Anthropic Claude API vs OpenRouter vs CometAPI vs OpenAI API

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
OpenRouter
Competitor 2
CometAPI
Competitor 3
OpenAI API
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Anthropic Claude API
anthropic.com
Build on Claude's capabilities
Competitor OpenRouter
openrouter.ai
Every model, one endpoint
Competitor CometAPI
cometapi.com
CometAPI functions as an aggregation layer that sits between your application and hundreds of AI model providers
Competitor OpenAI API
platform.openai.com
The API powering the AI ecosystem
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
13.8Mvisits/mo
22Mvisits/mo
302.3Kvisits/mo
15.2Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 39.4%
▲ 14.6%
▲ 9.9%
▲ 4.6%
6-month growth
-43.4%
+39.6%
-16.5%
-2.4%
Global rank web
#3,345
#2,023
#157,147
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Avg. last 3 months
25.7M
19.5M
295.7K
15.2M
Bounce rate lower is better
67%
32%
46%
34%
Pages / visit
1.8
7.7
2.9
5.4
Visit duration
1m 35s
6m 13s
38s
3m 56s
Traffic sources
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 16%
● Direct 89% · ● Referral 10%
● Direct 69% · ● Referral 30%
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
Anthropic Claude APIOpenRouterCometAPIOpenAI API
010.1M20.2M30.4M40.5MAnthropic 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 · 13.8MOpenRouter · 7.5MOpenRouter · 8.6MOpenRouter · 8.4MOpenRouter · 11.2MOpenRouter · 15.8MOpenRouter · 17.9MOpenRouter · 16.8MOpenRouter · 17.3MOpenRouter · 19.2MOpenRouter · 22MCometAPI · 834.4KCometAPI · 619.7KCometAPI · 437.2KCometAPI · 362.2KCometAPI · 355.5KCometAPI · 362.7KCometAPI · 309.5KCometAPI · 275.2KCometAPI · 302.3KOpenAI 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 · 15.2M100K1M10M100MAnthropic 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 · 13.8MOpenRouter · 7.5MOpenRouter · 8.6MOpenRouter · 8.4MOpenRouter · 11.2MOpenRouter · 15.8MOpenRouter · 17.9MOpenRouter · 16.8MOpenRouter · 17.3MOpenRouter · 19.2MOpenRouter · 22MCometAPI · 834.4KCometAPI · 619.7KCometAPI · 437.2KCometAPI · 362.2KCometAPI · 355.5KCometAPI · 362.7KCometAPI · 309.5KCometAPI · 275.2KCometAPI · 302.3KOpenAI 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
$17per month · free tier available
Free tier
$4per 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
Free FreeStandard Custom/moBusiness Custom/moEnterprise Custom
Free Trial FreePay-as-you-go Custom/usage-basedEnterprise Custom/mo
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Capabilities input → output
Input
TextImagesDocumentsCode
AudioImagesTextVideo
TextImages
AudioDocumentsImagesText
Output
TextCode
AudioImagesTextVideo
VideoTextImages
VideoAudioCodeImagesText
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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6
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APIs
LLM gateway
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Large language models
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Coding
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Developer tools
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Image generation
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LLM comparison
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Video generation
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