HotBot vs GitHub Copilot vs Merlin

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
GitHub Copilot
Competitor 2
Merlin
Competitor 3
Suggested competitors for HotBot: Poe92% GlobalGPT85% Monica84% ChatGPT82% Nottoai82% Claude78% Gemini78% ChatPlayground AI76%
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3 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool HotBot
hotbot.com
Most of HotBot works without signing up
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Competitor GitHub Copilot
github.com
Your AI pair programmer that actually knows the codebase
Make main Remove
Competitor Merlin
getmerlin.in
AI assistant in your browser
Make main Remove
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
320Kvisits/mo
637.9Mvisits/mo
1.2Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.7%
▲ 3.7%
▼ 13.8%
6-month growth
-34.3%
+19.3%
-9.1%
Global rank web
#151,652
#49
#46,011
Avg. last 3 months
328.6K
629.7M
1.3M
Bounce rate lower is better
40%
36%
50%
Pages / visit
2.6
5.9
2.5
Visit duration
1m 13s
6m 26s
4m 15s
Traffic sources
● Direct 85% · ● Referral 13%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 14%
HotBotGitHub CopilotMerlin
0159.5M318.9M478.4M637.9MHotBot · 533.9KHotBot · 573KHotBot · 687.4KHotBot · 576.1KHotBot · 486.9KHotBot · 466.6KHotBot · 491.5KHotBot · 357KHotBot · 308.6KHotBot · 320KGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MMerlin · 1.5MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.2MMerlin · 1.3MMerlin · 1.3MMerlin · 1.3MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.2M100K1M10M100M1BHotBot · 533.9KHotBot · 573KHotBot · 687.4KHotBot · 576.1KHotBot · 486.9KHotBot · 466.6KHotBot · 491.5KHotBot · 357KHotBot · 308.6KHotBot · 320KGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MMerlin · 1.5MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.2MMerlin · 1.3MMerlin · 1.3MMerlin · 1.3MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.2MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$7.95per month · free tier available
$4per month · free tier available
$29per 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 FreeTeam $4/moEnterprise $21/mo
Free FreePro $29/moTeams $15/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
TextImagesDocumentsCodeAudio
CodeText
Web pagesTextDocumentsCode
Output
TextImagesCode
Code
TextImagesCode
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsAI Chatbot
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDesign & CreativeDevelopment & CodeEducation & Learning+21 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
6
9
13
Coding
Chatbots
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Writing
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Chrome extensions
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Code autocompletion
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Agents
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Chatting
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Code reviews
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Coding in VS Code
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Copywriting
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Image generation
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Social media
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Social media posts
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Summarizing
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Translations
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Video summaries
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Vs code
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Agent management
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Debugging
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Mind maps
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Productivity
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Research
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Terminal
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Voice chatting
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Community on aitoolstime
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Upvotes
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Saves
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Reviews
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Prompts
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