DeepSeek vs Continue vs Windsurf vs ChatGPT

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
Continue
Competitor 2
Windsurf
Competitor 3
ChatGPT
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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 Continue
continue.dev
Continue is an open-source AI coding agent that was built by a community of developers and has since been acquired by Cursor.
Competitor Windsurf
windsurf.com
Windsurf, which now appears on the web as Devin Desktop, is a desktop code editor that doubles as a control room for coding agents.
Competitor ChatGPT
chatgpt.com
Your AI assistant for everything
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
353.8Mvisits/mo
410.4Kvisits/mo
29.6Kvisits/mo
5.6Bvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 2.1%
▼ 16.6%
▲ 7.8%
▲ 3.5%
6-month growth
+0.9%
-24.4%
+122.1%
-1.6%
Global rank web
#131
#106,338
#1,172,623
#7
Avg. last 3 months
357.9M
539.2K
26.9K
5.5B
Bounce rate lower is better
38%
48%
50%
30%
Pages / visit
3.4
2.4
1.3
4.3
Visit duration
5m 33s
1m 44s
13s
6m 35s
Traffic sources
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 6%
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● Direct 95% · ● Referral 3%
DeepSeekContinueWindsurfChatGPT
01.5B2.9B4.4B5.8BDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8MContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6KChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6B10K100K1M10M100M1B10BDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8MContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KWindsurf · 16KWindsurf · 24.3KWindsurf · 15.7KWindsurf · 13.3KWindsurf · 25.4KWindsurf · 29.3KWindsurf · 23.6KWindsurf · 27.5KWindsurf · 29.6KChatGPT · 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
Free
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
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Free
$20per month · free tier available
$8per 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
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Free FreePro $20/moMax $200/moTeams $80/mo
Free FreeGo $8/moPlus $20/moPro 5x $100/mo+1 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
TextImagesCode
TextCode
TextCode
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
Output
TextCode
Code
Code
TextImagesCodeAudio
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
9
3
8
19
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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Code reviews
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Debugging
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Agent management
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Agents
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Code autocompletion
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Large language models
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Blogging
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Copywriting
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Developer tools
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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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Development
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GitHub pull requests
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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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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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