OpenAI API vs Cohere vs Anthropic Claude API vs DeepSeek

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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Cohere
Competitor 2
Anthropic Claude API
Competitor 3
DeepSeek
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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 Cohere
cohere.com
Enterprise AI for business language
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Competitor Anthropic Claude API
anthropic.com
Build on Claude's capabilities
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Competitor DeepSeek
deepseek.com
DeepSeek is an AI lab and chat assistant.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
15.2Mvisits/mo
773.1Kvisits/mo
13.8Mvisits/mo
353.8Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 4.6%
▼ 14.2%
▼ 39.4%
▲ 2.1%
6-month growth
-2.4%
+68.3%
-43.4%
+0.9%
Global rank web
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#72,961
#3,345
#131
Avg. last 3 months
15.2M
758K
25.7M
357.9M
Bounce rate lower is better
34%
51%
67%
38%
Pages / visit
5.4
2.5
1.8
3.4
Visit duration
3m 56s
2m 21s
1m 35s
5m 33s
Traffic sources
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 78% · ● Referral 20%
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 16%
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 4%
OpenAI APICohereAnthropic Claude APIDeepSeek
0107.6M215.2M322.8M430.4MOpenAI 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 · 15.2MCohere · 579.9KCohere · 616.7KCohere · 446KCohere · 459.3KCohere · 505.7KCohere · 536.7KCohere · 599.7KCohere · 901.3KCohere · 773.1KAnthropic Claude API · 9.9MAnthropic Claude API · 9.4MAnthropic Claude API · 9.5MAnthropic Claude API · 16.1MAnthropic Claude API · 24.4MAnthropic Claude API · 25.9MAnthropic Claude API · 22.4MAnthropic Claude API · 40.5MAnthropic Claude API · 22.8MAnthropic Claude API · 13.8MDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8M100K1M10M100M1BOpenAI 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 · 15.2MCohere · 579.9KCohere · 616.7KCohere · 446KCohere · 459.3KCohere · 505.7KCohere · 536.7KCohere · 599.7KCohere · 901.3KCohere · 773.1KAnthropic Claude API · 9.9MAnthropic Claude API · 9.4MAnthropic Claude API · 9.5MAnthropic Claude API · 16.1MAnthropic Claude API · 24.4MAnthropic Claude API · 25.9MAnthropic Claude API · 22.4MAnthropic Claude API · 40.5MAnthropic Claude API · 22.8MAnthropic Claude API · 13.8MDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Paid
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
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Free tier
$17per month · free tier available
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Free tier
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Free trial
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API access
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Plans
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Trial FreeProduction Custom/usage-basedModel Vault Custom/mo
Plan $17.0 $17/moPlan $20.0 $20/moPlan $25.0 $25/moPlan $100.0 $100/mo+2 more
deepseek-flash Customdeepseek-v4-pro Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
AudioDocumentsImagesText
TextDocumentsAudio
TextImagesDocumentsCode
CodeImagesText
Output
VideoTextImagesAudioCode
DataText
TextCode
TextCode
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Development & CodeAI APILarge Language Models (LLMs)
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI Agent+4 more
Development & CodeAI APILarge Language Models (LLMs)
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningWriting & Content+10 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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9
Large language models
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Homework assistance
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Models
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Research
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Summarizing
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Writing
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API integrations
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Chatbot building
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Math
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Productivity
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