specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: Continue
providerId: continue-dev
created: '2026-05-08'
# Provenance stamped 2026-08-11: this artifact was written by the API Evangelist
# bulk sweep dated 2026-05-08, not harvested from the provider. See roadmap#35.
method: generated
modified: '2026-05-25'
reconciled: true
tags:
- AI
- Developer Tools
- Open Source
- Pricing
- Plans
description: Continue offers three commercial tiers on top of the open-source IDE extensions and CLI — Starter (pay-as-you-go), Team (per-seat with included credits), and Company (custom enterprise). Token costs flow through at $3/M tokens for input and output on the Starter tier; Team includes $10 of credits per seat per month.
sources:
- https://www.continue.dev/pricing
- https://www.continue.dev/
plans:
- id: open-source
  name: Open Source
  type: free
  description: The Continue VS Code and JetBrains extensions and the Continue CLI are open-source under Apache 2.0 — free to install and use with any LLM provider you bring yourself.
  entries:
  - label: Extensions and CLI
    name: open_source
    type: flat
    metric: install
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: usage
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: 0
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Apache 2.0 licensed VS Code and JetBrains extensions
  - name: Open-source Continue CLI for local and CI use
  - name: Bring your own LLM provider (Anthropic, OpenAI, Mistral, OpenRouter, Ollama, local)
  - name: Source-controlled assistants and checks in .continue/
- id: starter
  name: Starter
  type: paid
  description: Pay-as-you-go entry tier for individual users. Run AI agents, connect Slack/Sentry/Snyk, and purchase frontier model credits at $3/M tokens.
  entries:
  - label: Tokens
    name: tokens
    type: usage
    metric: token
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: usage
    geo: global
    unit: 1000000
    price: 3
    userMultiplied: false
    description: Input and output tokens billed at $3 per million on the Starter tier.
  elements:
  - name: Create and run AI agents
  - name: Connect integrations (Slack, Sentry, Snyk)
  - name: Purchase frontier model credits
  - name: $3 / million tokens (input and output)
- id: team
  name: Team
  type: paid
  description: Per-seat tier for teams. Includes $10 of model credits per seat, team agent management, sharing, usage controls, and Gmail/GitHub SSO.
  entries:
  - label: Seat
    name: seat
    type: subscription
    metric: user
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: 20
    userMultiplied: true
    description: Per-seat monthly subscription. Includes $10 in credits per seat.
  elements:
  - name: Everything in Starter
  - name: Team agent management and sharing
  - name: Usage controls per team
  - name: Gmail and GitHub SSO login
  - name: $10 in model credits per seat per month
- id: company
  name: Company
  type: enterprise
  description: Enterprise tier with custom SSO, BYO API keys, SLAs, and committed invoicing. Contact sales.
  entries:
  - label: Custom
    name: custom
    type: contract
    metric: contract
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: year
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: contact-sales
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Everything in Team
  - name: Custom SSO (SAML / OIDC)
  - name: Bring-your-own API keys
  - name: SLA guarantees
  - name: Commitment and invoicing
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com