MaxAI vs Merlin vs Monica vs Brave Leo

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

Your tool
MaxAI
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Competitor 1
Merlin
Competitor 2
Monica
Competitor 3
Brave Leo
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool MaxAI
maxai.co
MaxAI is a browser extension and web app that adds an AI sidebar to whatever page you have open.
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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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Competitor Brave Leo
brave.com
Brave Leo is the AI assistant built into the Brave browser.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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1.2Mvisits/mo
5.5Mvisits/mo
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MoM change
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▼ 13.8%
▲ 1.6%
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6-month growth
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-9.1%
-29.1%
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Global rank web
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#46,011
#11,688
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Avg. last 3 months
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1.3M
5.6M
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Bounce rate lower is better
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50%
46%
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Pages / visit
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2.5
2.9
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Visit duration
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4m 15s
2m 44s
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Traffic sources
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● Direct 83% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 89% · ● Referral 9%
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MaxAIMerlinMonicaBrave Leo
02.1M4.2M6.4M8.5MMerlin · 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 · 5.5M1M10MMerlin · 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
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$12per month · free tier available
$29per month · free tier available
$8.3per month · free tier available
$59.99per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free trial
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API access
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Plans
Free FreePro $12/mo
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
Brave Browser FreeBrave Origin $59.99Brave Firewall + VPN Custom/moBrave Talk Premium Custom/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
Web pagesTextImagesDocumentsCode
DocumentsCodeWeb pagesText
Web pagesTextImagesDocumentsCode
Web pagesTextDocumentsCode
Output
CodeImagesText
TextImagesCode
VideoTextImagesCode
CodeText
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsEducation & LearningProductivity & OfficeVideo Editing+7 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDesign & CreativeDevelopment & CodeEducation & Learning+21 more
AI Detection & SafetyChatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & Learning+23 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeProductivity & OfficeWriting & Content+4 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 4 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
11
13
13
10
Chatbots
Summarizing
Writing
Translations
Video summaries
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Coding
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Document summarization
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Image generation
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Grammar checking
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Mind maps
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Browser
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PDFs
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Productivity
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Chrome extensions
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Copywriting
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Paraphrasing
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Search engine
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Social media
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Social media posts
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Web research summarization
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Email writing
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Video generation
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Community on aitoolstime
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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.