ChatGPT vs Mistral AI vs OpenAI API

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
OpenAI API
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 Mistral AI
mistral.ai
European AI with open-source roots
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Competitor OpenAI API
platform.openai.com
The API powering the AI ecosystem
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
5.6Bvisits/mo
7.8Mvisits/mo
15.2Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.5%
▼ 15.2%
▲ 4.6%
6-month growth
-1.6%
-11.3%
-2.4%
Global rank web
#7
#8,429
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Avg. last 3 months
5.5B
8.9M
15.2M
Bounce rate lower is better
30%
42%
34%
Pages / visit
4.3
3.3
5.4
Visit duration
6m 35s
3m 42s
3m 56s
Traffic sources
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 3%
● Direct 90% · ● Referral 7%
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
ChatGPTMistral AIOpenAI API
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 · 7.8MOpenAI API · 18.7MOpenAI API · 16.7MOpenAI API · 16.5MOpenAI API · 15.6MOpenAI API · 15.9MOpenAI API · 15.1MOpenAI API · 15.7MOpenAI API · 14.6MOpenAI API · 15.2M1M10M100M1B10BChatGPT · 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 · 7.8MOpenAI API · 18.7MOpenAI API · 16.7MOpenAI API · 16.5MOpenAI API · 15.6MOpenAI API · 15.9MOpenAI API · 15.1MOpenAI API · 15.7MOpenAI API · 14.6MOpenAI API · 15.2MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Paid
Starting price
$8per month · free tier available
$14.99per month · free tier available
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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 $14.99/moPro Student $5.99/moTeam $24.99/mo+1 more
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Capabilities input → output
Input
TextImagesDocumentsCodeAudio
AudioCodeDocumentsImagesText
TextImagesDocumentsAudio
Output
TextImagesCodeAudio
TextAudioCode
VideoTextImagesCodeAudio
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+27 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeProductivity & OfficeResearch & Analytics+8 more
Development & CodeAI APILarge Language Models (LLMs)
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
19
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Chatbots
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Coding
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Research
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Large language models
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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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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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Search engine
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Summarizing
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Text extraction
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Translations
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Writing
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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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Productivity
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Refactoring
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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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