OpenAI API vs Gemini vs Cohere vs Mistral 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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Gemini
Competitor 2
Cohere
Competitor 3
Mistral AI
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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
gemini.google.com
Google's most capable AI model
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Competitor Cohere
cohere.com
Enterprise AI for business language
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Competitor Mistral AI
mistral.ai
European AI with open-source roots
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
15.2Mvisits/mo
2.6Bvisits/mo
773.1Kvisits/mo
7.8Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 4.6%
▼ 2.6%
▼ 14.2%
▼ 15.2%
6-month growth
-2.4%
+0.8%
+68.3%
-11.3%
Global rank web
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#17
#72,961
#8,429
Avg. last 3 months
15.2M
2.7B
758K
8.9M
Bounce rate lower is better
34%
28%
51%
42%
Pages / visit
5.4
4.1
2.5
3.3
Visit duration
3m 56s
7m 01s
2m 21s
3m 42s
Traffic sources
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 78% · ● Referral 20%
● Direct 90% · ● Referral 7%
OpenAI APIGeminiCohereMistral AI
0725.8M1.5B2.2B2.9BOpenAI 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 · 15.2MGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6BCohere · 579.9KCohere · 616.7KCohere · 446KCohere · 459.3KCohere · 505.7KCohere · 536.7KCohere · 599.7KCohere · 901.3KCohere · 773.1KMistral AI · 7.7MMistral AI · 8MMistral AI · 8.1MMistral AI · 8.8MMistral AI · 10.8MMistral AI · 9.6MMistral AI · 9.7MMistral AI · 9.3MMistral AI · 7.8M100K1M10M100M1B10BOpenAI 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 · 15.2MGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6BCohere · 579.9KCohere · 616.7KCohere · 446KCohere · 459.3KCohere · 505.7KCohere · 536.7KCohere · 599.7KCohere · 901.3KCohere · 773.1KMistral AI · 7.7MMistral AI · 8MMistral AI · 8.1MMistral AI · 8.8MMistral AI · 10.8MMistral AI · 9.6MMistral AI · 9.7MMistral AI · 9.3MMistral AI · 7.8MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Paid
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
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$4.99per month · free tier available
Free tier
$14.99per month · free tier available
Free tier
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API access
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Plans
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Free FreeGoogle AI Plus $4.99/moGoogle AI Pro $19.99/moGoogle AI Ultra 5x $99.99/mo+1 more
Trial FreeProduction Custom/usage-basedModel Vault Custom/mo
Free FreePro $14.99/moPro Student $5.99/moTeam $24.99/mo+1 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
TextImagesDocumentsAudio
TextImagesDocumentsCodeAudio
TextDocumentsAudio
AudioCodeDocumentsImagesText
Output
VideoTextImagesCodeAudio
VideoTextImagesCodeAudio
DataText
TextAudioCode
Skill level
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI APILarge Language Models (LLMs)
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+27 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI Agent+4 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeProductivity & OfficeResearch & Analytics+8 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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15
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10
Large language models
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Chatbots
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Agents
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Coding
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LLM development
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Research
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Productivity
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Image generation
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Customer support chatbot
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Developer tools
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Document data extraction
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Email writing
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Image to image
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Models
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PDF analysis
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Search engine
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Summarizing
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Text extraction
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Translations
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Video generation
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Video summaries
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Writing
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API integrations
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Chatbot building
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Development
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Document processing
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Image editing
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