DeepSeek vs Anthropic Claude API vs Z.ai vs Gemini

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
Z.ai
Competitor 3
Gemini
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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 Anthropic Claude API
anthropic.com
Build on Claude's capabilities
Competitor Z.ai
chat.z.ai
Z
Competitor Gemini
gemini.google.com
Google's most capable AI model
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
353.8Mvisits/mo
13.8Mvisits/mo
10Mvisits/mo
2.6Bvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 2.1%
▼ 39.4%
▼ 12.3%
▼ 2.6%
6-month growth
+0.9%
-43.4%
+44.6%
+0.8%
Global rank web
#131
#3,345
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#17
Avg. last 3 months
357.9M
25.7M
10.6M
2.7B
Bounce rate lower is better
38%
67%
25%
28%
Pages / visit
3.4
1.8
3.2
4.1
Visit duration
5m 33s
1m 35s
19m 00s
7m 01s
Traffic sources
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 16%
● Direct 91% · ● Referral 8%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
DeepSeekAnthropic Claude APIZ.aiGemini
0725.8M1.5B2.2B2.9BDeepSeek · 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 · 13.8MZ.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 · 10MGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6B1M10M100M1B10BDeepSeek · 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 · 13.8MZ.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 · 10MGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6BNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Free
Freemium
Starting price
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$17per month · free tier available
Free
$4.99per 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
Plan $17.0 $17/moPlan $20.0 $20/moPlan $25.0 $25/moPlan $100.0 $100/mo+2 more
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Free FreeGoogle AI Plus $4.99/moGoogle AI Pro $19.99/moGoogle AI Ultra 5x $99.99/mo+1 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
TextImagesCode
TextImagesDocumentsCode
TextImagesDocumentsCode
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
Output
TextCode
CodeText
TextCodeApps
VideoTextImagesCodeAudio
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
9
4
4
15
Large language models
Coding
Chatbots
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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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Image generation
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Agents
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Email writing
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Homework assistance
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Image to image
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PDF analysis
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Search engine
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Video generation
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Video summaries
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Development
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Image editing
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Math
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Prompts
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