Poe vs ChatPlayground AI vs DeepSeek vs Merlio

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

Your tool
Poe
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Competitor 1
ChatPlayground AI
Competitor 2
DeepSeek
Competitor 3
Merlio
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Poe
poe.com
All the AI chatbots in one place
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Competitor ChatPlayground AI
chatplayground.ai
ChatPlayground AI is a comparison workspace where one prompt goes to several AI models at the same time and each answer appears in its own column.
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Competitor DeepSeek
deepseek.com
DeepSeek is an AI lab and chat assistant.
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Competitor Merlio
merlio.app
Merlio is an AI hub that puts more than 40 models for chat, images and video behind one login.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
5.5Mvisits/mo
1.7Mvisits/mo
353.8Mvisits/mo
43Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 2.7%
▲ 4.9%
▲ 2.1%
▲ 12.1%
6-month growth
-50.1%
+30.6%
+0.9%
-75.1%
Global rank web
#9,378
#25,525
#131
#791,551
Avg. last 3 months
5.6M
1.7M
357.9M
36.2K
Bounce rate lower is better
32%
36%
38%
42%
Pages / visit
5.7
6.3
3.4
1.7
Visit duration
5m 50s
4m 17s
5m 33s
15s
Traffic sources
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 5%
● Direct 79% · ● Referral 13%
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 76% · ● Referral 24%
PoeChatPlayground AIDeepSeekMerlio
0107.6M215.2M322.8M430.4MPoe · 12.6MPoe · 12.2MPoe · 11.6MPoe · 10.6MPoe · 11MPoe · 8.6MPoe · 7.3MPoe · 6MPoe · 5.4MPoe · 5.5MChatPlayground AI · 1.4MChatPlayground AI · 1.2MChatPlayground AI · 1.2MChatPlayground AI · 1.3MChatPlayground AI · 1.6MChatPlayground AI · 1.5MChatPlayground AI · 1.6MChatPlayground AI · 1.6MChatPlayground AI · 1.7MDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8MMerlio · 353.3KMerlio · 296.3KMerlio · 172.4KMerlio · 126.9KMerlio · 28.2KMerlio · 27.3KMerlio · 38.3KMerlio · 43K10K100K1M10M100M1BPoe · 12.6MPoe · 12.2MPoe · 11.6MPoe · 10.6MPoe · 11MPoe · 8.6MPoe · 7.3MPoe · 6MPoe · 5.4MPoe · 5.5MChatPlayground AI · 1.4MChatPlayground AI · 1.2MChatPlayground AI · 1.2MChatPlayground AI · 1.3MChatPlayground AI · 1.6MChatPlayground AI · 1.5MChatPlayground AI · 1.6MChatPlayground AI · 1.6MChatPlayground AI · 1.7MDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8MMerlio · 353.3KMerlio · 296.3KMerlio · 172.4KMerlio · 126.9KMerlio · 28.2KMerlio · 27.3KMerlio · 38.3KMerlio · 43KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Paid
Starting price
$19.99per month · free tier available
$14per month · free tier available
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$9.99per month
Free tier
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Free trial
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API access
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deepseek-flash Customdeepseek-v4-pro Custom
Subscription (as advertised) $9.99/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeTextImagesDocuments
Text
TextImagesCode
TextImagesDocumentsCodeAudio
Output
TextImagesCode
Text
TextCode
VideoTextImagesCode
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeImage GenerationVideo Creation+9 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeWriting & ContentAI Chatbot+2 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningWriting & Content+10 more
Chatbots & CompanionsImage GenerationVideo CreationAI Chatbot+2 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
10
6
9
5
Chatbots
Large language models
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Writing
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Coding
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Image generation
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Model comparison
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Research
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Video generation
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Chatbot brainstorming
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Chatting
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Homework assistance
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LLM comparison
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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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Math
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Upvotes
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Saves
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Reviews
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Prompts
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