Poe vs Gemini vs Merlio vs MyShell

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
Gemini
Competitor 2
Merlio
Competitor 3
MyShell
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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 Gemini
gemini.google.com
Google's most capable AI model
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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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Competitor MyShell
app.myshell.ai
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
5.5Mvisits/mo
2.6Bvisits/mo
43Kvisits/mo
8.5Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 2.7%
▼ 2.6%
▲ 12.1%
▼ 82.2%
6-month growth
-50.1%
+0.8%
-75.1%
-94.8%
Global rank web
#9,378
#17
#791,551
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Avg. last 3 months
5.6M
2.7B
36.2K
41.7K
Bounce rate lower is better
32%
28%
42%
46%
Pages / visit
5.7
4.1
1.7
2.9
Visit duration
5m 50s
7m 01s
15s
3m 24s
Traffic sources
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 5%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 76% · ● Referral 24%
● Direct 85% · ● Referral 15%
PoeGeminiMerlioMyShell
0725.8M1.5B2.2B2.9BPoe · 12.6MPoe · 12.2MPoe · 11.6MPoe · 10.6MPoe · 11MPoe · 8.6MPoe · 7.3MPoe · 6MPoe · 5.4MPoe · 5.5MGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6BMerlio · 353.3KMerlio · 296.3KMerlio · 172.4KMerlio · 126.9KMerlio · 28.2KMerlio · 27.3KMerlio · 38.3KMerlio · 43KMyShell · 88.5KMyShell · 91KMyShell · 151.5KMyShell · 164.6KMyShell · 124.4KMyShell · 111.4KMyShell · 68.7KMyShell · 48KMyShell · 8.5K1K10K100K1M10M100M1B10BPoe · 12.6MPoe · 12.2MPoe · 11.6MPoe · 10.6MPoe · 11MPoe · 8.6MPoe · 7.3MPoe · 6MPoe · 5.4MPoe · 5.5MGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6BMerlio · 353.3KMerlio · 296.3KMerlio · 172.4KMerlio · 126.9KMerlio · 28.2KMerlio · 27.3KMerlio · 38.3KMerlio · 43KMyShell · 88.5KMyShell · 91KMyShell · 151.5KMyShell · 164.6KMyShell · 124.4KMyShell · 111.4KMyShell · 68.7KMyShell · 48KMyShell · 8.5KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Paid
Freemium
Starting price
$19.99per month · free tier available
$4.99per month · free tier available
$9.99per month
$7.49per 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 FreeGoogle AI Plus $4.99/moGoogle AI Pro $19.99/moGoogle AI Ultra 5x $99.99/mo+1 more
Subscription (as advertised) $9.99/mo
Basic $7.49/moPro $49.99/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
TextImagesDocumentsCode
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
TextImagesDocumentsCodeAudio
TextImages
Output
ImagesTextCode
VideoTextImagesCodeAudio
VideoTextImagesCode
VideoImages
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeImage GenerationVideo Creation+9 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+27 more
Chatbots & CompanionsImage GenerationVideo CreationAI Chatbot+2 more
Chatbots & CompanionsImage EditingImage GenerationAI Character+2 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
10
15
5
10
Chatbots
Image generation
Large language models
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Video generation
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Coding
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Image to image
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Research
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Writing
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Character chatbot
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Image editing
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Agent creation
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Anime image generation
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Chatbot brainstorming
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Email writing
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Model comparison
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PDF analysis
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Portrait generation
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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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Bikini images
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Characters
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Image to video
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Reviews
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Prompts
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