ChatGPT vs Claude vs Pi 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
Pi
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
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Competitor Claude
claude.ai
AI assistant built to be helpful, harmless, and honest
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Competitor Pi
pi.ai
An AI that's genuinely pleasant to talk with
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Competitor Perplexity AI
perplexity.ai
Search that gives answers instead of links
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
5.6Bvisits/mo
950.2Mvisits/mo
473.9Kvisits/mo
95.2Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.5%
▼ 2.0%
▼ 9.4%
▼ 8.2%
6-month growth
-1.6%
+54.8%
-16.4%
-42.9%
Global rank web
#7
#40
#87,743
#446
Avg. last 3 months
5.5B
955.4M
512.8K
104.9M
Bounce rate lower is better
30%
26%
33%
33%
Pages / visit
4.3
4.5
3.7
3.6
Visit duration
6m 35s
6m 14s
1m 37s
4m 18s
Traffic sources
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 3%
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 5%
● Direct 87% · ● Referral 9%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
ChatGPTClaudePiPerplexity 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 · 950.2MPi · 609.8KPi · 591.6KPi · 610.8KPi · 583.3KPi · 566.6KPi · 557.8KPi · 576.6KPi · 541.3KPi · 523.3KPi · 473.9KPerplexity 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 · 95.2M100K1M10M100M1B10BChatGPT · 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 · 950.2MPi · 609.8KPi · 591.6KPi · 610.8KPi · 583.3KPi · 566.6KPi · 557.8KPi · 576.6KPi · 541.3KPi · 523.3KPi · 473.9KPerplexity 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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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
TextAudio
TextImagesDocumentsCode
Output
TextImagesCodeAudio
DataTextSlidesDocumentsCode
TextAudio
TextCode
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+27 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningProductivity & Office+19 more
Chatbots & CompanionsEducation & LearningHealthcare & WellnessAI Chatbot+2 more
Chatbots & CompanionsEducation & LearningLifestyle & EntertainmentProductivity & Office+13 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
19
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7
10
Chatbots
Research
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Summarizing
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Writing
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Coding
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Search engine
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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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Chatting
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APIs
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Agents
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Code reviews
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Companions
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Image generation
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Image to text
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Large language models
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Mental health
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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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Community on aitoolstime
Rating
★ 4.34 ratings
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Upvotes
▲ 17
▲ 50
▲ 1
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Saves
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Reviews
4
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Prompts
17
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Verified listing
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