ChatGPT vs Perplexity Sonar API vs DeepSeek

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

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ChatGPT
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Competitor 1
Perplexity Sonar API
Competitor 2
DeepSeek
Competitor 3
Suggested competitors for ChatGPT: Claude92% Gemini92% Perplexity AI88% Microsoft Copilot85% Grok82% Claude Code82% Cursor80% Qwen80%
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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 Perplexity Sonar API
docs.perplexity.ai
Perplexity Sonar API is the developer platform behind Perplexity's real-time web research, exposed as a Router API, an Agent API, a Search API and an Embeddings API.
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Competitor DeepSeek
deepseek.com
DeepSeek is an AI lab and chat assistant.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
5.6Bvisits/mo
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353.8Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.5%
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▲ 2.1%
6-month growth
-1.6%
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+0.9%
Global rank web
#7
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#131
Avg. last 3 months
5.5B
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357.9M
Bounce rate lower is better
30%
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38%
Pages / visit
4.3
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3.4
Visit duration
6m 35s
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5m 33s
Traffic sources
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 3%
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● Direct 95% · ● Referral 4%
ChatGPTPerplexity Sonar APIDeepSeek
01.5B2.9B4.4B5.8BChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8M100M1B10BChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
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Freemium
Starting price
$8per 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
Router API CustomAgent API CustomSearch API CustomEmbeddings API Custom+1 more
deepseek-flash Customdeepseek-v4-pro Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
AudioCodeDocumentsImagesText
Text
CodeImagesText
Output
AudioCodeImagesText
Text
CodeText
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+27 more
Development & CodeAI API
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningWriting & Content+10 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
19
6
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Chatbots
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Coding
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Research
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Summarizing
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Translations
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Writing
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APIs
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Large language models
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Blogging
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Copywriting
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Email writing
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Essay writing
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Grammar checking
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Homework assistance
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Image generation
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Image to text
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Information retrieval
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LLM gateway
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Search engine
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Web search summaries
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Code documentation
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Debugging
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Developer tools
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Development
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Image editing
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Image to image
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Math
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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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