HotBot vs GlobalGPT vs Merlin vs Monica

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
GlobalGPT
Competitor 2
Merlin
Competitor 3
Monica
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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 Monica
monica.im
AI in browser sidebar always ready
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
320Kvisits/mo
509.3Kvisits/mo
1.2Mvisits/mo
5.5Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.7%
▲ 0.8%
▼ 13.8%
▲ 1.6%
6-month growth
-34.3%
-57.5%
-9.1%
-29.1%
Global rank web
#151,652
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#46,011
#11,688
Avg. last 3 months
328.6K
517K
1.3M
5.6M
Bounce rate lower is better
40%
48%
50%
46%
Pages / visit
2.6
2.3
2.5
2.9
Visit duration
1m 13s
1m 15s
4m 15s
2m 44s
Traffic sources
● Direct 85% · ● Referral 13%
● Direct 89% · ● Referral 6%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 89% · ● Referral 9%
HotBotGlobalGPTMerlinMonica
02.1M4.2M6.4M8.5MHotBot · 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 · 1.2MMonica · 8.5MMonica · 8.2MMonica · 8.2MMonica · 7MMonica · 7.7MMonica · 7.9MMonica · 7.3MMonica · 6MMonica · 5.4MMonica · 5.5M100K1M10MHotBot · 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 · 1.2MMonica · 8.5MMonica · 8.2MMonica · 8.2MMonica · 7MMonica · 7.7MMonica · 7.9MMonica · 7.3MMonica · 6MMonica · 5.4MMonica · 5.5MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Paid
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$7.95per month · free tier available
$5.8per month
$29per month · free tier available
$8.3per 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
Plan USD8.30 $8.30/moPlan USD16.60 $16.60/moPlan USD82.90 $82.90/moPlan USD99.00 $99/yr+1 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsImagesTextCodeAudio
DocumentsAudioCodeImagesText
DocumentsTextWeb pagesCode
TextImagesDocumentsCodeWeb pages
Output
CodeImagesText
AudioCodeImagesTextVideo
CodeImagesText
CodeImagesTextVideo
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
AI Detection & SafetyChatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & Learning+23 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
6
10
13
13
Chatbots
Writing
Image generation
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Coding
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Summarizing
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Translations
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Video generation
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Video summaries
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Mind maps
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Productivity
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Chrome extensions
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Chatting
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Copywriting
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Document summarization
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Grammar checking
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Music
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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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Note taking
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Research
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Text to speech
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Voice chatting
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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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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.