ChatGPT vs Merlin vs Voila vs StudyBuddy

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

Your tool
ChatGPT
vs
Competitor 1
Merlin
Competitor 2
Voila
Competitor 3
StudyBuddy
Compare
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 Voila
getvoila.ai
Voila is an AI browser assistant powered by ChatGPT. It's designed to streamline user's online interactions, making them more intelligent and efficient. With Voila, users can ask any question, and the
Competitor StudyBuddy
studybuddy.gg
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
5.6Bvisits/mo
1.2Mvisits/mo
178.9Kvisits/mo
18.5Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.5%
▼ 13.8%
▲ 3.7%
▼ 17.4%
6-month growth
-1.6%
-9.1%
-48.8%
+32.2%
Global rank web
#7
#46,011
#226,082
#1,296,631
Avg. last 3 months
5.5B
1.3M
181.1K
22.6K
Bounce rate lower is better
30%
50%
37%
38%
Pages / visit
4.3
2.5
2.9
1.7
Visit duration
6m 35s
4m 15s
1m 09s
8s
Traffic sources
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 3%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 92% · ● Referral 6%
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ChatGPTMerlinVoilaStudyBuddy
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 · 1.2MVoila · 419KVoila · 468.3KVoila · 506.2KVoila · 360.7KVoila · 349.1KVoila · 260KVoila · 199.3KVoila · 191.8KVoila · 172.5KVoila · 178.9KStudyBuddy · 19.9KStudyBuddy · 22.4KStudyBuddy · 23.5KStudyBuddy · 19.5KStudyBuddy · 14KStudyBuddy · 15.4KStudyBuddy · 19.3KStudyBuddy · 27.1KStudyBuddy · 22.3KStudyBuddy · 18.5K10K100K1M10M100M1B10BChatGPT · 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 · 1.2MVoila · 419KVoila · 468.3KVoila · 506.2KVoila · 360.7KVoila · 349.1KVoila · 260KVoila · 199.3KVoila · 191.8KVoila · 172.5KVoila · 178.9KStudyBuddy · 19.9KStudyBuddy · 22.4KStudyBuddy · 23.5KStudyBuddy · 19.5KStudyBuddy · 14KStudyBuddy · 15.4KStudyBuddy · 19.3KStudyBuddy · 27.1KStudyBuddy · 22.3KStudyBuddy · 18.5KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Paid
Starting price
$8per month · free tier available
$29per month · free tier available
$8per month · free tier available
$5.99per month
Free tier
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Free trial
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API access
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–
–
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Plans
Free FreeGo $8/moPlus $20/moPro 5x $100/mo+1 more
Free FreePro $29/moTeams $15/mo
Free FreePremium $8/moUltimate $16/mo
Weekly Trial $0.99Weekly Subscription $5.99/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
CodeDocumentsTextWeb pages
Web pagesTextImagesDocuments
TextImages
Output
TextImagesCodeAudio
CodeImagesText
TextImages
Text
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
19
13
10
5
Chatbots
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Chrome extensions
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Writing
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Summarizing
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Coding
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Copywriting
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Email writing
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Image generation
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Translations
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Blogging
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Productivity
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Homework assistance
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Study assistance
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Essay writing
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Grammar checking
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Image to text
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Math problems
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Research
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Search engine
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Social media
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Social media posts
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Video summaries
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Article writing
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Chatting
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Code documentation
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Content
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Debugging
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Image editing
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Image to image
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Mind maps
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Community on aitoolstime
Rating
★ 4.34 ratings
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Upvotes
▲ 17
▲ 3
▲ 0
▲ 0
Saves
4
0
0
0
Reviews
4
0
0
0
Prompts
17
0
0
0
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.