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Continue cost: what you actually pay
Continue was acquired by Cursor in June 2026 and turned off recurring billing (hosted data was deleted after July 15, 2026), so the still-displayed Starter/Team/Company prices describe a product that is no longer actually for sale.
Public pricing
| Plan | Price | Billing | Includes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | $3 / M tokens | usage | Pay-as-you-go agent creation/runs; integrations with Slack, Sentry, Snyk |
| Team | $20 / seat/moIncludes $10 in credits per seat; heavier usage falls back to Starter token rates | monthly | Shared/private team agents, control over which agents the team can use, Google/GitHub SSO login |
| Company | Custom | custom | SAML/OIDC SSO, bring-your-own API keys, commitments/invoicing, SLA |
Cursor (Anysphere) quietly acquired Continue around June 16, 2026; the team shipped a final v2.0.0 release on June 19, 2026 and disabled recurring billing. Continue's homepage now reads 'Continue has been acquired by Cursor,' hosted conversation history and team configs were scheduled for deletion after July 15, 2026 (already past as of this writing), and the Apache-2.0 codebase was handed to the community with no further updates planned. The pricing page still lists legacy numbers, but new signups and renewed billing should not be expected to be honored - treat as a discontinued product for cost-audit purposes.
Approximate — verify before relying on it. Last updated: 2026-07-22. Sourced from Continue.dev homepage (acquisition notice) ↗, Continue.dev pricing (legacy) ↗.
Where the real Continue cost hides
The sticker is the smallest part of the story. For Continue, these are the line items that quietly inflate the bill:
- Recurring billing was reportedly disabled org-wide post-acquisition - any continued charge under 'Continue' is likely a billing error or stale payment method, not real usage.
- The pre-acquisition Team plan bundled only $10 in credits per $20 seat, so agent-heavy teams routinely paid Starter-rate token overages on top of the seat fee.
- Hosted Hub data (shared assistants, team configs) was slated for deletion after July 15, 2026, creating an uncompensated migration scramble for teams that didn't export in time.
- Company/Enterprise pricing was always custom and invoice-based, so a multi-year commitment signed pre-acquisition may still be contractually binding despite the product's wind-down.
What an audit finds on Continue
The clearest waste an auditor will find is a live vendor line item for a product whose owner has publicly disabled recurring billing - the fix is same-day cancellation and migration, not renegotiation.
Worked example: Continue at 100 people
Take 100 people on Continue Team at the published $20 per person per month. The seat count is a round number we picked; the price is the one in the table above.
- Monthly
- $2,000
- Annual
- $24,000
- Typically recoverable
- $2,400–$3,600
That last figure is 10 to 15% of seat and subscription spend — the band an audit typically surfaces across public benchmarks and our own sample data, before any metered overage on top. On Continue it usually arrives as seats nobody has opened in 60 days, which is the cheapest dollar in the stack to get back: nobody loses a capability they were using.
Arithmetic on the published prices above. Your mix will differ — run your own numbers.
Continue pricing FAQ
How much does Continue cost?
Its last published prices were Starter at $3/million tokens, Team at $20/seat/month with $10 credits included, and custom Company pricing - but Continue was acquired by Cursor in June 2026 and stopped billing.
Does Continue still bill idle seats?
It shouldn't - the company disabled recurring billing after the Cursor acquisition, so any ongoing 'Continue' charge on an expense report warrants an immediate check.
What does Continue cost for a team of 100?
At the published $20 per person per month on Team, 100 people is $2,000 a month, or $24,000 a year. An audit typically finds 10 to 15% of that recoverable — $2,400 to $3,600 a year — mostly as seats nobody has opened in 60 days.
Are these Continue prices current?
They were last checked against Continue.dev homepage (acquisition notice) and Continue.dev pricing (legacy) on 2026-07-22. Every price on this page carries that date and a link to its source, and a scheduled check fails our build when any figure goes more than 30 days unverified. Vendors do change pricing between checks — the source link is there so you can confirm before you sign.
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