ChatGPT vs Qwen vs DeepSeek 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
Qwen
Competitor 2
DeepSeek
Competitor 3
OpenAI API
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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 Qwen
qwen.ai
You're bouncing between creative work and technical tasks
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Competitor DeepSeek
deepseek.com
DeepSeek is an AI lab and chat assistant.
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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
35.1Mvisits/mo
353.8Mvisits/mo
15.2Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.5%
▼ 3.9%
▲ 2.1%
▲ 4.6%
6-month growth
-1.6%
+12.5%
+0.9%
-2.4%
Global rank web
#7
#1,613
#131
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Avg. last 3 months
5.5B
36.5M
357.9M
15.2M
Bounce rate lower is better
30%
32%
38%
34%
Pages / visit
4.3
3.9
3.4
5.4
Visit duration
6m 35s
5m 23s
5m 33s
3m 56s
Traffic sources
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 3%
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
ChatGPTQwenDeepSeekOpenAI API
01.5B2.9B4.4B5.8BChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BQwen · 32.8MQwen · 32.8MQwen · 31.7MQwen · 31.2MQwen · 35.7MQwen · 37.6MQwen · 38MQwen · 36.5MQwen · 35.1MDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8MOpenAI 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 · 15.2M10M100M1B10BChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BQwen · 32.8MQwen · 32.8MQwen · 31.7MQwen · 31.2MQwen · 35.7MQwen · 37.6MQwen · 38MQwen · 36.5MQwen · 35.1MDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8MOpenAI 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
Freemium
Paid
Starting price
$8per month · free tier available
$9.99per month · free tier available
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Free trial
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Plans
Free FreeGo $8/moPlus $20/moPro 5x $100/mo+1 more
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deepseek-flash Customdeepseek-v4-pro Custom
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Capabilities input → output
Input
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
DocumentsImagesTextVideoCode
TextImagesCode
AudioDocumentsImagesText
Output
TextImagesCodeAudio
CodeImagesTextVideo
TextCode
VideoTextImagesCodeAudio
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+27 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+20 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningWriting & Content+10 more
Development & CodeAI APILarge Language Models (LLMs)
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
19
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9
6
Chatbots
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Large language models
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Coding
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Writing
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Summarizing
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Image generation
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Research
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Translations
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APIs
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Blogging
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Copywriting
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Developer tools
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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 to text
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LLM development
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Search engine
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Website building
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API integrations
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Chatbot building
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Code documentation
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Debugging
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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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Video generation
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Community on aitoolstime
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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