Poe vs ChatGPT vs Claude Code vs Merlio
Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.
Your tool
Poe
vs Poe
Competitor 1
ChatGPT
ChatGPT
Competitor 2
Claude Code
Claude Code
Competitor 3
Merlio
MerlioCompare
4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Competitor
Merlio
Merlio
merlio.app
Merlio is an AI hub that puts more than 40 models for chat, images and video behind one login.
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
5.5Mvisits/mo
5.6Bvisits/mo
123.5Mvisits/mo
43Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 2.7%
▲ 3.5%
▼ 6.8%
▲ 12.1%
6-month growth
-50.1%
-1.6%
+106.6%
-75.1%
Global rank web
#9,378
#7
#434
#791,551
Avg. last 3 months
5.6M
5.5B
125.2M
36.2K
Bounce rate lower is better
32%
30%
64%
42%
Pages / visit
5.7
4.3
2.2
1.7
Visit duration
5m 50s
6m 35s
2m 36s
15s
Traffic sources
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 5%
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 3%
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 76% · ● Referral 24%
PoeChatGPTClaude CodeMerlio
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Paid
Starting price
$19.99per month · free tier available
$8per month · free tier available
$17per month · free tier available
$9.99per month
Free tier
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Free trial
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API access
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Plans
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Free FreeGo $8/moPlus $20/moPro 5x $100/mo+1 more
Free FreePro $17/moMax 5x $100/moMax 20x Custom/mo+2 more
Subscription (as advertised) $9.99/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
TextImagesDocumentsCode
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
CodeText
TextImagesDocumentsCodeAudio
Output
ImagesTextCode
TextImagesCodeAudio
Code
VideoTextImagesCode
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core partial
Tasks covered
10
19
9
5
Chatbots
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Coding
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Image generation
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Large language models
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Research
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Writing
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Debugging
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Video generation
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Refactoring
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Terminal
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Agents
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Blogging
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Chatbot brainstorming
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Code analysis
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Code explanations
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Code reviews
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Copywriting
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Email writing
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Essay writing
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Grammar checking
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Image to text
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Model comparison
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Search engine
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Summarizing
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Translations
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Character chatbot
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Characters
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Code documentation
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Development
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Image editing
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Community on aitoolstime
Rating
no ratings yet
4.34 ratings
no ratings yet
no ratings yet
Upvotes
▲ 1
▲ 17
▲ 0
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Saves
0
4
0
0
Reviews
0
4
0
0
Prompts
0
17
2
0
Verified listing
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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.