Gemini vs Scite vs Claude Code vs OpenAI API

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

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Gemini
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Scite
Competitor 2
Claude Code
Competitor 3
OpenAI API
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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 Scite
scite.ai
Smart citations that show how papers are cited
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Competitor Claude Code
claude.com
Every plan tier hits usage limits
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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
2.6Bvisits/mo
700.2Kvisits/mo
123.5Mvisits/mo
15.2Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 2.6%
▲ 1.8%
▼ 6.8%
▲ 4.6%
6-month growth
+0.8%
-27.6%
+106.6%
-2.4%
Global rank web
#17
#75,906
#434
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Avg. last 3 months
2.7B
716.7K
125.2M
15.2M
Bounce rate lower is better
28%
47%
64%
34%
Pages / visit
4.1
2.9
2.2
5.4
Visit duration
7m 01s
2m 09s
2m 36s
3m 56s
Traffic sources
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
GeminiSciteClaude CodeOpenAI API
0725.8M1.5B2.2B2.9BGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6BScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2KClaude Code · 19.2MClaude Code · 19.5MClaude Code · 35.8MClaude Code · 59.8MClaude Code · 139.9MClaude Code · 133.1MClaude Code · 119.5MClaude Code · 132.6MClaude Code · 123.5MOpenAI 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 · 15.2M100K1M10M100M1B10BGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6BScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2KClaude Code · 19.2MClaude Code · 19.5MClaude Code · 35.8MClaude Code · 59.8MClaude Code · 139.9MClaude Code · 133.1MClaude Code · 119.5MClaude Code · 132.6MClaude Code · 123.5MOpenAI 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
$4.99per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
$17per month · free tier available
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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
Connect FreeBasic $20/moPro $50/mo
Free FreePro $17/moMax 5x $100/moMax 20x Custom/mo+2 more
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Capabilities input → output
Input
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
Text
TextCode
AudioDocumentsImagesText
Output
VideoTextImagesCodeAudio
Text
Code
VideoTextImagesCodeAudio
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Intermediate
Advanced
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+27 more
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Development & CodeAI APILarge Language Models (LLMs)
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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APIs
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Academic citation
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Chatbots
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Citation verification
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Citations
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Image generation
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Terminal
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Academic paper evaluation
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Academic research
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Agents
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Code analysis
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Code explanations
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Code reviews
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Debugging
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Developer tools
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Email writing
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Image to image
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LLM development
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Literature reviews
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PDF analysis
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Research papers
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Research papers analysis
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Search engine
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Summarizing
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Translations
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Video generation
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Video summaries
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