OpenAI API vs ChatGPT vs Together AI

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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Competitor 1
ChatGPT
Competitor 2
Together AI
Competitor 3
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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 Together AI
together.ai
Open-source models without infrastructure
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
15.2Mvisits/mo
5.6Bvisits/mo
785.1Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 4.6%
▲ 3.5%
▼ 6.4%
6-month growth
-2.4%
-1.6%
+1.9%
Global rank web
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#7
#60,843
Avg. last 3 months
15.2M
5.5B
794.7K
Bounce rate lower is better
34%
30%
42%
Pages / visit
5.4
4.3
3.2
Visit duration
3m 56s
6m 35s
1m 57s
Traffic sources
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 3%
● Direct 77% · ● Referral 21%
OpenAI APIChatGPTTogether AI
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 · 5.6BTogether AI · 566.8KTogether AI · 552.7KTogether AI · 645.8KTogether AI · 637.7KTogether AI · 770.2KTogether AI · 792.8KTogether AI · 756.1KTogether AI · 760.5KTogether AI · 838.4KTogether AI · 785.1K100K1M10M100M1B10BOpenAI 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 · 5.6BTogether AI · 566.8KTogether AI · 552.7KTogether AI · 645.8KTogether AI · 637.7KTogether AI · 770.2KTogether AI · 792.8KTogether AI · 756.1KTogether AI · 760.5KTogether AI · 838.4KTogether AI · 785.1KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Paid
Freemium
Paid
Starting price
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$8per month · free tier available
$1.99per month
Free tier
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Free trial
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API access
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Plans
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Free FreeGo $8/moPlus $20/moPro 5x $100/mo+1 more
Serverless Inference $0.30/usage-basedDedicated Inference GPU $3.99/usage-basedGPU Clusters $1.99/usage-basedFine-Tuning $0.34/usage-based
Capabilities input → output
Input
AudioTextImagesDocuments
TextImagesDocumentsCodeAudio
AudioCodeImagesText
Output
VideoTextImagesCodeAudio
TextImagesCodeAudio
VideoAudioCodeImagesText
Skill level
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI APILarge Language Models (LLMs)
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+27 more
Development & CodeAI APIAI Developer ToolsOpen Source AI Models
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Developer tools
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LLM development
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Chatbots
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Inference
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Blogging
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Coding
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Copywriting
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Email writing
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Essay writing
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Fine-Tuning
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GPU infrastructure
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Grammar checking
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Image generation
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Image to text
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Large language models
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Models
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Research
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Search engine
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Summarizing
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Translations
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Writing
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API integrations
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Chatbot building
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Code documentation
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Debugging
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Development
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Image editing
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Image to image
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Refactoring
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