Anthropic Claude API vs Groq vs Cerebras Inference vs DeepSeek

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

Your tool
Anthropic Claude API
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Competitor 1
Groq
Competitor 2
Cerebras Inference
Competitor 3
DeepSeek
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Anthropic Claude API
anthropic.com
Build on Claude's capabilities
Competitor Groq
groq.com
AI inference at unprecedented speed
Competitor Cerebras Inference
cerebras.ai
Cerebras Inference is a cloud API for running large language models at very high speed on the Cerebras Wafer-Scale Engine.
Competitor DeepSeek
deepseek.com
DeepSeek is an AI lab and chat assistant.
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
13.8Mvisits/mo
4.2Mvisits/mo
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353.8Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 39.4%
▼ 12.2%
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▲ 2.1%
6-month growth
-43.4%
+19.4%
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+0.9%
Global rank web
#3,345
#9,344
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#131
Avg. last 3 months
25.7M
4.1M
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357.9M
Bounce rate lower is better
67%
32%
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38%
Pages / visit
1.8
6.1
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3.4
Visit duration
1m 35s
3m 48s
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5m 33s
Traffic sources
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 16%
● Direct 78% · ● Referral 20%
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● Direct 95% · ● Referral 4%
Anthropic Claude APIGroqCerebras InferenceDeepSeek
0107.6M215.2M322.8M430.4MAnthropic 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 · 13.8MGroq · 1.4MGroq · 1.9MGroq · 2.1MGroq · 2.5MGroq · 3.5MGroq · 3.7MGroq · 3.6MGroq · 3.4MGroq · 4.8MGroq · 4.2MDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8M1M10M100M1BAnthropic 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 · 13.8MGroq · 1.4MGroq · 1.9MGroq · 2.1MGroq · 2.5MGroq · 3.5MGroq · 3.7MGroq · 3.6MGroq · 3.4MGroq · 4.8MGroq · 4.2MDeepSeek · 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
Paid
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Freemium
Starting price
$17per month · free tier available
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Plans
Plan $17.0 $17/moPlan $20.0 $20/moPlan $25.0 $25/moPlan $100.0 $100/mo+2 more
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deepseek-flash Customdeepseek-v4-pro Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeTextImagesDocuments
AudioText
TextCode
CodeImagesText
Output
TextCode
AudioText
TextCode
TextCode
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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9
Large language models
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Development
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Chatbots
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Homework assistance
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Research
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Summarizing
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Translations
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Writing
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Developer tools
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LLM development
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Math
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Prompts
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