DeepSeek vs OpenAI API vs Cohere 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
OpenAI API
Competitor 2
Cohere
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.
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Competitor OpenAI API
platform.openai.com
The API powering the AI ecosystem
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Competitor Cohere
cohere.com
Enterprise AI for business language
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Competitor Gemini
gemini.google.com
Google's most capable AI model
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
353.8Mvisits/mo
15.2Mvisits/mo
773.1Kvisits/mo
2.6Bvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 2.1%
▲ 4.6%
▼ 14.2%
▼ 2.6%
6-month growth
+0.9%
-2.4%
+68.3%
+0.8%
Global rank web
#131
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#72,961
#17
Avg. last 3 months
357.9M
15.2M
758K
2.7B
Bounce rate lower is better
38%
34%
51%
28%
Pages / visit
3.4
5.4
2.5
4.1
Visit duration
5m 33s
3m 56s
2m 21s
7m 01s
Traffic sources
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 78% · ● Referral 20%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
DeepSeekOpenAI APICohereGemini
0725.8M1.5B2.2B2.9BDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8MOpenAI API · 18.7MOpenAI API · 16.7MOpenAI API · 16.5MOpenAI API · 15.6MOpenAI API · 15.9MOpenAI API · 15.1MOpenAI API · 15.7MOpenAI API · 14.6MOpenAI API · 15.2MCohere · 579.9KCohere · 616.7KCohere · 446KCohere · 459.3KCohere · 505.7KCohere · 536.7KCohere · 599.7KCohere · 901.3KCohere · 773.1KGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6B100K1M10M100M1B10BDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8MOpenAI API · 18.7MOpenAI API · 16.7MOpenAI API · 16.5MOpenAI API · 15.6MOpenAI API · 15.9MOpenAI API · 15.1MOpenAI API · 15.7MOpenAI API · 14.6MOpenAI API · 15.2MCohere · 579.9KCohere · 616.7KCohere · 446KCohere · 459.3KCohere · 505.7KCohere · 536.7KCohere · 599.7KCohere · 901.3KCohere · 773.1KGemini · 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
Paid
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
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Free tier
$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
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Trial FreeProduction Custom/usage-basedModel Vault Custom/mo
Free FreeGoogle AI Plus $4.99/moGoogle AI Pro $19.99/moGoogle AI Ultra 5x $99.99/mo+1 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeImagesText
TextImagesDocumentsAudio
AudioDocumentsText
TextImagesDocumentsCodeAudio
Output
TextCode
VideoTextImagesCodeAudio
DataText
VideoTextImagesCodeAudio
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningWriting & Content+10 more
Development & CodeAI APILarge Language Models (LLMs)
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI Agent+4 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+27 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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15
Large language models
Chatbots
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APIs
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Coding
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LLM development
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Research
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Summarizing
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Translations
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Writing
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Image generation
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Agents
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Customer support chatbot
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Email writing
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Homework assistance
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Image to image
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Models
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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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API integrations
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Development
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Image editing
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Math
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Productivity
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