DeepSeek vs OpenAI API vs Continue vs Claude

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

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DeepSeek
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OpenAI API
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Continue
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Claude
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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 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.
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Competitor Claude
claude.ai
AI assistant built to be helpful, harmless, and honest
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
353.8Mvisits/mo
15.2Mvisits/mo
410.4Kvisits/mo
950.2Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 2.1%
▲ 4.6%
▼ 16.6%
▼ 2.0%
6-month growth
+0.9%
-2.4%
-24.4%
+54.8%
Global rank web
#131
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#106,338
#40
Avg. last 3 months
357.9M
15.2M
539.2K
955.4M
Bounce rate lower is better
38%
34%
48%
26%
Pages / visit
3.4
5.4
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4.5
Visit duration
5m 33s
3m 56s
1m 44s
6m 14s
Traffic sources
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 6%
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 5%
DeepSeekOpenAI APIContinueClaude
0242.3M484.7M727M969.3MDeepSeek · 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 · 15.2MContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KClaude · 180.3MClaude · 172.7MClaude · 202.9MClaude · 290.3MClaude · 613.7MClaude · 823.5MClaude · 952.6MClaude · 946.8MClaude · 969.3MClaude · 950.2M100K1M10M100M1BDeepSeek · 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 · 15.2MContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KClaude · 180.3MClaude · 172.7MClaude · 202.9MClaude · 290.3MClaude · 613.7MClaude · 823.5MClaude · 952.6MClaude · 946.8MClaude · 969.3MClaude · 950.2MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
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Freemium
Starting price
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Free
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Plans
deepseek-flash Customdeepseek-v4-pro Custom
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Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeImagesText
TextImagesDocumentsAudio
CodeText
TextImagesDocumentsCode
Output
TextCode
VideoTextImagesCodeAudio
Code
TextSlidesDocumentsDataCode
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningWriting & Content+10 more
Development & CodeAI APILarge Language Models (LLMs)
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningProductivity & Office+19 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Coding
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Large language models
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Chatbots
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APIs
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Code reviews
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Research
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Summarizing
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Translations
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Writing
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Agents
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Debugging
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Developer tools
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Document summarization
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Essay writing
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Homework assistance
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LLM development
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PDF analysis
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Paraphrasing
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Terminal
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API integrations
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Blogging
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Chatbot building
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Code documentation
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Copywriting
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Development
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Email writing
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Grammar checking
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Math
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Proofreading
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Refactoring
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