ChatGPT vs DeepSeek vs Z.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
DeepSeek
Competitor 2
Z.ai
Competitor 3
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3 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool ChatGPT
chatgpt.com
Your AI assistant for everything
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Competitor DeepSeek
deepseek.com
DeepSeek is an AI lab and chat assistant.
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Competitor Z.ai
chat.z.ai
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
5.6Bvisits/mo
353.8Mvisits/mo
10Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.5%
▲ 2.1%
▼ 12.3%
6-month growth
-1.6%
+0.9%
+44.6%
Global rank web
#7
#131
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Avg. last 3 months
5.5B
357.9M
10.6M
Bounce rate lower is better
30%
38%
25%
Pages / visit
4.3
3.4
3.2
Visit duration
6m 35s
5m 33s
19m 00s
Traffic sources
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 3%
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 91% · ● Referral 8%
ChatGPTDeepSeekZ.ai
01.5B2.9B4.4B5.8BChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8MZ.ai · 4.2MZ.ai · 4.4MZ.ai · 5.4MZ.ai · 6.2MZ.ai · 6.9MZ.ai · 8.6MZ.ai · 8.5MZ.ai · 10.4MZ.ai · 11.4MZ.ai · 10M1M10M100M1B10BChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8MZ.ai · 4.2MZ.ai · 4.4MZ.ai · 5.4MZ.ai · 6.2MZ.ai · 6.9MZ.ai · 8.6MZ.ai · 8.5MZ.ai · 10.4MZ.ai · 11.4MZ.ai · 10MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Free
Starting price
$8per month · free tier available
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Free
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
deepseek-flash Customdeepseek-v4-pro Custom
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Capabilities input → output
Input
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
ImagesTextCode
TextImagesDocumentsCode
Output
TextImagesCodeAudio
TextCode
TextCodeApps
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+27 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningWriting & Content+10 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI Agent+6 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
19
9
4
Chatbots
Coding
Large language models
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Research
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Summarizing
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Translations
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Writing
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Agents
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Blogging
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Copywriting
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Email writing
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Essay writing
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Grammar checking
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Homework assistance
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Image generation
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Image to text
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Search engine
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Code documentation
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Debugging
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Image editing
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Image to image
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Math
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Refactoring
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Community on aitoolstime
Rating
★ 4.34 ratings
no ratings yet
no ratings yet
Upvotes
▲ 17
▲ 3
▲ 1
Saves
4
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0
Reviews
4
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Prompts
17
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Verified listing
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