Claude vs Grok vs DeepSeek vs OpenAI API

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

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Claude
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Competitor 1
Grok
Competitor 2
DeepSeek
Competitor 3
OpenAI API
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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 Grok
grok.x.ai
AI with attitude and real-time knowledge
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Competitor DeepSeek
deepseek.com
DeepSeek is an AI lab and chat assistant.
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Competitor OpenAI API
platform.openai.com
The API powering the AI ecosystem
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
950.2Mvisits/mo
42.9Kvisits/mo
353.8Mvisits/mo
15.2Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 2.0%
▼ 58.1%
▲ 2.1%
▲ 4.6%
6-month growth
+54.8%
-75.4%
+0.9%
-2.4%
Global rank web
#40
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#131
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Avg. last 3 months
955.4M
99.3K
357.9M
15.2M
Bounce rate lower is better
26%
65%
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34%
Pages / visit
4.5
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Visit duration
6m 14s
31s
5m 33s
3m 56s
Traffic sources
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 5%
● Direct 98% · ● Referral 2%
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
ClaudeGrokDeepSeekOpenAI API
0242.3M484.7M727M969.3MClaude · 180.3MClaude · 172.7MClaude · 202.9MClaude · 290.3MClaude · 613.7MClaude · 823.5MClaude · 952.6MClaude · 946.8MClaude · 969.3MClaude · 950.2MGrok · 586KGrok · 355KGrok · 300.5KGrok · 130.8KGrok · 174KGrok · 120.9KGrok · 185.2KGrok · 152.9KGrok · 102.3KGrok · 42.9KDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8MOpenAI 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 · 15.2M10K100K1M10M100M1BClaude · 180.3MClaude · 172.7MClaude · 202.9MClaude · 290.3MClaude · 613.7MClaude · 823.5MClaude · 952.6MClaude · 946.8MClaude · 969.3MClaude · 950.2MGrok · 586KGrok · 355KGrok · 300.5KGrok · 130.8KGrok · 174KGrok · 120.9KGrok · 185.2KGrok · 152.9KGrok · 102.3KGrok · 42.9KDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8MOpenAI 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
$20per month · free tier available
$8per month · free tier available
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Plans
Free FreePro $20/moMax 5x $100/moMax 20x $200/mo
Free FreeX Premium $8/moSuperGrok Lite $10/moX Premium+ $40/mo+3 more
deepseek-flash Customdeepseek-v4-pro Custom
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Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeDocumentsImagesText
TextImagesDocumentsCodeAudio
TextImagesCode
AudioDocumentsImagesText
Output
CodeTextDataDocumentsSlides
AudioVideoTextImagesCode
TextCode
VideoTextImagesCodeAudio
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningProductivity & Office+19 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeImage GenerationAI API+4 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningWriting & Content+10 more
Development & CodeAI APILarge Language Models (LLMs)
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
26
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Large language models
Chatbots
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APIs
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Coding
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Research
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Summarizing
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Translations
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Writing
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Agents
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Chatting
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Code reviews
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Debugging
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Developer tools
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Document summarization
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Essay writing
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Homework assistance
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LLM development
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PDF analysis
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Paraphrasing
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Terminal
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Web search
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API integrations
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Blogging
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Chatbot building
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Code documentation
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Copywriting
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Email writing
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Grammar checking
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Image generation
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Math
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Reviews
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Prompts
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