Claude vs Perplexity AI vs GitHub Copilot vs ChatGPT

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
Perplexity AI
Competitor 2
GitHub Copilot
Competitor 3
ChatGPT
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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
Competitor Perplexity AI
perplexity.ai
Search that gives answers instead of links
Competitor GitHub Copilot
github.com
Your AI pair programmer that actually knows the codebase
Competitor ChatGPT
chatgpt.com
Your AI assistant for everything
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
950.2Mvisits/mo
95.2Mvisits/mo
637.9Mvisits/mo
5.6Bvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 2.0%
▼ 8.2%
▲ 3.7%
▲ 3.5%
6-month growth
+54.8%
-42.9%
+19.3%
-1.6%
Global rank web
#40
#446
#49
#7
Avg. last 3 months
955.4M
104.9M
629.7M
5.5B
Bounce rate lower is better
26%
33%
36%
30%
Pages / visit
4.5
3.6
5.9
4.3
Visit duration
6m 14s
4m 18s
6m 26s
6m 35s
Traffic sources
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 5%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 3%
ClaudePerplexity AIGitHub CopilotChatGPT
01.5B2.9B4.4B5.8BClaude · 180.3MClaude · 172.7MClaude · 202.9MClaude · 290.3MClaude · 613.7MClaude · 823.5MClaude · 952.6MClaude · 946.8MClaude · 969.3MClaude · 950.2MPerplexity 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 · 95.2MGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6B10M100M1B10BClaude · 180.3MClaude · 172.7MClaude · 202.9MClaude · 290.3MClaude · 613.7MClaude · 823.5MClaude · 952.6MClaude · 946.8MClaude · 969.3MClaude · 950.2MPerplexity 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 · 95.2MGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
$4per month · free tier available
$8per 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
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Free FreeTeam $4/moEnterprise $21/mo
Free FreeGo $8/moPlus $20/moPro 5x $100/mo+1 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
TextImagesDocumentsCode
TextImagesDocumentsCode
TextCode
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
Output
CodeTextSlidesDocumentsData
TextCode
Code
TextImagesCodeAudio
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
26
10
4
19
Chatbots
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Coding
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Research
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Summarizing
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Writing
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Search engine
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Agents
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Code reviews
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Document summarization
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Essay writing
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Translations
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Blogging
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Copywriting
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Debugging
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Email writing
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Grammar checking
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Code documentation
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Refactoring
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AI search
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APIs
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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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Research papers
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Terminal
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Agent management
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Homework assistance
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Image editing
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Community on aitoolstime
Rating
★ 4.610 ratings
no ratings yet
no ratings yet
★ 4.34 ratings
Upvotes
▲ 50
▲ 3
▲ 0
▲ 17
Saves
7
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0
4
Reviews
10
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4
Prompts
19
1
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Verified listing
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