OpenCode vs OpenRouter vs OpenAI API vs Aider

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

Your tool
OpenCode
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Competitor 1
OpenRouter
Competitor 2
OpenAI API
Competitor 3
Aider
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool 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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Competitor OpenAI API
platform.openai.com
The API powering the AI ecosystem
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Competitor Aider
aider.chat
AI pair programming in your terminal
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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22Mvisits/mo
15.2Mvisits/mo
317.9Kvisits/mo
MoM change
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▲ 14.6%
▲ 4.6%
▼ 15.9%
6-month growth
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+39.6%
-2.4%
-12.7%
Global rank web
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#2,023
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#140,509
Avg. last 3 months
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19.5M
15.2M
378.5K
Bounce rate lower is better
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32%
34%
48%
Pages / visit
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7.7
5.4
2.0
Visit duration
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6m 13s
3m 56s
55s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 89% · ● Referral 10%
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 16%
OpenCodeOpenRouterOpenAI APIAider
05.5M11M16.5M22MOpenRouter · 7.5MOpenRouter · 8.6MOpenRouter · 8.4MOpenRouter · 11.2MOpenRouter · 15.8MOpenRouter · 17.9MOpenRouter · 16.8MOpenRouter · 17.3MOpenRouter · 19.2MOpenRouter · 22MOpenAI 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 · 15.2MAider · 293.8KAider · 277.7KAider · 314.6KAider · 289.1KAider · 364.1KAider · 402KAider · 478.7KAider · 439.5KAider · 378KAider · 317.9K100K1M10M100MOpenRouter · 7.5MOpenRouter · 8.6MOpenRouter · 8.4MOpenRouter · 11.2MOpenRouter · 15.8MOpenRouter · 17.9MOpenRouter · 16.8MOpenRouter · 17.3MOpenRouter · 19.2MOpenRouter · 22MOpenAI 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 · 15.2MAider · 293.8KAider · 277.7KAider · 314.6KAider · 289.1KAider · 364.1KAider · 402KAider · 478.7KAider · 439.5KAider · 378KAider · 317.9KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
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Starting price
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Capabilities input → output
Input
TextCode
VideoTextImagesAudio
DocumentsAudioTextImages
Web pagesTextImagesCodeAudio
Output
Code
VideoTextImagesAudio
VideoTextImagesCodeAudio
Code
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI APILarge Language Models (LLMs)
Development & CodeAI APILarge Language Models (LLMs)
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Code testing
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Terminal
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API integrations
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Chatbot building
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Debugging
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LLM comparison
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Local AI
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Refactoring
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Self hosted
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Terminal commands management
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Traffic figures are third-party estimates for the tool's own domain; tools sharing a domain with a bigger product are not counted. Pricing is captured from each tool's site and may lag.