Merlin vs Claude vs Layercode vs MaxAI

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

Your tool
Merlin
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Competitor 1
Claude
Competitor 2
LLayercode
Competitor 3
MaxAI
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Merlin
getmerlin.in
AI assistant in your browser
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Competitor Claude
claude.ai
AI assistant built to be helpful, harmless, and honest
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Competitor LLayercode
layercode.com
A developer building a telehealth app needs voice agents that respond instantly during patient consultations
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Competitor 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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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
1.2Mvisits/mo
950.2Mvisits/mo
548visits/mo
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MoM change
▼ 13.8%
▼ 2.0%
▼ 75.1%
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6-month growth
-9.1%
+54.8%
-96.0%
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Global rank web
#46,011
#40
#6,604,519
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Avg. last 3 months
1.3M
955.4M
1.6K
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Bounce rate lower is better
50%
26%
36%
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Pages / visit
2.5
4.5
1.0
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Visit duration
4m 15s
6m 14s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 5%
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MerlinClaudeLayercodeMaxAI
0242.3M484.7M727M969.3MMerlin · 1.5MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.2MMerlin · 1.3MMerlin · 1.3MMerlin · 1.3MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.2MClaude · 180.3MClaude · 172.7MClaude · 202.9MClaude · 290.3MClaude · 613.7MClaude · 823.5MClaude · 952.6MClaude · 946.8MClaude · 969.3MClaude · 950.2MLayercode · 6.8KLayercode · 21.9KLayercode · 13.7KLayercode · 4.3KLayercode · 3KLayercode · 2.1KLayercode · 2.2KLayercode · 5481001K10K100K1M10M100M1BMerlin · 1.5MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.2MMerlin · 1.3MMerlin · 1.3MMerlin · 1.3MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.2MClaude · 180.3MClaude · 172.7MClaude · 202.9MClaude · 290.3MClaude · 613.7MClaude · 823.5MClaude · 952.6MClaude · 946.8MClaude · 969.3MClaude · 950.2MLayercode · 6.8KLayercode · 21.9KLayercode · 13.7KLayercode · 4.3KLayercode · 3KLayercode · 2.1KLayercode · 2.2KLayercode · 548Nov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$29per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
$250per month · free tier available
$12per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free trial
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API access
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Plans
Free FreePro $29/moTeams $15/mo
Free FreePro $20/moMax 5x $100/moMax 20x $200/mo
Developer FreePro $250/moEnterprise Custom
Free FreePro $12/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
Web pagesTextDocumentsCode
CodeTextImagesDocuments
TextAudio
Web pagesTextImagesDocumentsCode
Output
ImagesTextCode
TextSlidesDocumentsDataCode
TextAudio
TextImagesCode
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsDesign & CreativeDevelopment & CodeEducation & Learning+21 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningProductivity & Office+19 more
Productivity & OfficeAI AssistantAI Email AssistantAI Scheduling
Chatbots & CompanionsEducation & LearningProductivity & OfficeVideo Editing+7 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Chatbots
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Summarizing
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Translations
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Writing
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Coding
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APIs
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Paraphrasing
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Video summaries
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Copywriting
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Document summarization
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Image generation
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Grammar checking
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Chrome extensions
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Voice agents
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Agents
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Assistant API building
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Code reviews
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Debugging
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Developer tools
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Essay writing
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Large language models
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PDF analysis
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Research
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Social media
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Terminal
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Assistant development
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Blogging
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Browser
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Code documentation
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Reviews
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Prompts
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