ChatGPT vs Cursor vs DeepSeek vs Claude

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
Cursor
Competitor 2
DeepSeek
Competitor 3
Claude
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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 Cursor
cursor.sh
Code editor that actually understands your codebase
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Competitor DeepSeek
deepseek.com
DeepSeek is an AI lab and chat assistant.
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Competitor Claude
claude.ai
AI assistant built to be helpful, harmless, and honest
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
5.6Bvisits/mo
4.5Mvisits/mo
353.8Mvisits/mo
950.2Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.5%
▲ 7.8%
▲ 2.1%
▼ 2.0%
6-month growth
-1.6%
-1.8%
+0.9%
+54.8%
Global rank web
#7
#15,584
#131
#40
Avg. last 3 months
5.5B
4.4M
357.9M
955.4M
Bounce rate lower is better
30%
57%
38%
26%
Pages / visit
4.3
2.4
3.4
4.5
Visit duration
6m 35s
1m 36s
5m 33s
6m 14s
Traffic sources
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 3%
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 5%
ChatGPTCursorDeepSeekClaude
01.5B2.9B4.4B5.8BChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8MClaude · 180.3MClaude · 172.7MClaude · 202.9MClaude · 290.3MClaude · 613.7MClaude · 823.5MClaude · 952.6MClaude · 946.8MClaude · 969.3MClaude · 950.2M1M10M100M1B10BChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8MClaude · 180.3MClaude · 172.7MClaude · 202.9MClaude · 290.3MClaude · 613.7MClaude · 823.5MClaude · 952.6MClaude · 946.8MClaude · 969.3MClaude · 950.2MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$8per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
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$20per month · free tier available
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
Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
deepseek-flash Customdeepseek-v4-pro Custom
Free FreePro $20/moMax 5x $100/moMax 20x $200/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
TextCode
TextImagesCode
TextImagesDocumentsCode
Output
TextImagesCodeAudio
Code
TextCode
CodeTextSlidesDocumentsData
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+27 more
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningWriting & Content+10 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningProductivity & Office+19 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
19
7
9
26
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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Refactoring
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Code documentation
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Large language models
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Code reviews
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Essay 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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APIs
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Agents
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Development
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Document summarization
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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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Terminal
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Image editing
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Image to image
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Math
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Rating
★ 4.34 ratings
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Upvotes
▲ 17
▲ 1
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▲ 50
Saves
4
0
0
7
Reviews
4
0
0
10
Prompts
17
3
0
19
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.