ChatGPT vs Merlin vs Harpa 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
Merlin
Competitor 2
Harpa
Competitor 3
DeepSeek
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool ChatGPT
chatgpt.com
Your AI assistant for everything
Competitor Merlin
getmerlin.in
AI assistant in your browser
Competitor Harpa
harpa.ai
HARPA AI is a Chrome Extension and NoCode RPA platform that automates web tasks to save time and money. It uses a hybrid AI engine built on ChatGPT and Machine Learning to perform tasks such as provid
Competitor DeepSeek
deepseek.com
DeepSeek is an AI lab and chat assistant.
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
5.6Bvisits/mo
1.2Mvisits/mo
281.1Kvisits/mo
353.8Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.5%
▼ 13.8%
▼ 18.4%
▲ 2.1%
6-month growth
-1.6%
-9.1%
-55.5%
+0.9%
Global rank web
#7
#46,011
#170,120
#131
Avg. last 3 months
5.5B
1.3M
326.3K
357.9M
Bounce rate lower is better
30%
50%
53%
38%
Pages / visit
4.3
2.5
1.6
3.4
Visit duration
6m 35s
4m 15s
1m 09s
5m 33s
Traffic sources
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 3%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 4%
ChatGPTMerlinHarpaDeepSeek
01.5B2.9B4.4B5.8BChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BMerlin · 1.5MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.2MMerlin · 1.3MMerlin · 1.3MMerlin · 1.3MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.2MHarpa · 269.4KHarpa · 340KHarpa · 397.4KHarpa · 367.5KHarpa · 631.4KHarpa · 457.2KHarpa · 421.2KHarpa · 353.4KHarpa · 344.4KHarpa · 281.1KDeepSeek · 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 · 5.6BMerlin · 1.5MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.2MMerlin · 1.3MMerlin · 1.3MMerlin · 1.3MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.2MHarpa · 269.4KHarpa · 340KHarpa · 397.4KHarpa · 367.5KHarpa · 631.4KHarpa · 457.2KHarpa · 421.2KHarpa · 353.4KHarpa · 344.4KHarpa · 281.1KDeepSeek · 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
Freemium
Starting price
$8per month · free tier available
$29per month · free tier available
€14.3per month
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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
Free FreePro $29/moTeams $15/mo
Everyone €14.30/moPro €19.60/moLife €238
deepseek-flash Customdeepseek-v4-pro Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
Web pagesTextDocumentsCode
Web pagesText
TextImagesCode
Output
TextImagesCodeAudio
TextImagesCode
TextData
TextCode
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
19
13
10
9
Chatbots
Summarizing
Coding
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Translations
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Writing
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Chrome extensions
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Copywriting
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Image generation
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Research
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Video summaries
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Agents
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Large language models
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Blogging
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Email automation
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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 to text
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Search engine
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Social media
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Social media posts
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Web scraping
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Code documentation
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Debugging
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Email management
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Image editing
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Image to image
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Math
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Mind maps
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Community on aitoolstime
Rating
★ 4.34 ratings
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Upvotes
▲ 17
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Saves
4
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Reviews
4
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Prompts
17
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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.