Claude Code vs ChatGPT vs Claude vs Cursor

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

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Claude Code
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ChatGPT
Competitor 2
Claude
Competitor 3
Cursor
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Claude Code
claude.com
Every plan tier hits usage limits
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Competitor ChatGPT
chatgpt.com
Your AI assistant for everything
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Competitor Claude
claude.ai
AI assistant built to be helpful, harmless, and honest
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Competitor Cursor
cursor.sh
Code editor that actually understands your codebase
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
123.5Mvisits/mo
5.6Bvisits/mo
950.2Mvisits/mo
4.5Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 6.8%
▲ 3.5%
▼ 2.0%
▲ 7.8%
6-month growth
+106.6%
-1.6%
+54.8%
-1.8%
Global rank web
#434
#7
#40
#15,584
Avg. last 3 months
125.2M
5.5B
955.4M
4.4M
Bounce rate lower is better
64%
30%
26%
57%
Pages / visit
2.2
4.3
4.5
2.4
Visit duration
2m 36s
6m 35s
6m 14s
1m 36s
Traffic sources
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 3%
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 5%
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
Claude CodeChatGPTClaudeCursor
01.5B2.9B4.4B5.8BClaude 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 · 123.5MChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BClaude · 180.3MClaude · 172.7MClaude · 202.9MClaude · 290.3MClaude · 613.7MClaude · 823.5MClaude · 952.6MClaude · 946.8MClaude · 969.3MClaude · 950.2MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5M1M10M100M1B10BClaude 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 · 123.5MChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BClaude · 180.3MClaude · 172.7MClaude · 202.9MClaude · 290.3MClaude · 613.7MClaude · 823.5MClaude · 952.6MClaude · 946.8MClaude · 969.3MClaude · 950.2MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$17per month · free tier available
$8per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free trial
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API access
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Plans
Free FreePro $17/moMax 5x $100/moMax 20x Custom/mo+2 more
Free FreeGo $8/moPlus $20/moPro 5x $100/mo+1 more
Free FreePro $20/moMax 5x $100/moMax 20x $200/mo
Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
TextCode
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
TextImagesDocumentsCode
TextCode
Output
Code
TextImagesCodeAudio
TextSlidesDocumentsDataCode
Code
Skill level
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+27 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningProductivity & Office+19 more
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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19
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Coding
Debugging
Code reviews
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Refactoring
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Code documentation
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Chatbots
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Agents
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Essay writing
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Research
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Summarizing
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Translations
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Writing
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Blogging
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Copywriting
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Development
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Email writing
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Grammar checking
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APIs
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Code analysis
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Document summarization
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Image generation
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Image to text
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Large language models
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PDF analysis
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Paraphrasing
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Search engine
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Terminal
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Image editing
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Image to image
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Proofreading
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Saves
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Reviews
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Prompts
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Verified listing
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