OpenRouter vs DeepSeek vs Anthropic Claude API vs CometAPI

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
DeepSeek
Competitor 2
Anthropic Claude API
Competitor 3
CometAPI
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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 DeepSeek
deepseek.com
DeepSeek is an AI lab and chat assistant.
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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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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
22Mvisits/mo
353.8Mvisits/mo
13.8Mvisits/mo
302.3Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 14.6%
▲ 2.1%
▼ 39.4%
▲ 9.9%
6-month growth
+39.6%
+0.9%
-43.4%
-16.5%
Global rank web
#2,023
#131
#3,345
#157,147
Avg. last 3 months
19.5M
357.9M
25.7M
295.7K
Bounce rate lower is better
32%
38%
67%
46%
Pages / visit
7.7
3.4
1.8
2.9
Visit duration
6m 13s
5m 33s
1m 35s
38s
Traffic sources
● Direct 89% · ● Referral 10%
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 16%
● Direct 69% · ● Referral 30%
OpenRouterDeepSeekAnthropic Claude APICometAPI
0107.6M215.2M322.8M430.4MOpenRouter · 7.5MOpenRouter · 8.6MOpenRouter · 8.4MOpenRouter · 11.2MOpenRouter · 15.8MOpenRouter · 17.9MOpenRouter · 16.8MOpenRouter · 17.3MOpenRouter · 19.2MOpenRouter · 22MDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8MAnthropic 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 · 302.3K100K1M10M100M1BOpenRouter · 7.5MOpenRouter · 8.6MOpenRouter · 8.4MOpenRouter · 11.2MOpenRouter · 15.8MOpenRouter · 17.9MOpenRouter · 16.8MOpenRouter · 17.3MOpenRouter · 19.2MOpenRouter · 22MDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8MAnthropic 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 · 302.3KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
Free tier
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$17per month · free tier available
$4per month · free tier available
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Plans
Free FreeStandard Custom/moBusiness Custom/moEnterprise Custom
deepseek-flash Customdeepseek-v4-pro 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
Capabilities input → output
Input
VideoTextImagesAudio
TextImagesCode
CodeTextImagesDocuments
TextImages
Output
TextVideoImagesAudio
TextCode
TextCode
VideoTextImages
Skill level
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI APILarge Language Models (LLMs)
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningWriting & Content+10 more
Development & CodeAI APILarge Language Models (LLMs)
Development & CodeAI API
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Homework assistance
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Research
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Summarizing
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Translations
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Writing
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Image generation
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LLM comparison
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Math
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Video generation
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