Claude Code vs ChatGPT vs GitHub Copilot vs OpenAI Codex CLI

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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Competitor 1
ChatGPT
Competitor 2
GitHub Copilot
Competitor 3
OpenAI Codex CLI
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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 GitHub Copilot
github.com
Your AI pair programmer that actually knows the codebase
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Competitor OpenAI Codex CLI
developers.openai.com
OpenAI Codex CLI brings the Codex coding agent to the terminal and to scripts.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
123.5Mvisits/mo
5.6Bvisits/mo
637.9Mvisits/mo
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MoM change
▼ 6.8%
▲ 3.5%
▲ 3.7%
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6-month growth
+106.6%
-1.6%
+19.3%
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Global rank web
#434
#7
#49
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Avg. last 3 months
125.2M
5.5B
629.7M
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Bounce rate lower is better
64%
30%
36%
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Pages / visit
2.2
4.3
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Visit duration
2m 36s
6m 35s
6m 26s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 3%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
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Claude CodeChatGPTGitHub CopilotOpenAI Codex CLI
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 · 5.6BGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9M10M100M1B10BClaude 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 · 5.6BGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Paid
Starting price
$17per month · free tier available
$8per month · free tier available
$4per month · free tier available
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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 FreeTeam $4/moEnterprise $21/mo
GPT-6-Astra $10GPT-6.1-Sol $2GPT-6-Luna $0.10GPT-Live-1 $0.05/minute+1 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
TextCode
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
CodeText
TextImagesCode
Output
Code
TextImagesCodeAudio
Code
Code
Skill level
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+27 more
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Coding
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Code reviews
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Debugging
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Blogging
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Code analysis
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Copywriting
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Email writing
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Essay writing
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Grammar checking
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Image generation
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Image to text
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Research
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Search engine
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Summarizing
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Translations
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Writing
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Agent management
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Code documentation
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Developer tools
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Development
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Image editing
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Image to image
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Refactoring
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Prompts
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