Claude vs ChatGPT vs Cursor vs OpenAI Codex

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

Your tool
Claude
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Competitor 1
ChatGPT
Competitor 2
Cursor
Competitor 3
OpenAI Codex
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Claude
claude.ai
AI assistant built to be helpful, harmless, and honest
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Competitor ChatGPT
chatgpt.com
Your AI assistant for everything
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Competitor Cursor
cursor.sh
Code editor that actually understands your codebase
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Competitor OpenAI Codex
openai.com
A dedicated coding agent that writes and runs code for you
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
950.2Mvisits/mo
5.6Bvisits/mo
4.5Mvisits/mo
204.3Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 2.0%
▲ 3.5%
▲ 7.8%
▲ 3.6%
6-month growth
+54.8%
-1.6%
-1.8%
+0.3%
Global rank web
#40
#7
#15,584
#212
Avg. last 3 months
955.4M
5.5B
4.4M
197.3M
Bounce rate lower is better
26%
30%
57%
58%
Pages / visit
4.5
4.3
2.4
3.0
Visit duration
6m 14s
6m 35s
1m 36s
2m 31s
Traffic sources
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 5%
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 3%
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 17%
ClaudeChatGPTCursorOpenAI Codex
01.5B2.9B4.4B5.8BClaude · 180.3MClaude · 172.7MClaude · 202.9MClaude · 290.3MClaude · 613.7MClaude · 823.5MClaude · 952.6MClaude · 946.8MClaude · 969.3MClaude · 950.2MChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MOpenAI Codex · 266.3MOpenAI Codex · 225MOpenAI Codex · 210.1MOpenAI Codex · 191.2MOpenAI Codex · 203.7MOpenAI Codex · 195.7MOpenAI Codex · 203.1MOpenAI Codex · 190.4MOpenAI Codex · 197.2MOpenAI Codex · 204.3M1M10M100M1B10BClaude · 180.3MClaude · 172.7MClaude · 202.9MClaude · 290.3MClaude · 613.7MClaude · 823.5MClaude · 952.6MClaude · 946.8MClaude · 969.3MClaude · 950.2MChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MOpenAI Codex · 266.3MOpenAI Codex · 225MOpenAI Codex · 210.1MOpenAI Codex · 191.2MOpenAI Codex · 203.7MOpenAI Codex · 195.7MOpenAI Codex · 203.1MOpenAI Codex · 190.4MOpenAI Codex · 197.2MOpenAI Codex · 204.3MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$20per 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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Plans
Free FreePro $20/moMax 5x $100/moMax 20x $200/mo
Free FreeGo $8/moPlus $20/moPro 5x $100/mo+1 more
Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
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Capabilities input → output
Input
TextImagesDocumentsCode
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
TextCode
TextCode
Output
TextSlidesDocumentsDataCode
TextImagesCodeAudio
Code
Code
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningProductivity & Office+19 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+27 more
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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7
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Coding
Code reviews
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Debugging
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Refactoring
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Code documentation
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Chatbots
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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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Email writing
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Grammar checking
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APIs
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Agents
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Development
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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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SQL queries
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Community on aitoolstime
Rating
★ 4.610 ratings
★ 4.34 ratings
no ratings yet
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Upvotes
▲ 50
▲ 17
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Saves
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Reviews
10
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Prompts
19
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Verified listing
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