ChatGPT vs Claude vs OpenCode vs Perplexity AI

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

Your tool
ChatGPT
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Competitor 1
Claude
Competitor 2
OpenCode
Competitor 3
Perplexity AI
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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 OpenCode
opencode.ai
OpenCode is an open-source AI coding agent that helps developers write code in the terminal, an IDE or a desktop app.
Competitor Perplexity AI
perplexity.ai
Search that gives answers instead of links
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
5.6Bvisits/mo
950.2Mvisits/mo
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95.2Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.5%
▼ 2.0%
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▼ 8.2%
6-month growth
-1.6%
+54.8%
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-42.9%
Global rank web
#7
#40
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#446
Avg. last 3 months
5.5B
955.4M
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104.9M
Bounce rate lower is better
30%
26%
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33%
Pages / visit
4.3
4.5
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3.6
Visit duration
6m 35s
6m 14s
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4m 18s
Traffic sources
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 3%
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 5%
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● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
ChatGPTClaudeOpenCodePerplexity AI
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 · 950.2MPerplexity AI · 189MPerplexity AI · 179.6MPerplexity AI · 170.1MPerplexity AI · 153.8MPerplexity AI · 166.8MPerplexity AI · 154.9MPerplexity AI · 138.1MPerplexity AI · 115.8MPerplexity AI · 103.8MPerplexity AI · 95.2M10M100M1B10BChatGPT · 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 · 950.2MPerplexity AI · 189MPerplexity AI · 179.6MPerplexity AI · 170.1MPerplexity AI · 153.8MPerplexity AI · 166.8MPerplexity AI · 154.9MPerplexity AI · 138.1MPerplexity AI · 115.8MPerplexity AI · 103.8MPerplexity AI · 95.2MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Free
Freemium
Starting price
$8per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
Free
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
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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Capabilities input → output
Input
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
TextImagesDocumentsCode
TextCode
TextImagesDocumentsCode
Output
TextImagesCodeAudio
CodeTextSlidesDocumentsData
Code
TextCode
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
19
26
6
10
Chatbots
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Coding
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Research
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Summarizing
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Writing
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Search engine
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Agents
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Document summarization
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Essay writing
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Translations
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Blogging
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Copywriting
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Debugging
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Email writing
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Grammar checking
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Code documentation
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Refactoring
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AI search
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APIs
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Code reviews
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Image generation
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Image to text
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Large language models
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PDF analysis
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Paraphrasing
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Research papers
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Terminal
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Developer tools
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Development
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Homework assistance
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Community on aitoolstime
Rating
★ 4.34 ratings
★ 4.610 ratings
no ratings yet
no ratings yet
Upvotes
▲ 17
▲ 50
▲ 0
▲ 3
Saves
4
7
0
0
Reviews
4
10
0
0
Prompts
17
19
0
1
Verified listing
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