ChatGPT vs Consensus vs Claude vs Claude Code

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

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ChatGPT
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Consensus
Competitor 2
Claude
Competitor 3
Claude Code
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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 Consensus
consensus.app
Scientific answers from peer-reviewed research
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Competitor Claude
claude.ai
AI assistant built to be helpful, harmless, and honest
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Competitor Claude Code
claude.com
Every plan tier hits usage limits
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
5.6Bvisits/mo
5.8Mvisits/mo
950.2Mvisits/mo
123.5Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.5%
▲ 3.5%
▼ 2.0%
▼ 6.8%
6-month growth
-1.6%
+14.4%
+54.8%
+106.6%
Global rank web
#7
#9,859
#40
#434
Avg. last 3 months
5.5B
5.5M
955.4M
125.2M
Bounce rate lower is better
30%
43%
26%
64%
Pages / visit
4.3
4.1
4.5
2.2
Visit duration
6m 35s
3m 56s
6m 14s
2m 36s
Traffic sources
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 3%
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 5%
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
ChatGPTConsensusClaudeClaude Code
01.5B2.9B4.4B5.8BChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MClaude · 180.3MClaude · 172.7MClaude · 202.9MClaude · 290.3MClaude · 613.7MClaude · 823.5MClaude · 952.6MClaude · 946.8MClaude · 969.3MClaude · 950.2MClaude Code · 19.2MClaude Code · 19.5MClaude Code · 35.8MClaude Code · 59.8MClaude Code · 139.9MClaude Code · 133.1MClaude Code · 119.5MClaude Code · 132.6MClaude Code · 123.5M1M10M100M1B10BChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MClaude · 180.3MClaude · 172.7MClaude · 202.9MClaude · 290.3MClaude · 613.7MClaude · 823.5MClaude · 952.6MClaude · 946.8MClaude · 969.3MClaude · 950.2MClaude Code · 19.2MClaude Code · 19.5MClaude Code · 35.8MClaude Code · 59.8MClaude Code · 139.9MClaude Code · 133.1MClaude Code · 119.5MClaude Code · 132.6MClaude Code · 123.5MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$8per month · free tier available
$8.99per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
$17per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free trial
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Plans
Free FreeGo $8/moPlus $20/moPro 5x $100/mo+1 more
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Free FreePro $20/moMax 5x $100/moMax 20x $200/mo
Free FreePro $17/moMax 5x $100/moMax 20x Custom/mo+2 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
Text
ImagesTextDocumentsCode
TextCode
Output
TextImagesCodeAudio
Text
TextSlidesDocumentsDataCode
Code
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+27 more
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningProductivity & Office+19 more
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
19
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26
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Coding
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Research
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Debugging
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Chatbots
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Search engine
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Agents
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Code reviews
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Essay writing
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Summarizing
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Translations
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Writing
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Blogging
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Copywriting
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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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Research papers
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APIs
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Academic research
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Code analysis
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Document summarization
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Image generation
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Image to text
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Large language models
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Literature reviews
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Medical research
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PDF analysis
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Paraphrasing
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Research papers summaries
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Rating
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Upvotes
▲ 17
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Saves
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Reviews
4
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Prompts
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