DeepSeek vs ChatGPT vs Z.ai vs Anthropic Claude API

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
Z.ai
Competitor 3
Anthropic Claude API
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool DeepSeek
deepseek.com
DeepSeek is an AI lab and chat assistant.
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Competitor ChatGPT
chatgpt.com
Your AI assistant for everything
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Competitor Z.ai
chat.z.ai
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Competitor Anthropic Claude API
anthropic.com
Build on Claude's capabilities
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
353.8Mvisits/mo
5.6Bvisits/mo
10Mvisits/mo
13.8Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 2.1%
▲ 3.5%
▼ 12.3%
▼ 39.4%
6-month growth
+0.9%
-1.6%
+44.6%
-43.4%
Global rank web
#131
#7
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#3,345
Avg. last 3 months
357.9M
5.5B
10.6M
25.7M
Bounce rate lower is better
38%
30%
25%
67%
Pages / visit
3.4
4.3
3.2
1.8
Visit duration
5m 33s
6m 35s
19m 00s
1m 35s
Traffic sources
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 3%
● Direct 91% · ● Referral 8%
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 16%
DeepSeekChatGPTZ.aiAnthropic Claude API
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 · 5.6BZ.ai · 4.2MZ.ai · 4.4MZ.ai · 5.4MZ.ai · 6.2MZ.ai · 6.9MZ.ai · 8.6MZ.ai · 8.5MZ.ai · 10.4MZ.ai · 11.4MZ.ai · 10MAnthropic Claude API · 9.9MAnthropic Claude API · 9.4MAnthropic Claude API · 9.5MAnthropic Claude API · 16.1MAnthropic Claude API · 24.4MAnthropic Claude API · 25.9MAnthropic Claude API · 22.4MAnthropic Claude API · 40.5MAnthropic Claude API · 22.8MAnthropic Claude API · 13.8M1M10M100M1B10BDeepSeek · 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 · 5.6BZ.ai · 4.2MZ.ai · 4.4MZ.ai · 5.4MZ.ai · 6.2MZ.ai · 6.9MZ.ai · 8.6MZ.ai · 8.5MZ.ai · 10.4MZ.ai · 11.4MZ.ai · 10MAnthropic Claude API · 9.9MAnthropic Claude API · 9.4MAnthropic Claude API · 9.5MAnthropic Claude API · 16.1MAnthropic Claude API · 24.4MAnthropic Claude API · 25.9MAnthropic Claude API · 22.4MAnthropic Claude API · 40.5MAnthropic Claude API · 22.8MAnthropic Claude API · 13.8MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Free
Freemium
Starting price
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$8per month · free tier available
Free
$17per 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
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Plan $17.0 $17/moPlan $20.0 $20/moPlan $25.0 $25/moPlan $100.0 $100/mo+2 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
TextImagesCode
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
TextImagesDocumentsCode
TextImagesDocumentsCode
Output
TextCode
TextImagesCodeAudio
TextCodeApps
CodeText
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Advanced
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningWriting & Content+10 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+27 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI Agent+6 more
Development & CodeAI APILarge Language Models (LLMs)
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
9
19
4
4
Coding
Chatbots
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Large language models
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Research
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Summarizing
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Translations
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Writing
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APIs
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Agents
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Blogging
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Copywriting
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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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Code documentation
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Debugging
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Development
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Image editing
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Image to image
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Math
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Refactoring
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Community on aitoolstime
Rating
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Upvotes
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Saves
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Reviews
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Prompts
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