HotBot vs Claude vs Gemini vs LLM Council

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

Your tool
HotBot
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Competitor 1
Claude
Competitor 2
Gemini
Competitor 3
LLM Council
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool HotBot
hotbot.com
Most of HotBot works without signing up
Competitor Claude
claude.ai
AI assistant built to be helpful, harmless, and honest
Competitor Gemini
gemini.google.com
Google's most capable AI model
Competitor LLM Council
llmcouncil.ai
Single AI models give you one perspective
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
320Kvisits/mo
950.2Mvisits/mo
2.6Bvisits/mo
60.5Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.7%
▼ 2.0%
▼ 2.6%
▼ 27.9%
6-month growth
-34.3%
+54.8%
+0.8%
+495.4%
Global rank web
#151,652
#40
#17
#598,155
Avg. last 3 months
328.6K
955.4M
2.7B
68K
Bounce rate lower is better
40%
26%
28%
38%
Pages / visit
2.6
4.5
4.1
1.9
Visit duration
1m 13s
6m 14s
7m 01s
16s
Traffic sources
● Direct 85% · ● Referral 13%
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 5%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 90% · ● Referral 10%
HotBotClaudeGeminiLLM Council
0725.8M1.5B2.2B2.9BHotBot · 533.9KHotBot · 573KHotBot · 687.4KHotBot · 576.1KHotBot · 486.9KHotBot · 466.6KHotBot · 491.5KHotBot · 357KHotBot · 308.6KHotBot · 320KClaude · 180.3MClaude · 172.7MClaude · 202.9MClaude · 290.3MClaude · 613.7MClaude · 823.5MClaude · 952.6MClaude · 946.8MClaude · 969.3MClaude · 950.2MGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6BLLM Council · 183LLM Council · 10.2KLLM Council · 31.9KLLM Council · 67KLLM Council · 59.5KLLM Council · 84KLLM Council · 60.5K1001K10K100K1M10M100M1B10BHotBot · 533.9KHotBot · 573KHotBot · 687.4KHotBot · 576.1KHotBot · 486.9KHotBot · 466.6KHotBot · 491.5KHotBot · 357KHotBot · 308.6KHotBot · 320KClaude · 180.3MClaude · 172.7MClaude · 202.9MClaude · 290.3MClaude · 613.7MClaude · 823.5MClaude · 952.6MClaude · 946.8MClaude · 969.3MClaude · 950.2MGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6BLLM Council · 183LLM Council · 10.2KLLM Council · 31.9KLLM Council · 67KLLM Council · 59.5KLLM Council · 84KLLM Council · 60.5KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$7.95per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
$4.99per month · free tier available
$25per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free trial
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API access
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Plans
Free FreeWeekly $7.95/otherQuarterly $39.95/other
Free FreePro $20/moMax 5x $100/moMax 20x $200/mo
Free FreeGoogle AI Plus $4.99/moGoogle AI Pro $19.99/moGoogle AI Ultra 5x $99.99/mo+1 more
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Capabilities input → output
Input
AudioCodeDocumentsImagesText
DocumentsImagesTextCode
AudioCodeDocumentsImagesText
CodeDocumentsText
Output
CodeImagesText
CodeDataDocumentsSlidesText
TextVideoAudioCodeImages
TextCodeDocumentsSlides
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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5
Chatbots
Writing
Coding
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Large language models
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Research
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PDF analysis
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Summarizing
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Translations
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Email writing
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Image generation
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Model comparison
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APIs
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Agents
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Chatting
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Code reviews
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Debugging
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Document summarization
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Essay writing
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Image to image
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LLM comparison
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Paraphrasing
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Search engine
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Terminal
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Video generation
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Video summaries
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Blogging
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Code documentation
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Copywriting
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Grammar checking
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Image editing
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Rating
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Upvotes
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Saves
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Reviews
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Prompts
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Verified listing
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