HotBot vs Merlin vs Poe vs ChatGPT

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
Merlin
Competitor 2
Poe
Competitor 3
ChatGPT
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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 Merlin
getmerlin.in
AI assistant in your browser
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Competitor Poe
poe.com
All the AI chatbots in one place
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Competitor ChatGPT
chatgpt.com
Your AI assistant for everything
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
320Kvisits/mo
1.2Mvisits/mo
5.5Mvisits/mo
5.6Bvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.7%
▼ 13.8%
▲ 2.7%
▲ 3.5%
6-month growth
-34.3%
-9.1%
-50.1%
-1.6%
Global rank web
#151,652
#46,011
#9,378
#7
Avg. last 3 months
328.6K
1.3M
5.6M
5.5B
Bounce rate lower is better
40%
50%
32%
30%
Pages / visit
2.6
2.5
5.7
4.3
Visit duration
1m 13s
4m 15s
5m 50s
6m 35s
Traffic sources
● Direct 85% · ● Referral 13%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 5%
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 3%
HotBotMerlinPoeChatGPT
01.5B2.9B4.4B5.8BHotBot · 533.9KHotBot · 573KHotBot · 687.4KHotBot · 576.1KHotBot · 486.9KHotBot · 466.6KHotBot · 491.5KHotBot · 357KHotBot · 308.6KHotBot · 320KMerlin · 1.5MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.2MMerlin · 1.3MMerlin · 1.3MMerlin · 1.3MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.2MPoe · 12.6MPoe · 12.2MPoe · 11.6MPoe · 10.6MPoe · 11MPoe · 8.6MPoe · 7.3MPoe · 6MPoe · 5.4MPoe · 5.5MChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6B100K1M10M100M1B10BHotBot · 533.9KHotBot · 573KHotBot · 687.4KHotBot · 576.1KHotBot · 486.9KHotBot · 466.6KHotBot · 491.5KHotBot · 357KHotBot · 308.6KHotBot · 320KMerlin · 1.5MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.2MMerlin · 1.3MMerlin · 1.3MMerlin · 1.3MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.2MPoe · 12.6MPoe · 12.2MPoe · 11.6MPoe · 10.6MPoe · 11MPoe · 8.6MPoe · 7.3MPoe · 6MPoe · 5.4MPoe · 5.5MChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$7.95per month · free tier available
$29per month · free tier available
$19.99per month · free tier available
$8per 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 $29/moTeams $15/mo
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Free FreeGo $8/moPlus $20/moPro 5x $100/mo+1 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
TextImagesDocumentsCodeAudio
Web pagesTextDocumentsCode
TextImagesDocumentsCode
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
Output
TextImagesCode
TextImagesCode
TextImagesCode
TextImagesCodeAudio
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsAI Chatbot
Chatbots & CompanionsDesign & CreativeDevelopment & CodeEducation & Learning+21 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeImage GenerationVideo Creation+9 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+27 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 3 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
6
13
10
19
Chatbots
Coding
Writing
Image generation
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Research
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Copywriting
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Summarizing
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Translations
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Chrome extensions
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Blogging
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Chatbot brainstorming
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Chatting
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Email writing
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Essay writing
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Grammar checking
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Image to text
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Large language models
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Search engine
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Social media
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Social media posts
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Video summaries
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Character chatbot
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Characters
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Code documentation
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Debugging
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Image editing
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Image to image
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Mind maps
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Productivity
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Refactoring
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Reviews
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Prompts
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