Anthropic Claude API vs Claude Code vs DeepSeek vs Gemini

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

Your tool
Anthropic Claude API
vs
Competitor 1
Claude Code
Competitor 2
DeepSeek
Competitor 3
Gemini
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Anthropic Claude API
anthropic.com
Build on Claude's capabilities
Competitor Claude Code
claude.com
Every plan tier hits usage limits
Competitor DeepSeek
deepseek.com
DeepSeek is an AI lab and chat assistant.
Competitor Gemini
gemini.google.com
Google's most capable AI model
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
13.8Mvisits/mo
123.5Mvisits/mo
353.8Mvisits/mo
2.6Bvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 39.4%
▼ 6.8%
▲ 2.1%
▼ 2.6%
6-month growth
-43.4%
+106.6%
+0.9%
+0.8%
Global rank web
#3,345
#434
#131
#17
Avg. last 3 months
25.7M
125.2M
357.9M
2.7B
Bounce rate lower is better
67%
64%
38%
28%
Pages / visit
1.8
2.2
3.4
4.1
Visit duration
1m 35s
2m 36s
5m 33s
7m 01s
Traffic sources
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 16%
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
Anthropic Claude APIClaude CodeDeepSeekGemini
0725.8M1.5B2.2B2.9BAnthropic Claude API · 9.9MAnthropic Claude API · 9.4MAnthropic Claude API · 9.5MAnthropic Claude API · 16.1MAnthropic Claude API · 24.4MAnthropic Claude API · 25.9MAnthropic Claude API · 22.4MAnthropic Claude API · 40.5MAnthropic Claude API · 22.8MAnthropic Claude API · 13.8MClaude Code · 19.2MClaude Code · 19.5MClaude Code · 35.8MClaude Code · 59.8MClaude Code · 139.9MClaude Code · 133.1MClaude Code · 119.5MClaude Code · 132.6MClaude Code · 123.5MDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8MGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6B1M10M100M1B10BAnthropic Claude API · 9.9MAnthropic Claude API · 9.4MAnthropic Claude API · 9.5MAnthropic Claude API · 16.1MAnthropic Claude API · 24.4MAnthropic Claude API · 25.9MAnthropic Claude API · 22.4MAnthropic Claude API · 40.5MAnthropic Claude API · 22.8MAnthropic Claude API · 13.8MClaude Code · 19.2MClaude Code · 19.5MClaude Code · 35.8MClaude Code · 59.8MClaude Code · 139.9MClaude Code · 133.1MClaude Code · 119.5MClaude Code · 132.6MClaude Code · 123.5MDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8MGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6BNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$17per month · free tier available
$17per month · free tier available
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$4.99per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Free trial
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API access
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Plans
Plan $17.0 $17/moPlan $20.0 $20/moPlan $25.0 $25/moPlan $100.0 $100/mo+2 more
Free FreePro $17/moMax 5x $100/moMax 20x Custom/mo+2 more
deepseek-flash Customdeepseek-v4-pro Custom
Free FreeGoogle AI Plus $4.99/moGoogle AI Pro $19.99/moGoogle AI Ultra 5x $99.99/mo+1 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
ImagesTextDocumentsCode
TextCode
TextImagesCode
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
Output
TextCode
Code
TextCode
VideoTextImagesCodeAudio
Skill level
Advanced
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
4
9
9
15
Coding
Large language models
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Chatbots
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Research
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Summarizing
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Translations
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Writing
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Development
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APIs
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Image generation
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Terminal
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Agents
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Code analysis
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Code explanations
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Code reviews
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Debugging
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Email writing
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Homework assistance
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Image to image
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PDF analysis
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Search engine
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Video generation
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Video summaries
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Image editing
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Math
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Refactoring
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Prompts
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