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COMPARISONS/CONTINUE VS OPENAI CODEX CLI

ContinueVSOpenAI Codex CLI

Read from each vendor’s own pages last night, so it does not go stale the way a written comparison does.

CONTINUE
Not published as tiers
OPENAI CODEX CLI
Not read
CHANGES ON EITHER
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IDE EXTENSION · CLI AGENTREAD NIGHTLY FROM THE VENDORS’ OWN PAGESVERDICT DERIVED FROM THE ROWS BELOW
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BEFORE YOU READ ON1 of the two is not what it was

CONTINUEACQUIRED SINCE 2 AUGUST 2026Continue was acquired by Cursor and is no longer independent. continue.dev now reads "Continue has joined Cursor · Continue was acquired by Cursor" and the pricing page is gone. The Apache-2.0 repository is still public and was still being pushed to on 2 August 2026. No announcement date is published, so the date here is when it was first observed.

THE VERDICTderived from the rows below, so it cannot say anything the table does not

On the prices each vendor publishes about itself, Continue starts at Not published as tiers and OpenAI Codex CLI at Not read. Before that decides anything: Continue was acquired by Cursor and is no longer independent. (since 2 August 2026) Both take your own API key, so on either one the subscription and the model bill are separate decisions. Both are open source, so neither can withdraw the thing you have already installed. Every figure on this page was read from the two vendors' own pages in last night's run rather than written down once, which is the only reason it is still the current answer. ToolDrift sells neither and takes no referral fee on either.

SIDE BY SIDE9 asserted rows, 5 measured
COMPARED ONCONTINUEOPENAI CODEX CLI
ASSERTED · WHAT EACH VENDOR PUBLISHES ABOUT ITSELF
CategoryIDE extensionCLI agent
VendorContinueOpenAI
StatusAcquiredActive
How it chargesHybridSubscription
Entry priceNot published as tiersNot read
Default modelNone, you chooseopenai/gpt-5.5
Your own keyYesYes
SourceOpen source · Apache-2.0Open source · Apache-2.0
PlansContinue publishes no pricing page for Continue since the Cursor acquisition, so there are no tiers to compare.No named tier on OpenAI's pricing page could be read with a price beside it.
MEASURED · COUNTED ON THE LAST NIGHTLY RUN
Stars36.0K126.7K
Maintenance100/100100/100
Days since last push00
Top model in itnot measuredOpenAI: GPT-5.5 · $11.25
Its volumenot measurednot measured
THE QUESTIONS3 answered from the rows above

Is Continue or OpenAI Codex CLI cheaper?

On the cheapest option each vendor publishes: Continue is Not published as tiers and OpenAI Codex CLI is Not read. Treat both as an allowance rather than a bill, every tool in this category meters model usage on top of the plan, and which one costs more in practice depends on the models you drive and how hard. The tier prices are the part that can be checked from outside, so they are the part this page prints.

Can I use my own API key with Continue or OpenAI Codex CLI?

Continue: yes. OpenAI Codex CLI: yes. It is the row that decides whether the subscription price is most of what you pay or a fraction of it: a tool that takes your own key charges for the software, and one that does not is reselling inference with a margin you cannot see.

Are Continue and OpenAI Codex CLI still maintained?

Acquired and Active as of last night's read. Continue's repository was last pushed 0 days ago and it scores 100/100 on maintenance; OpenAI Codex CLI's repository was last pushed 0 days ago and it scores 100/100 on maintenance. One caution: Continue was acquired by Cursor and is no longer independent. (since 2 August 2026) This is the question a written comparison cannot answer, because it was true on the day it was published and nobody went back.