continue also sells inference credits at $3/million tokens for teams that prefer not to manage provider billing directly.
Key Features
Open-source (Apache 2.0) VS Code and JetBrains extensions with autocomplete, chat, edit, and agent mode
Model provider flexibility: Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini, Bedrock, Azure, Mistral, Ollama, vLLM, Together, Groq, OpenRouter, and more
Continue Hub: shareable registry of AI assistants, agents, rules, prompts, MCP servers, and docs configurations
Model Context Protocol (MCP) server support for connecting agents to external tools and data sources
Local-first and offline workflows via Ollama, llama.cpp, LM Studio, llamafile for privacy-sensitive teams
config.yaml-based configuration with role assignment per task (chat, autocomplete, edit, embeddings) for cost-quality trade-offs
Integrations
7 total
cloud
GCPAWSAzure
messaging
Slack
scm
BitbucketGitHubGitLab
Pricing
4 tiers
Open Source
Free
Free tier: VS Code and JetBrains extensions, all features (chat, autocomplete, edit, agent), bring your own API keys with any supported model provider
Apache 2.0 license. Source on github.com/continuedev/continue.
Starter
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$3 per million tokens (input + output), pay as you go. Includes Continue Hub agents, integrations like Slack/Sentry/Snyk, frontier model credits.
Team
$20/seat/mo
Per seat/month, includes $10 in credits per seat. Manage and share private agents across team, agent access controls, Gmail/GitHub SSO login.
Company
Contact sales
Custom pricing. Custom SSO with SAML or OIDC, Bring Your Own API Keys (BYOK), commitment, invoicing, and SLA.
Compliance
0 / 6 attested
SOC 2
HIPAA
GDPR
FedRAMP
PCI DSS
ISO 27001
No compliance attestations on file. Confirm directly with the vendor before procurement.
