DeepSeek vs Anthropic Claude API vs OpenRouter 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
Anthropic Claude API
Competitor 2
OpenRouter
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.
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Competitor Anthropic Claude API
anthropic.com
Build on Claude's capabilities
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Competitor OpenRouter
openrouter.ai
Every model, one endpoint
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Competitor Mistral AI
mistral.ai
European AI with open-source roots
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
353.8Mvisits/mo
13.8Mvisits/mo
22Mvisits/mo
7.8Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 2.1%
▼ 39.4%
▲ 14.6%
▼ 15.2%
6-month growth
+0.9%
-43.4%
+39.6%
-11.3%
Global rank web
#131
#3,345
#2,023
#8,429
Avg. last 3 months
357.9M
25.7M
19.5M
8.9M
Bounce rate lower is better
38%
67%
32%
42%
Pages / visit
3.4
1.8
7.7
3.3
Visit duration
5m 33s
1m 35s
6m 13s
3m 42s
Traffic sources
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 16%
● Direct 89% · ● Referral 10%
● Direct 90% · ● Referral 7%
DeepSeekAnthropic Claude APIOpenRouterMistral AI
0107.6M215.2M322.8M430.4MDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8MAnthropic 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 · 13.8MOpenRouter · 7.5MOpenRouter · 8.6MOpenRouter · 8.4MOpenRouter · 11.2MOpenRouter · 15.8MOpenRouter · 17.9MOpenRouter · 16.8MOpenRouter · 17.3MOpenRouter · 19.2MOpenRouter · 22MMistral AI · 7.7MMistral AI · 8MMistral AI · 8.1MMistral AI · 8.8MMistral AI · 10.8MMistral AI · 9.6MMistral AI · 9.7MMistral AI · 9.3MMistral AI · 7.8M1M10M100M1BDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8MAnthropic 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 · 13.8MOpenRouter · 7.5MOpenRouter · 8.6MOpenRouter · 8.4MOpenRouter · 11.2MOpenRouter · 15.8MOpenRouter · 17.9MOpenRouter · 16.8MOpenRouter · 17.3MOpenRouter · 19.2MOpenRouter · 22MMistral 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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$17per month · free tier available
Free tier
$14.99per month · free tier available
Free tier
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API access
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Plans
deepseek-flash Customdeepseek-v4-pro Custom
Plan $17.0 $17/moPlan $20.0 $20/moPlan $25.0 $25/moPlan $100.0 $100/mo+2 more
Free FreeStandard Custom/moBusiness Custom/moEnterprise Custom
Free FreePro $14.99/moPro Student $5.99/moTeam $24.99/mo+1 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
TextImagesCode
DocumentsImagesTextCode
VideoTextImagesAudio
TextDocumentsCodeAudioImages
Output
TextCode
CodeText
VideoTextImagesAudio
TextCodeAudio
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningWriting & Content+10 more
Development & CodeAI APILarge Language Models (LLMs)
Development & CodeAI APILarge Language Models (LLMs)
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeProductivity & OfficeResearch & Analytics+8 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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10
Large language models
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Chatbots
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Research
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LLM gateway
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Agents
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Document data extraction
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Homework assistance
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Summarizing
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Text extraction
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Translations
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Writing
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Document processing
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LLM comparison
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Math
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Productivity
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Prompts
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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.