HotBot vs Poe vs Claude 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
Poe
Competitor 2
Claude
Competitor 3
Merlin
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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 Poe
poe.com
All the AI chatbots in one place
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Competitor Claude
claude.ai
AI assistant built to be helpful, harmless, and honest
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Competitor Merlin
getmerlin.in
AI assistant in your browser
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
320Kvisits/mo
5.5Mvisits/mo
950.2Mvisits/mo
1.2Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.7%
▲ 2.7%
▼ 2.0%
▼ 13.8%
6-month growth
-34.3%
-50.1%
+54.8%
-9.1%
Global rank web
#151,652
#9,378
#40
#46,011
Avg. last 3 months
328.6K
5.6M
955.4M
1.3M
Bounce rate lower is better
40%
32%
26%
50%
Pages / visit
2.6
5.7
4.5
2.5
Visit duration
1m 13s
5m 50s
6m 14s
4m 15s
Traffic sources
● Direct 85% · ● Referral 13%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 5%
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 5%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 14%
HotBotPoeClaudeMerlin
0242.3M484.7M727M969.3MHotBot · 533.9KHotBot · 573KHotBot · 687.4KHotBot · 576.1KHotBot · 486.9KHotBot · 466.6KHotBot · 491.5KHotBot · 357KHotBot · 308.6KHotBot · 320KPoe · 12.6MPoe · 12.2MPoe · 11.6MPoe · 10.6MPoe · 11MPoe · 8.6MPoe · 7.3MPoe · 6MPoe · 5.4MPoe · 5.5MClaude · 180.3MClaude · 172.7MClaude · 202.9MClaude · 290.3MClaude · 613.7MClaude · 823.5MClaude · 952.6MClaude · 946.8MClaude · 969.3MClaude · 950.2MMerlin · 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 · 320KPoe · 12.6MPoe · 12.2MPoe · 11.6MPoe · 10.6MPoe · 11MPoe · 8.6MPoe · 7.3MPoe · 6MPoe · 5.4MPoe · 5.5MClaude · 180.3MClaude · 172.7MClaude · 202.9MClaude · 290.3MClaude · 613.7MClaude · 823.5MClaude · 952.6MClaude · 946.8MClaude · 969.3MClaude · 950.2MMerlin · 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
Freemium
Starting price
$7.95per month · free tier available
$19.99per month · free tier available
$20per 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
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Free FreePro $20/moMax 5x $100/moMax 20x $200/mo
Free FreePro $29/moTeams $15/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
TextImagesDocumentsCodeAudio
TextImagesDocumentsCode
CodeTextImagesDocuments
Web pagesTextDocumentsCode
Output
TextImagesCode
TextImagesCode
TextSlidesDocumentsDataCode
TextImagesCode
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsAI Chatbot
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeImage GenerationVideo Creation+9 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningProductivity & Office+19 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDesign & CreativeDevelopment & CodeEducation & Learning+21 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 3 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
6
10
26
13
Chatbots
Coding
Writing
Research
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Image generation
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Large language models
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Summarizing
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Translations
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Copywriting
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Chrome extensions
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APIs
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Agents
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Chatbot brainstorming
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Chatting
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Code reviews
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Debugging
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Document summarization
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Essay writing
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PDF analysis
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Paraphrasing
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Social media
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Social media posts
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Terminal
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Video summaries
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Blogging
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Character chatbot
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Characters
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Code documentation
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Email writing
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Grammar checking
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Reviews
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Prompts
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