ChatGPT vs OpenAI API vs Claude 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
OpenAI API
Competitor 2
Claude
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
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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 Perplexity AI
perplexity.ai
Search that gives answers instead of links
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
5.6Bvisits/mo
15.2Mvisits/mo
950.2Mvisits/mo
95.2Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.5%
▲ 4.6%
▼ 2.0%
▼ 8.2%
6-month growth
-1.6%
-2.4%
+54.8%
-42.9%
Global rank web
#7
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#40
#446
Avg. last 3 months
5.5B
15.2M
955.4M
104.9M
Bounce rate lower is better
30%
34%
26%
33%
Pages / visit
4.3
5.4
4.5
3.6
Visit duration
6m 35s
3m 56s
6m 14s
4m 18s
Traffic sources
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 3%
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 5%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
ChatGPTOpenAI APIClaudePerplexity AI
01.5B2.9B4.4B5.8BChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BOpenAI 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 · 950.2MPerplexity 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 · 95.2M10M100M1B10BChatGPT · 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 · 950.2MPerplexity 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
Paid
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$8per month · free tier available
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$20per month · free tier available
$20per 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
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Capabilities input → output
Input
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
AudioDocumentsImagesText
TextImagesDocumentsCode
CodeDocumentsImagesText
Output
TextImagesCodeAudio
VideoAudioCodeImagesText
SlidesTextDocumentsDataCode
CodeText
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 & CompanionsEducation & LearningLifestyle & EntertainmentProductivity & Office+13 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
19
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26
10
Chatbots
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Research
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Summarizing
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Writing
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APIs
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Coding
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Search engine
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Document summarization
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Essay writing
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Translations
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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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Code documentation
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Refactoring
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AI search
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Agents
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Code reviews
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Image generation
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Image to text
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Large language models
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PDF analysis
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Paraphrasing
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Research papers
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Terminal
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Homework assistance
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Image editing
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Image to image
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Rating
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Upvotes
▲ 17
▲ 1
▲ 50
▲ 3
Saves
4
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Reviews
4
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10
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Prompts
17
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Verified listing
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