OpenRouter vs Gemini vs Anthropic Claude API vs ChatGPT

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

Your tool
OpenRouter
vs
Competitor 1
Gemini
Competitor 2
Anthropic Claude API
Competitor 3
ChatGPT
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool OpenRouter
openrouter.ai
Every model, one endpoint
Competitor Gemini
gemini.google.com
Google's most capable AI model
Competitor Anthropic Claude API
anthropic.com
Build on Claude's capabilities
Competitor ChatGPT
chatgpt.com
Your AI assistant for everything
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
22Mvisits/mo
2.6Bvisits/mo
13.8Mvisits/mo
5.6Bvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 14.6%
▼ 2.6%
▼ 39.4%
▲ 3.5%
6-month growth
+39.6%
+0.8%
-43.4%
-1.6%
Global rank web
#2,023
#17
#3,345
#7
Avg. last 3 months
19.5M
2.7B
25.7M
5.5B
Bounce rate lower is better
32%
28%
67%
30%
Pages / visit
7.7
4.1
1.8
4.3
Visit duration
6m 13s
7m 01s
1m 35s
6m 35s
Traffic sources
● Direct 89% · ● Referral 10%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 16%
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 3%
OpenRouterGeminiAnthropic Claude APIChatGPT
01.5B2.9B4.4B5.8BOpenRouter · 7.5MOpenRouter · 8.6MOpenRouter · 8.4MOpenRouter · 11.2MOpenRouter · 15.8MOpenRouter · 17.9MOpenRouter · 16.8MOpenRouter · 17.3MOpenRouter · 19.2MOpenRouter · 22MGemini · 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 · 13.8MChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6B1M10M100M1B10BOpenRouter · 7.5MOpenRouter · 8.6MOpenRouter · 8.4MOpenRouter · 11.2MOpenRouter · 15.8MOpenRouter · 17.9MOpenRouter · 16.8MOpenRouter · 17.3MOpenRouter · 19.2MOpenRouter · 22MGemini · 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 · 13.8MChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
Free tier
$4.99per month · free tier available
$17per month · free tier available
$8per 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
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
Free FreeGo $8/moPlus $20/moPro 5x $100/mo+1 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
AudioImagesTextVideo
TextImagesDocumentsCodeAudio
CodeDocumentsImagesText
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
Output
AudioImagesTextVideo
TextVideoImagesCodeAudio
CodeText
TextImagesCodeAudio
Skill level
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
5
15
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19
Large language models
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Coding
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APIs
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Chatbots
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Image generation
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Email writing
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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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Writing
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Image to image
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Development
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Image editing
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LLM gateway
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Blogging
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Copywriting
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Essay writing
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Grammar checking
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Image to text
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PDF analysis
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Video generation
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Video summaries
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Code documentation
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Debugging
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LLM comparison
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Refactoring
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Community on aitoolstime
Rating
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Upvotes
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Reviews
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Prompts
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