HotBot vs GlobalGPT vs Merlin vs Gemini

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

Your tool
HotBot
vs
Competitor 1
GlobalGPT
Competitor 2
Merlin
Competitor 3
Gemini
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool HotBot
hotbot.com
Most of HotBot works without signing up
Competitor GlobalGPT
glbgpt.com
GlobalGPT is an AI hub that gathers chat models, image generators, video generators, audio tools and agents in one interface.
Competitor Merlin
getmerlin.in
AI assistant in your browser
Competitor Gemini
gemini.google.com
Google's most capable AI model
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
320Kvisits/mo
509.3Kvisits/mo
1.2Mvisits/mo
2.6Bvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.7%
▲ 0.8%
▼ 13.8%
▼ 2.6%
6-month growth
-34.3%
-57.5%
-9.1%
+0.8%
Global rank web
#151,652
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#46,011
#17
Avg. last 3 months
328.6K
517K
1.3M
2.7B
Bounce rate lower is better
40%
48%
50%
28%
Pages / visit
2.6
2.3
2.5
4.1
Visit duration
1m 13s
1m 15s
4m 15s
7m 01s
Traffic sources
● Direct 85% · ● Referral 13%
● Direct 89% · ● Referral 6%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
HotBotGlobalGPTMerlinGemini
0725.8M1.5B2.2B2.9BHotBot · 533.9KHotBot · 573KHotBot · 687.4KHotBot · 576.1KHotBot · 486.9KHotBot · 466.6KHotBot · 491.5KHotBot · 357KHotBot · 308.6KHotBot · 320KGlobalGPT · 1.3MGlobalGPT · 1.4MGlobalGPT · 1.2MGlobalGPT · 1.2MGlobalGPT · 856.4KGlobalGPT · 733.9KGlobalGPT · 536.4KGlobalGPT · 505.3KGlobalGPT · 509.3KMerlin · 1.5MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.2MMerlin · 1.3MMerlin · 1.3MMerlin · 1.3MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.2MGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6B100K1M10M100M1B10BHotBot · 533.9KHotBot · 573KHotBot · 687.4KHotBot · 576.1KHotBot · 486.9KHotBot · 466.6KHotBot · 491.5KHotBot · 357KHotBot · 308.6KHotBot · 320KGlobalGPT · 1.3MGlobalGPT · 1.4MGlobalGPT · 1.2MGlobalGPT · 1.2MGlobalGPT · 856.4KGlobalGPT · 733.9KGlobalGPT · 536.4KGlobalGPT · 505.3KGlobalGPT · 509.3KMerlin · 1.5MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.2MMerlin · 1.3MMerlin · 1.3MMerlin · 1.3MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.2MGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6BNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Paid
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$7.95per month · free tier available
$5.8per month
$29per month · free tier available
$4.99per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Free trial
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API access
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Plans
Free FreeWeekly $7.95/otherQuarterly $39.95/other
Basic $5.80/moPro $10.80/moUnlimited $25/moTeam/Enterprise Custom
Free FreePro $29/moTeams $15/mo
Free FreeGoogle AI Plus $4.99/moGoogle AI Pro $19.99/moGoogle AI Ultra 5x $99.99/mo+1 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeDocumentsImagesTextAudio
CodeAudioDocumentsImagesText
Web pagesTextDocumentsCode
CodeAudioDocumentsImagesText
Output
CodeImagesText
AudioCodeImagesTextVideo
TextImagesCode
AudioCodeImagesTextVideo
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
6
10
13
15
Chatbots
Writing
Image generation
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Coding
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Video generation
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Summarizing
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Translations
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Video summaries
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Research
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Chrome extensions
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Chatting
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Copywriting
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Email writing
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Image to image
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Large language models
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Music
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PDF analysis
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Search engine
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Social media
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Social media posts
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Video editing
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Agents
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Audio
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Image editing
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Mind maps
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Note taking
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Productivity
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Text to speech
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Voice chatting
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Upvotes
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Saves
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Reviews
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Prompts
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4
Verified listing
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Traffic figures are third-party estimates for the tool's own domain; tools sharing a domain with a bigger product are not counted. Pricing is captured from each tool's site and may lag.