OpenRouter vs Anthropic Claude API vs CometAPI vs Gemini

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

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OpenRouter
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Competitor 1
Anthropic Claude API
Competitor 2
CometAPI
Competitor 3
Gemini
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool OpenRouter
openrouter.ai
Every model, one endpoint
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Competitor Anthropic Claude API
anthropic.com
Build on Claude's capabilities
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Competitor CometAPI
cometapi.com
CometAPI functions as an aggregation layer that sits between your application and hundreds of AI model providers
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Competitor Gemini
gemini.google.com
Google's most capable AI model
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
22Mvisits/mo
13.8Mvisits/mo
302.3Kvisits/mo
2.6Bvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 14.6%
▼ 39.4%
▲ 9.9%
▼ 2.6%
6-month growth
+39.6%
-43.4%
-16.5%
+0.8%
Global rank web
#2,023
#3,345
#157,147
#17
Avg. last 3 months
19.5M
25.7M
295.7K
2.7B
Bounce rate lower is better
32%
67%
46%
28%
Pages / visit
7.7
1.8
2.9
4.1
Visit duration
6m 13s
1m 35s
38s
7m 01s
Traffic sources
● Direct 89% · ● Referral 10%
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 16%
● Direct 69% · ● Referral 30%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
OpenRouterAnthropic Claude APICometAPIGemini
0725.8M1.5B2.2B2.9BOpenRouter · 7.5MOpenRouter · 8.6MOpenRouter · 8.4MOpenRouter · 11.2MOpenRouter · 15.8MOpenRouter · 17.9MOpenRouter · 16.8MOpenRouter · 17.3MOpenRouter · 19.2MOpenRouter · 22MAnthropic 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 · 13.8MCometAPI · 834.4KCometAPI · 619.7KCometAPI · 437.2KCometAPI · 362.2KCometAPI · 355.5KCometAPI · 362.7KCometAPI · 309.5KCometAPI · 275.2KCometAPI · 302.3KGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6B100K1M10M100M1B10BOpenRouter · 7.5MOpenRouter · 8.6MOpenRouter · 8.4MOpenRouter · 11.2MOpenRouter · 15.8MOpenRouter · 17.9MOpenRouter · 16.8MOpenRouter · 17.3MOpenRouter · 19.2MOpenRouter · 22MAnthropic 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 · 13.8MCometAPI · 834.4KCometAPI · 619.7KCometAPI · 437.2KCometAPI · 362.2KCometAPI · 355.5KCometAPI · 362.7KCometAPI · 309.5KCometAPI · 275.2KCometAPI · 302.3KGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6BNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
Free tier
$17per month · free tier available
$4per month · free tier available
$4.99per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free trial
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API access
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Plans
Free FreeStandard Custom/moBusiness Custom/moEnterprise Custom
Plan $17.0 $17/moPlan $20.0 $20/moPlan $25.0 $25/moPlan $100.0 $100/mo+2 more
Free Trial FreePay-as-you-go Custom/usage-basedEnterprise Custom/mo
Free FreeGoogle AI Plus $4.99/moGoogle AI Pro $19.99/moGoogle AI Ultra 5x $99.99/mo+1 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
VideoTextImagesAudio
TextImagesDocumentsCode
TextImages
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
Output
VideoTextImagesAudio
CodeText
VideoTextImages
VideoTextImagesCodeAudio
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Development & CodeAI APILarge Language Models (LLMs)
Development & CodeAI APILarge Language Models (LLMs)
Development & CodeAI API
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+27 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
5
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15
APIs
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Large language models
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LLM gateway
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Image generation
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Video generation
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Chatbots
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API integrations
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Developer tools
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Email writing
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Image to image
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PDF analysis
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Research
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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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Writing
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Image editing
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LLM comparison
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