GitHub Copilot vs ChatGPT vs Claude vs Perplexity AI

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

Your tool
GitHub Copilot
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Competitor 1
ChatGPT
Competitor 2
Claude
Competitor 3
Perplexity AI
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool GitHub Copilot
github.com
Your AI pair programmer that actually knows the codebase
Competitor ChatGPT
chatgpt.com
Your AI assistant for everything
Competitor Claude
claude.ai
AI assistant built to be helpful, harmless, and honest
Competitor Perplexity AI
perplexity.ai
Search that gives answers instead of links
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
637.9Mvisits/mo
5.6Bvisits/mo
950.2Mvisits/mo
95.2Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.7%
▲ 3.5%
▼ 2.0%
▼ 8.2%
6-month growth
+19.3%
-1.6%
+54.8%
-42.9%
Global rank web
#49
#7
#40
#446
Avg. last 3 months
629.7M
5.5B
955.4M
104.9M
Bounce rate lower is better
36%
30%
26%
33%
Pages / visit
5.9
4.3
4.5
3.6
Visit duration
6m 26s
6m 35s
6m 14s
4m 18s
Traffic sources
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 3%
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 5%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
GitHub CopilotChatGPTClaudePerplexity AI
01.5B2.9B4.4B5.8BGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BClaude · 180.3MClaude · 172.7MClaude · 202.9MClaude · 290.3MClaude · 613.7MClaude · 823.5MClaude · 952.6MClaude · 946.8MClaude · 969.3MClaude · 950.2MPerplexity AI · 189MPerplexity AI · 179.6MPerplexity AI · 170.1MPerplexity AI · 153.8MPerplexity AI · 166.8MPerplexity AI · 154.9MPerplexity AI · 138.1MPerplexity AI · 115.8MPerplexity AI · 103.8MPerplexity AI · 95.2M10M100M1B10BGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BClaude · 180.3MClaude · 172.7MClaude · 202.9MClaude · 290.3MClaude · 613.7MClaude · 823.5MClaude · 952.6MClaude · 946.8MClaude · 969.3MClaude · 950.2MPerplexity AI · 189MPerplexity AI · 179.6MPerplexity AI · 170.1MPerplexity AI · 153.8MPerplexity AI · 166.8MPerplexity AI · 154.9MPerplexity AI · 138.1MPerplexity AI · 115.8MPerplexity AI · 103.8MPerplexity AI · 95.2MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$4per month · free tier available
$8per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free trial
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API access
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Plans
Free FreeTeam $4/moEnterprise $21/mo
Free FreeGo $8/moPlus $20/moPro 5x $100/mo+1 more
Free FreePro $20/moMax 5x $100/moMax 20x $200/mo
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Capabilities input → output
Input
TextCode
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
TextImagesDocumentsCode
TextImagesDocumentsCode
Output
Code
TextImagesCodeAudio
CodeTextSlidesDocumentsData
TextCode
Skill level
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
9
19
26
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Chatbots
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Coding
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Research
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Summarizing
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Writing
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Debugging
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Search engine
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Agents
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Code reviews
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Document summarization
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Essay writing
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Translations
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Blogging
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Copywriting
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Email writing
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Grammar checking
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Terminal
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Code documentation
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Refactoring
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AI search
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Code autocompletion
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APIs
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Coding in VS Code
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Image generation
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Image to text
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Large language models
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PDF analysis
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Paraphrasing
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Research papers
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Vs code
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Reviews
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Prompts
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Verified listing
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