ChatGPT vs Claude vs OpenAI Codex vs DeepSeek

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

Your tool
ChatGPT
vs
Competitor 1
Claude
Competitor 2
OpenAI Codex
Competitor 3
DeepSeek
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool ChatGPT
chatgpt.com
Your AI assistant for everything
Competitor Claude
claude.ai
AI assistant built to be helpful, harmless, and honest
Competitor OpenAI Codex
openai.com
A dedicated coding agent that writes and runs code for you
Competitor DeepSeek
deepseek.com
DeepSeek is an AI lab and chat assistant.
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
5.6Bvisits/mo
950.2Mvisits/mo
204.3Mvisits/mo
353.8Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.5%
▼ 2.0%
▲ 3.6%
▲ 2.1%
6-month growth
-1.6%
+54.8%
+0.3%
+0.9%
Global rank web
#7
#40
#212
#131
Avg. last 3 months
5.5B
955.4M
197.3M
357.9M
Bounce rate lower is better
30%
26%
58%
38%
Pages / visit
4.3
4.5
3.0
3.4
Visit duration
6m 35s
6m 14s
2m 31s
5m 33s
Traffic sources
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 3%
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 5%
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 17%
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 4%
ChatGPTClaudeOpenAI CodexDeepSeek
01.5B2.9B4.4B5.8BChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BClaude · 180.3MClaude · 172.7MClaude · 202.9MClaude · 290.3MClaude · 613.7MClaude · 823.5MClaude · 952.6MClaude · 946.8MClaude · 969.3MClaude · 950.2MOpenAI Codex · 266.3MOpenAI Codex · 225MOpenAI Codex · 210.1MOpenAI Codex · 191.2MOpenAI Codex · 203.7MOpenAI Codex · 195.7MOpenAI Codex · 203.1MOpenAI Codex · 190.4MOpenAI Codex · 197.2MOpenAI Codex · 204.3MDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8M100M1B10BChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BClaude · 180.3MClaude · 172.7MClaude · 202.9MClaude · 290.3MClaude · 613.7MClaude · 823.5MClaude · 952.6MClaude · 946.8MClaude · 969.3MClaude · 950.2MOpenAI Codex · 266.3MOpenAI Codex · 225MOpenAI Codex · 210.1MOpenAI Codex · 191.2MOpenAI Codex · 203.7MOpenAI Codex · 195.7MOpenAI Codex · 203.1MOpenAI Codex · 190.4MOpenAI Codex · 197.2MOpenAI Codex · 204.3MDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$8per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
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Free tier
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Free trial
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API access
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Plans
Free FreeGo $8/moPlus $20/moPro 5x $100/mo+1 more
Free FreePro $20/moMax 5x $100/moMax 20x $200/mo
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deepseek-flash Customdeepseek-v4-pro Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
TextImagesDocumentsCode
TextCode
TextImagesCode
Output
TextImagesCodeAudio
CodeTextSlidesDocumentsData
Code
TextCode
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
19
26
9
9
Coding
Chatbots
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Research
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Summarizing
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Translations
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Writing
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Debugging
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Code documentation
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Agents
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Large language models
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Essay writing
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Blogging
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Code reviews
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Copywriting
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Email writing
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Grammar checking
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Terminal
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Refactoring
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APIs
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Document summarization
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GitHub automation
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GitHub pull requests
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Homework assistance
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Image generation
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Image to text
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PDF analysis
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Paraphrasing
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Search engine
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Development
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Image editing
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Community on aitoolstime
Rating
★ 4.34 ratings
★ 4.610 ratings
no ratings yet
no ratings yet
Upvotes
▲ 17
▲ 50
▲ 1
▲ 3
Saves
4
7
0
0
Reviews
4
10
0
0
Prompts
17
19
0
0
Verified listing
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Traffic figures are third-party estimates for the tool's own domain; tools sharing a domain with a bigger product are not counted. Pricing is captured from each tool's site and may lag.