ChatGPT vs Mistral AI vs DeepSeek vs Perplexity 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
Mistral AI
Competitor 2
DeepSeek
Competitor 3
Perplexity AI
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool ChatGPT
chatgpt.com
Your AI assistant for everything
Competitor Mistral AI
mistral.ai
European AI with open-source roots
Competitor DeepSeek
deepseek.com
DeepSeek is an AI lab and chat assistant.
Competitor Perplexity AI
perplexity.ai
Search that gives answers instead of links
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
5.6Bvisits/mo
7.8Mvisits/mo
353.8Mvisits/mo
95.2Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.5%
▼ 15.2%
▲ 2.1%
▼ 8.2%
6-month growth
-1.6%
-11.3%
+0.9%
-42.9%
Global rank web
#7
#8,429
#131
#446
Avg. last 3 months
5.5B
8.9M
357.9M
104.9M
Bounce rate lower is better
30%
42%
38%
33%
Pages / visit
4.3
3.3
3.4
3.6
Visit duration
6m 35s
3m 42s
5m 33s
4m 18s
Traffic sources
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 3%
● Direct 90% · ● Referral 7%
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
ChatGPTMistral AIDeepSeekPerplexity AI
01.5B2.9B4.4B5.8BChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BMistral AI · 7.7MMistral AI · 8MMistral AI · 8.1MMistral AI · 8.8MMistral AI · 10.8MMistral AI · 9.6MMistral AI · 9.7MMistral AI · 9.3MMistral AI · 7.8MDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8MPerplexity AI · 189MPerplexity AI · 179.6MPerplexity AI · 170.1MPerplexity AI · 153.8MPerplexity AI · 166.8MPerplexity AI · 154.9MPerplexity AI · 138.1MPerplexity AI · 115.8MPerplexity AI · 103.8MPerplexity AI · 95.2M1M10M100M1B10BChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BMistral AI · 7.7MMistral AI · 8MMistral AI · 8.1MMistral AI · 8.8MMistral AI · 10.8MMistral AI · 9.6MMistral AI · 9.7MMistral AI · 9.3MMistral AI · 7.8MDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8MPerplexity AI · 189MPerplexity AI · 179.6MPerplexity AI · 170.1MPerplexity AI · 153.8MPerplexity AI · 166.8MPerplexity AI · 154.9MPerplexity AI · 138.1MPerplexity AI · 115.8MPerplexity AI · 103.8MPerplexity AI · 95.2MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$8per month · free tier available
$14.99per month · free tier available
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$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
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API access
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Plans
Free FreeGo $8/moPlus $20/moPro 5x $100/mo+1 more
Free FreePro $14.99/moPro Student $5.99/moTeam $24.99/mo+1 more
deepseek-flash Customdeepseek-v4-pro Custom
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Capabilities input → output
Input
TextImagesDocumentsCodeAudio
TextDocumentsImagesCodeAudio
CodeImagesText
TextImagesDocumentsCode
Output
TextImagesCodeAudio
AudioCodeText
TextCode
TextCode
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
19
10
9
10
Chatbots
Research
Coding
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Summarizing
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Writing
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Large language models
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Search engine
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Translations
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Homework assistance
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AI search
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APIs
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Agents
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Blogging
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Copywriting
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Document data extraction
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Document summarization
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Email writing
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Essay writing
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Grammar checking
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Image generation
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Image to text
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Research papers
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Text extraction
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Code documentation
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Debugging
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Document processing
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Image editing
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Image to image
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Literature reviews
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Math
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Rating
★ 4.34 ratings
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Upvotes
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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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