HotBot vs GlobalGPT vs Merlin vs LLM Council

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

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HotBot
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Competitor 1
GlobalGPT
Competitor 2
Merlin
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
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Competitor GlobalGPT
glbgpt.com
GlobalGPT is an AI hub that gathers chat models, image generators, video generators, audio tools and agents in one interface.
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Competitor Merlin
getmerlin.in
AI assistant in your browser
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Competitor LLM Council
llmcouncil.ai
Single AI models give you one perspective
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
320Kvisits/mo
509.3Kvisits/mo
1.2Mvisits/mo
60.5Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.7%
▲ 0.8%
▼ 13.8%
▼ 27.9%
6-month growth
-34.3%
-57.5%
-9.1%
+495.4%
Global rank web
#151,652
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#46,011
#598,155
Avg. last 3 months
328.6K
517K
1.3M
68K
Bounce rate lower is better
40%
48%
50%
38%
Pages / visit
2.6
2.3
2.5
1.9
Visit duration
1m 13s
1m 15s
4m 15s
16s
Traffic sources
● Direct 85% · ● Referral 13%
● Direct 89% · ● Referral 6%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 90% · ● Referral 10%
HotBotGlobalGPTMerlinLLM Council
0371.3K742.6K1.1M1.5MHotBot · 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 · 1.2MLLM Council · 183LLM Council · 10.2KLLM Council · 31.9KLLM Council · 67KLLM Council · 59.5KLLM Council · 84KLLM Council · 60.5K1001K10K100K1M10MHotBot · 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 · 1.2MLLM Council · 183LLM Council · 10.2KLLM Council · 31.9KLLM Council · 67KLLM Council · 59.5KLLM Council · 84KLLM Council · 60.5KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Paid
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$7.95per month · free tier available
$5.8per month
$29per month · free tier available
$25per month · free tier available
Free tier
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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
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Capabilities input → output
Input
TextImagesDocumentsCodeAudio
TextImagesDocumentsCodeAudio
CodeWeb pagesTextDocuments
DocumentsTextCode
Output
TextImagesCode
VideoTextImagesCodeAudio
TextImagesCode
TextSlidesDocumentsCode
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsAI Chatbot
Audio & MusicChatbots & CompanionsDesign & CreativeDevelopment & Code+12 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDesign & CreativeDevelopment & CodeEducation & Learning+21 more
Chatbots & CompanionsWriting & ContentAI ChatbotAI Writing Assistants
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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13
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Chatbots
Writing
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Image generation
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Coding
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Video generation
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Chatting
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Copywriting
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Music
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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 editing
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Video summaries
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Agents
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Audio
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Mind maps
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Note taking
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Productivity
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Research
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Text to speech
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Voice chatting
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Prompts
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