Gemini vs HotBot vs OpenAI API vs ChatGPT

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

Your tool
Gemini
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Competitor 1
HotBot
Competitor 2
OpenAI API
Competitor 3
ChatGPT
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Gemini
gemini.google.com
Google's most capable AI model
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Competitor HotBot
hotbot.com
Most of HotBot works without signing up
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Competitor OpenAI API
platform.openai.com
The API powering the AI ecosystem
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Competitor ChatGPT
chatgpt.com
Your AI assistant for everything
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
2.6Bvisits/mo
320Kvisits/mo
15.2Mvisits/mo
5.6Bvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 2.6%
▲ 3.7%
▲ 4.6%
▲ 3.5%
6-month growth
+0.8%
-34.3%
-2.4%
-1.6%
Global rank web
#17
#151,652
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#7
Avg. last 3 months
2.7B
328.6K
15.2M
5.5B
Bounce rate lower is better
28%
40%
34%
30%
Pages / visit
4.1
2.6
5.4
4.3
Visit duration
7m 01s
1m 13s
3m 56s
6m 35s
Traffic sources
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 85% · ● Referral 13%
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 3%
GeminiHotBotOpenAI APIChatGPT
01.5B2.9B4.4B5.8BGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6BHotBot · 533.9KHotBot · 573KHotBot · 687.4KHotBot · 576.1KHotBot · 486.9KHotBot · 466.6KHotBot · 491.5KHotBot · 357KHotBot · 308.6KHotBot · 320KOpenAI 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 · 15.2MChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6B100K1M10M100M1B10BGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6BHotBot · 533.9KHotBot · 573KHotBot · 687.4KHotBot · 576.1KHotBot · 486.9KHotBot · 466.6KHotBot · 491.5KHotBot · 357KHotBot · 308.6KHotBot · 320KOpenAI 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 · 15.2MChatGPT · 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
Freemium
Paid
Freemium
Starting price
$4.99per month · free tier available
$7.95per month · free tier available
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$8per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Free trial
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API access
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Plans
Free FreeGoogle AI Plus $4.99/moGoogle AI Pro $19.99/moGoogle AI Ultra 5x $99.99/mo+1 more
Free FreeWeekly $7.95/otherQuarterly $39.95/other
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Free FreeGo $8/moPlus $20/moPro 5x $100/mo+1 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
AudioCodeDocumentsImagesText
AudioCodeDocumentsImagesText
AudioDocumentsImagesText
CodeDocumentsImagesTextAudio
Output
VideoAudioCodeImagesText
CodeImagesText
VideoAudioCodeImagesText
AudioCodeImagesText
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+27 more
Chatbots & CompanionsAI Chatbot
Development & CodeAI APILarge Language Models (LLMs)
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+27 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
15
6
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19
Chatbots
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Coding
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Research
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Writing
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Image generation
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Email writing
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Large language models
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Search engine
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Summarizing
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Translations
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Image to image
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Image editing
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APIs
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Blogging
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Chatting
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Copywriting
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Developer tools
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Essay writing
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Grammar checking
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Image to text
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LLM development
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PDF analysis
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Video generation
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Video summaries
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API integrations
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Chatbot building
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Code documentation
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Debugging
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Refactoring
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Voice chatting
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Rating
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Upvotes
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Saves
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Reviews
3
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Prompts
4
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Verified listing
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