OpenAI API vs Claude Code vs Gemini CLI 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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Claude Code
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Gemini CLI
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Azure AI Foundry
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Your tool OpenAI API
platform.openai.com
The API powering the AI ecosystem
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Competitor Claude Code
claude.com
Every plan tier hits usage limits
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Competitor Gemini CLI
github.com
It can query and edit large codebases, generate new apps from PDFs, images, or sketches using multimodal input, and debug problems when you describe them in plain language.
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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
123.5Mvisits/mo
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MoM change
▲ 4.6%
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6-month growth
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Global rank web
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#434
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Avg. last 3 months
15.2M
125.2M
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Bounce rate lower is better
34%
64%
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Pages / visit
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Visit duration
3m 56s
2m 36s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
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OpenAI APIClaude CodeGemini CLIAzure AI Foundry
035M69.9M104.9M139.9MOpenAI 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 · 15.2MClaude Code · 19.2MClaude Code · 19.5MClaude Code · 35.8MClaude Code · 59.8MClaude Code · 139.9MClaude Code · 133.1MClaude Code · 119.5MClaude Code · 132.6MClaude Code · 123.5M10M100M1BOpenAI 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 · 15.2MClaude Code · 19.2MClaude Code · 19.5MClaude Code · 35.8MClaude Code · 59.8MClaude Code · 139.9MClaude Code · 133.1MClaude Code · 119.5MClaude Code · 132.6MClaude Code · 123.5MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
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$17per month · free tier available
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Free FreePro $17/moMax 5x $100/moMax 20x Custom/mo+2 more
Free (personal Google account) Free
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Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsImagesTextAudio
TextCode
TextImagesDocumentsCode
TextImagesAudio
Output
AudioCodeImagesTextVideo
Code
Code
TextImagesApps
Skill level
Advanced
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Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI APILarge Language Models (LLMs)
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI API+2 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Coding
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LLM development
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Large language models
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Debugging
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Development
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Agent creation
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Terminal
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Code explanations
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Model routing
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Models management
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AI system monitoring
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