OpenAI API vs Gemini CLI vs OpenCode vs OpenRouter

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

Your tool
OpenAI API
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Gemini CLI
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OpenCode
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OpenRouter
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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 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 OpenCode
opencode.ai
OpenCode is an open-source AI coding agent that helps developers write code in the terminal, an IDE or a desktop app.
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Competitor OpenRouter
openrouter.ai
Every model, one endpoint
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
15.2Mvisits/mo
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22Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 4.6%
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▲ 14.6%
6-month growth
-2.4%
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+39.6%
Global rank web
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#2,023
Avg. last 3 months
15.2M
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19.5M
Bounce rate lower is better
34%
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32%
Pages / visit
5.4
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7.7
Visit duration
3m 56s
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6m 13s
Traffic sources
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
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● Direct 89% · ● Referral 10%
OpenAI APIGemini CLIOpenCodeOpenRouter
05.5M11M16.5M22MOpenAI 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 · 15.2MOpenRouter · 7.5MOpenRouter · 8.6MOpenRouter · 8.4MOpenRouter · 11.2MOpenRouter · 15.8MOpenRouter · 17.9MOpenRouter · 16.8MOpenRouter · 17.3MOpenRouter · 19.2MOpenRouter · 22M1M10M100MOpenAI 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 · 15.2MOpenRouter · 7.5MOpenRouter · 8.6MOpenRouter · 8.4MOpenRouter · 11.2MOpenRouter · 15.8MOpenRouter · 17.9MOpenRouter · 16.8MOpenRouter · 17.3MOpenRouter · 19.2MOpenRouter · 22MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
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Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsAudioTextImages
TextImagesDocumentsCode
TextCode
VideoTextImagesAudio
Output
VideoTextImagesCodeAudio
Code
Code
VideoTextImagesAudio
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI APILarge Language Models (LLMs)
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI APILarge Language Models (LLMs)
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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5
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Large language models
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Chatbot building
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Code analysis
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Debugging
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Local AI
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