OpenAI API vs ChatGPT vs DeepSeek vs Azure AI Foundry

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

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OpenAI API
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ChatGPT
Competitor 2
DeepSeek
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Azure AI Foundry
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool OpenAI API
platform.openai.com
The API powering the AI ecosystem
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Competitor ChatGPT
chatgpt.com
Your AI assistant for everything
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Competitor DeepSeek
deepseek.com
DeepSeek is an AI lab and chat assistant.
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Competitor Azure AI Foundry
azure.microsoft.com
Azure AI Foundry, now branded Microsoft Foundry, is Microsoft's enterprise platform for building, grounding and governing AI applications and agents.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
15.2Mvisits/mo
5.6Bvisits/mo
353.8Mvisits/mo
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MoM change
▲ 4.6%
▲ 3.5%
▲ 2.1%
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6-month growth
-2.4%
-1.6%
+0.9%
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Global rank web
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#7
#131
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Avg. last 3 months
15.2M
5.5B
357.9M
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Bounce rate lower is better
34%
30%
38%
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Pages / visit
5.4
4.3
3.4
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Visit duration
3m 56s
6m 35s
5m 33s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 3%
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 4%
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OpenAI APIChatGPTDeepSeekAzure AI Foundry
01.5B2.9B4.4B5.8BOpenAI API · 18.7MOpenAI API · 16.7MOpenAI API · 16.5MOpenAI API · 15.6MOpenAI API · 15.9MOpenAI API · 15.1MOpenAI API · 15.7MOpenAI API · 14.6MOpenAI API · 15.2MChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8M10M100M1B10BOpenAI API · 18.7MOpenAI API · 16.7MOpenAI API · 16.5MOpenAI API · 15.6MOpenAI API · 15.9MOpenAI API · 15.1MOpenAI API · 15.7MOpenAI API · 14.6MOpenAI API · 15.2MChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
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Freemium
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$8per month · free tier available
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Plans
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Free FreeGo $8/moPlus $20/moPro 5x $100/mo+1 more
deepseek-flash Customdeepseek-v4-pro Custom
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Capabilities input → output
Input
TextImagesAudioDocuments
TextImagesDocumentsCodeAudio
ImagesTextCode
AudioImagesText
Output
VideoTextImagesCodeAudio
TextImagesCodeAudio
CodeText
TextAppsImages
Skill level
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI APILarge Language Models (LLMs)
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+27 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningWriting & Content+10 more
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI API+2 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Large language models
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Coding
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LLM development
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Research
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Summarizing
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Translations
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Writing
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Developer tools
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Agent creation
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Agents
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Agent management
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Blogging
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Copywriting
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Email writing
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Essay writing
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Grammar checking
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Homework assistance
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Image generation
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Image to text
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Model routing
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Models management
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Search engine
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AI system monitoring
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API integrations
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Azure
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Chatbot building
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Code documentation
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Debugging
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