Claude vs ChatGPT vs Perplexity AI vs Gemini

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
Perplexity AI
Competitor 3
Gemini
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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 Perplexity AI
perplexity.ai
Search that gives answers instead of links
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Competitor Gemini
gemini.google.com
Google's most capable AI model
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
950.2Mvisits/mo
5.6Bvisits/mo
95.2Mvisits/mo
2.6Bvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 2.0%
▲ 3.5%
▼ 8.2%
▼ 2.6%
6-month growth
+54.8%
-1.6%
-42.9%
+0.8%
Global rank web
#40
#7
#446
#17
Avg. last 3 months
955.4M
5.5B
104.9M
2.7B
Bounce rate lower is better
26%
30%
33%
28%
Pages / visit
4.5
4.3
3.6
4.1
Visit duration
6m 14s
6m 35s
4m 18s
7m 01s
Traffic sources
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 5%
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 3%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
ClaudeChatGPTPerplexity AIGemini
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 · 5.6BPerplexity AI · 189MPerplexity AI · 179.6MPerplexity AI · 170.1MPerplexity AI · 153.8MPerplexity AI · 166.8MPerplexity AI · 154.9MPerplexity AI · 138.1MPerplexity AI · 115.8MPerplexity AI · 103.8MPerplexity AI · 95.2MGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6B10M100M1B10BClaude · 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 · 5.6BPerplexity AI · 189MPerplexity AI · 179.6MPerplexity AI · 170.1MPerplexity AI · 153.8MPerplexity AI · 166.8MPerplexity AI · 154.9MPerplexity AI · 138.1MPerplexity AI · 115.8MPerplexity AI · 103.8MPerplexity AI · 95.2MGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6BNov '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
$4.99per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free trial
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API access
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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
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Free FreeGoogle AI Plus $4.99/moGoogle AI Pro $19.99/moGoogle AI Ultra 5x $99.99/mo+1 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeDocumentsImagesText
CodeDocumentsImagesTextAudio
TextImagesDocumentsCode
AudioCodeDocumentsImagesText
Output
TextCodeDataDocumentsSlides
AudioCodeImagesText
TextCode
AudioCodeImagesTextVideo
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningProductivity & Office+19 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+27 more
Chatbots & CompanionsEducation & LearningLifestyle & EntertainmentProductivity & Office+13 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+27 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 4 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
26
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10
15
Chatbots
Research
Summarizing
Writing
Coding
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Search engine
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Translations
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Email writing
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Image generation
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Document summarization
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Essay writing
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Large language models
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PDF analysis
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Blogging
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Copywriting
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Debugging
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Grammar checking
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Image to image
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Code documentation
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Image editing
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Refactoring
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AI search
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APIs
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Agents
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Code reviews
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Image to text
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Paraphrasing
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Research papers
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Terminal
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Video generation
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Community on aitoolstime
Rating
★ 4.610 ratings
★ 4.34 ratings
no ratings yet
★ 4.33 ratings
Upvotes
▲ 50
▲ 17
▲ 3
▲ 11
Saves
7
4
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1
Reviews
10
4
0
3
Prompts
19
17
1
4
Verified listing
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