DeepSeek vs Poe vs MyShell vs OpenAI API

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
Poe
Competitor 2
MyShell
Competitor 3
OpenAI API
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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 Poe
poe.com
All the AI chatbots in one place
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Competitor MyShell
app.myshell.ai
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Competitor OpenAI API
platform.openai.com
The API powering the AI ecosystem
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
353.8Mvisits/mo
5.5Mvisits/mo
8.5Kvisits/mo
15.2Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 2.1%
▲ 2.7%
▼ 82.2%
▲ 4.6%
6-month growth
+0.9%
-50.1%
-94.8%
-2.4%
Global rank web
#131
#9,378
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Avg. last 3 months
357.9M
5.6M
41.7K
15.2M
Bounce rate lower is better
38%
32%
46%
34%
Pages / visit
3.4
5.7
2.9
5.4
Visit duration
5m 33s
5m 50s
3m 24s
3m 56s
Traffic sources
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 5%
● Direct 85% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
DeepSeekPoeMyShellOpenAI API
0107.6M215.2M322.8M430.4MDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8MPoe · 12.6MPoe · 12.2MPoe · 11.6MPoe · 10.6MPoe · 11MPoe · 8.6MPoe · 7.3MPoe · 6MPoe · 5.4MPoe · 5.5MMyShell · 88.5KMyShell · 91KMyShell · 151.5KMyShell · 164.6KMyShell · 124.4KMyShell · 111.4KMyShell · 68.7KMyShell · 48KMyShell · 8.5KOpenAI 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 · 15.2M1K10K100K1M10M100M1BDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8MPoe · 12.6MPoe · 12.2MPoe · 11.6MPoe · 10.6MPoe · 11MPoe · 8.6MPoe · 7.3MPoe · 6MPoe · 5.4MPoe · 5.5MMyShell · 88.5KMyShell · 91KMyShell · 151.5KMyShell · 164.6KMyShell · 124.4KMyShell · 111.4KMyShell · 68.7KMyShell · 48KMyShell · 8.5KOpenAI 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 · 15.2MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Paid
Starting price
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$19.99per month · free tier available
$7.49per month
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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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Basic $7.49/moPro $49.99/mo
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Capabilities input → output
Input
TextImagesCode
CodeTextImagesDocuments
ImagesText
AudioDocumentsImagesText
Output
CodeText
TextImagesCode
VideoImages
VideoTextImagesCodeAudio
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningWriting & Content+10 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeImage GenerationVideo Creation+9 more
Chatbots & CompanionsImage EditingImage GenerationAI Character+2 more
Development & CodeAI APILarge Language Models (LLMs)
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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4
Large language models
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Chatbots
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Image generation
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Coding
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Research
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Writing
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APIs
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Anime image generation
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Chatbot brainstorming
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Homework assistance
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Image editing
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Image to image
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LLM development
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Portrait generation
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Summarizing
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Translations
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API integrations
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Bikini images
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Character chatbot
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Characters
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Image to video
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Math
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Video generation
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Reviews
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Prompts
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