ChatGPT vs OpenAI API vs Claude vs Grok

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
OpenAI API
Competitor 2
Claude
Competitor 3
Grok
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool ChatGPT
chatgpt.com
Your AI assistant for everything
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Competitor OpenAI API
platform.openai.com
The API powering the AI ecosystem
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Competitor Claude
claude.ai
AI assistant built to be helpful, harmless, and honest
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Competitor Grok
grok.x.ai
AI with attitude and real-time knowledge
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
5.6Bvisits/mo
15.2Mvisits/mo
950.2Mvisits/mo
42.9Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.5%
▲ 4.6%
▼ 2.0%
▼ 58.1%
6-month growth
-1.6%
-2.4%
+54.8%
-75.4%
Global rank web
#7
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#40
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Avg. last 3 months
5.5B
15.2M
955.4M
99.3K
Bounce rate lower is better
30%
34%
26%
65%
Pages / visit
4.3
5.4
4.5
1.6
Visit duration
6m 35s
3m 56s
6m 14s
31s
Traffic sources
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 3%
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 5%
● Direct 98% · ● Referral 2%
ChatGPTOpenAI APIClaudeGrok
01.5B2.9B4.4B5.8BChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BOpenAI 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 · 15.2MClaude · 180.3MClaude · 172.7MClaude · 202.9MClaude · 290.3MClaude · 613.7MClaude · 823.5MClaude · 952.6MClaude · 946.8MClaude · 969.3MClaude · 950.2MGrok · 586KGrok · 355KGrok · 300.5KGrok · 130.8KGrok · 174KGrok · 120.9KGrok · 185.2KGrok · 152.9KGrok · 102.3KGrok · 42.9K10K100K1M10M100M1B10BChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BOpenAI 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 · 15.2MClaude · 180.3MClaude · 172.7MClaude · 202.9MClaude · 290.3MClaude · 613.7MClaude · 823.5MClaude · 952.6MClaude · 946.8MClaude · 969.3MClaude · 950.2MGrok · 586KGrok · 355KGrok · 300.5KGrok · 130.8KGrok · 174KGrok · 120.9KGrok · 185.2KGrok · 152.9KGrok · 102.3KGrok · 42.9KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Paid
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$8per month · free tier available
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$20per month · free tier available
$8per month · free tier available
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
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Free FreePro $20/moMax 5x $100/moMax 20x $200/mo
Free FreeX Premium $8/moSuperGrok Lite $10/moX Premium+ $40/mo+3 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
AudioCodeDocumentsImagesText
DocumentsAudioImagesText
CodeDocumentsImagesText
AudioCodeDocumentsImagesText
Output
AudioCodeImagesText
AudioCodeImagesTextVideo
TextCodeDataDocumentsSlides
VideoAudioCodeImagesText
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+27 more
Development & CodeAI APILarge Language Models (LLMs)
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningProductivity & Office+19 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeImage GenerationAI API+4 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
19
6
26
9
Chatbots
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APIs
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Large language models
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Coding
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Research
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Essay writing
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Summarizing
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Translations
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Writing
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Blogging
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Copywriting
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Debugging
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Email writing
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Grammar checking
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Image generation
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Code documentation
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Refactoring
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Agents
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Chatting
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Code reviews
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Developer tools
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Document summarization
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Image to text
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LLM development
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PDF analysis
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Paraphrasing
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Search engine
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Terminal
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Web search
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API integrations
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Community on aitoolstime
Rating
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Upvotes
▲ 17
▲ 1
▲ 50
▲ 1
Saves
4
0
7
0
Reviews
4
0
10
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Prompts
17
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19
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Verified listing
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