OpenAI API vs Grok vs Gemini vs Anthropic Claude API

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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Grok
Competitor 2
Gemini
Competitor 3
Anthropic Claude API
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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 Grok
grok.x.ai
AI with attitude and real-time knowledge
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Competitor Gemini
gemini.google.com
Google's most capable AI model
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Competitor Anthropic Claude API
anthropic.com
Build on Claude's capabilities
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
15.2Mvisits/mo
42.9Kvisits/mo
2.6Bvisits/mo
13.8Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 4.6%
▼ 58.1%
▼ 2.6%
▼ 39.4%
6-month growth
-2.4%
-75.4%
+0.8%
-43.4%
Global rank web
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#17
#3,345
Avg. last 3 months
15.2M
99.3K
2.7B
25.7M
Bounce rate lower is better
34%
65%
28%
67%
Pages / visit
5.4
1.6
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1.8
Visit duration
3m 56s
31s
7m 01s
1m 35s
Traffic sources
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 98% · ● Referral 2%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 16%
OpenAI APIGrokGeminiAnthropic Claude API
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 · 15.2MGrok · 586KGrok · 355KGrok · 300.5KGrok · 130.8KGrok · 174KGrok · 120.9KGrok · 185.2KGrok · 152.9KGrok · 102.3KGrok · 42.9KGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6BAnthropic 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 · 13.8M10K100K1M10M100M1B10BOpenAI 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 · 15.2MGrok · 586KGrok · 355KGrok · 300.5KGrok · 130.8KGrok · 174KGrok · 120.9KGrok · 185.2KGrok · 152.9KGrok · 102.3KGrok · 42.9KGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6BAnthropic 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 · 13.8MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Paid
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
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$8per month · free tier available
$4.99per month · free tier available
$17per month · free tier available
Free tier
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API access
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Plans
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Free FreeX Premium $8/moSuperGrok Lite $10/moX Premium+ $40/mo+3 more
Free FreeGoogle AI Plus $4.99/moGoogle AI Pro $19.99/moGoogle AI Ultra 5x $99.99/mo+1 more
Plan $17.0 $17/moPlan $20.0 $20/moPlan $25.0 $25/moPlan $100.0 $100/mo+2 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
TextImagesDocumentsAudio
AudioCodeDocumentsImagesText
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
TextImagesDocumentsCode
Output
AudioCodeImagesTextVideo
VideoAudioCodeImagesText
VideoTextImagesCodeAudio
TextCode
Skill level
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI APILarge Language Models (LLMs)
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeImage GenerationAI API+4 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+27 more
Development & CodeAI APILarge Language Models (LLMs)
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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15
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Large language models
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Coding
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Chatbots
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Image generation
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Video generation
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Chatting
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Developer tools
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Email writing
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Image to image
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LLM development
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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 summaries
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Web search
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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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Image editing
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