ChatGPT vs Exa vs DeepSeek

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
Exa
Competitor 2
DeepSeek
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 Exa
exa.ai
Search built for AI
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Competitor DeepSeek
deepseek.com
DeepSeek is an AI lab and chat assistant.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
5.6Bvisits/mo
930.8Kvisits/mo
353.8Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.5%
▲ 9.9%
▲ 2.1%
6-month growth
-1.6%
+16.3%
+0.9%
Global rank web
#7
#55,392
#131
Avg. last 3 months
5.5B
844.7K
357.9M
Bounce rate lower is better
30%
38%
38%
Pages / visit
4.3
4.3
3.4
Visit duration
6m 35s
3m 23s
5m 33s
Traffic sources
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 3%
● Direct 86% · ● Referral 12%
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 4%
ChatGPTExaDeepSeek
01.5B2.9B4.4B5.8BChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BExa · 477.2KExa · 768.9KExa · 1.5MExa · 789.9KExa · 800.6KExa · 832.8KExa · 761.4KExa · 756.6KExa · 846.8KExa · 930.8KDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8M100K1M10M100M1B10BChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BExa · 477.2KExa · 768.9KExa · 1.5MExa · 789.9KExa · 800.6KExa · 832.8KExa · 761.4KExa · 756.6KExa · 846.8KExa · 930.8KDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$8per month · free tier available
Free tier
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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
Starter $10/moDeveloper CustomEnterprise Custom/mo
deepseek-flash Customdeepseek-v4-pro Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
Web pagesText
TextImagesCode
Output
TextImagesCodeAudio
TextData
TextCode
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+27 more
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI API+3 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningWriting & Content+10 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
19
7
9
Research
Chatbots
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Search engine
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Coding
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Summarizing
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Translations
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Writing
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AI search
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APIs
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Large language models
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Website crawling
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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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Web scraping
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Code documentation
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Debugging
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Development
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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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Rating
★ 4.34 ratings
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Upvotes
▲ 17
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▲ 3
Saves
4
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0
Reviews
4
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Prompts
17
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0
Verified listing
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