DeepSeek vs ChatGPT vs Cursor vs Mistral AI

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

Your tool
DeepSeek
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Competitor 1
ChatGPT
Competitor 2
Cursor
Competitor 3
Mistral AI
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool DeepSeek
deepseek.com
DeepSeek is an AI lab and chat assistant.
Competitor ChatGPT
chatgpt.com
Your AI assistant for everything
Competitor Cursor
cursor.sh
Code editor that actually understands your codebase
Competitor Mistral AI
mistral.ai
European AI with open-source roots
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
353.8Mvisits/mo
5.6Bvisits/mo
4.5Mvisits/mo
7.8Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 2.1%
▲ 3.5%
▲ 7.8%
▼ 15.2%
6-month growth
+0.9%
-1.6%
-1.8%
-11.3%
Global rank web
#131
#7
#15,584
#8,429
Avg. last 3 months
357.9M
5.5B
4.4M
8.9M
Bounce rate lower is better
38%
30%
57%
42%
Pages / visit
3.4
4.3
2.4
3.3
Visit duration
5m 33s
6m 35s
1m 36s
3m 42s
Traffic sources
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 3%
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
● Direct 90% · ● Referral 7%
DeepSeekChatGPTCursorMistral AI
01.5B2.9B4.4B5.8BDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8MChatGPT · 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 · 4.5MMistral AI · 7.7MMistral AI · 8MMistral AI · 8.1MMistral AI · 8.8MMistral AI · 10.8MMistral AI · 9.6MMistral AI · 9.7MMistral AI · 9.3MMistral AI · 7.8M1M10M100M1B10BDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8MChatGPT · 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 · 4.5MMistral AI · 7.7MMistral AI · 8MMistral AI · 8.1MMistral AI · 8.8MMistral AI · 10.8MMistral AI · 9.6MMistral AI · 9.7MMistral AI · 9.3MMistral AI · 7.8MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
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$8per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
$14.99per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Free trial
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API access
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Plans
deepseek-flash Customdeepseek-v4-pro Custom
Free FreeGo $8/moPlus $20/moPro 5x $100/mo+1 more
Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
Free FreePro $14.99/moPro Student $5.99/moTeam $24.99/mo+1 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
TextImagesCode
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
TextCode
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
Output
TextCode
TextImagesCodeAudio
Code
TextCodeAudio
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
9
19
7
10
Coding
Chatbots
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Research
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Large language models
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Summarizing
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Translations
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Writing
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Debugging
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Refactoring
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Code documentation
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APIs
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Agents
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Blogging
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Code reviews
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Copywriting
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Development
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Document data extraction
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Email writing
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Essay writing
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Grammar checking
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Homework assistance
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Image generation
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Image to text
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Search engine
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Text extraction
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Document processing
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Image editing
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Image to image
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Math
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Productivity
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Community on aitoolstime
Rating
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★ 4.34 ratings
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Upvotes
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Saves
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4
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Reviews
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4
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Prompts
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Verified listing
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Traffic figures are third-party estimates for the tool's own domain; tools sharing a domain with a bigger product are not counted. Pricing is captured from each tool's site and may lag.