OpenAI API vs Gemini vs HotBot 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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Gemini
Competitor 2
HotBot
Competitor 3
Together 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 HotBot
hotbot.com
Most of HotBot works without signing up
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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
2.6Bvisits/mo
320Kvisits/mo
785.1Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 4.6%
▼ 2.6%
▲ 3.7%
▼ 6.4%
6-month growth
-2.4%
+0.8%
-34.3%
+1.9%
Global rank web
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#17
#151,652
#60,843
Avg. last 3 months
15.2M
2.7B
328.6K
794.7K
Bounce rate lower is better
34%
28%
40%
42%
Pages / visit
5.4
4.1
2.6
3.2
Visit duration
3m 56s
7m 01s
1m 13s
1m 57s
Traffic sources
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 85% · ● Referral 13%
● Direct 77% · ● Referral 21%
OpenAI APIGeminiHotBotTogether 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 · 2.6BHotBot · 533.9KHotBot · 573KHotBot · 687.4KHotBot · 576.1KHotBot · 486.9KHotBot · 466.6KHotBot · 491.5KHotBot · 357KHotBot · 308.6KHotBot · 320KTogether 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 · 15.2MGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6BHotBot · 533.9KHotBot · 573KHotBot · 687.4KHotBot · 576.1KHotBot · 486.9KHotBot · 466.6KHotBot · 491.5KHotBot · 357KHotBot · 308.6KHotBot · 320KTogether 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
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Paid
Starting price
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$4.99per month · free tier available
$7.95per month · free tier available
$1.99per month
Free tier
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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
Free FreeWeekly $7.95/otherQuarterly $39.95/other
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
TextAudioDocumentsImages
TextImagesDocumentsCodeAudio
AudioCodeDocumentsImagesText
TextImagesCodeAudio
Output
VideoTextImagesCodeAudio
VideoTextImagesCodeAudio
TextCodeImages
AudioCodeImagesTextVideo
Skill level
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI APILarge Language Models (LLMs)
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+27 more
Chatbots & CompanionsAI Chatbot
Development & CodeAI APIAI Developer ToolsOpen Source AI Models
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Chatbots
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Large language models
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Research
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Writing
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Image generation
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Inference
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Chatting
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Email writing
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Fine-Tuning
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GPU infrastructure
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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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Translations
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Video generation
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Video summaries
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API integrations
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Chatbot building
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Development
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Image editing
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Voice chatting
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