Poe vs LibreChat 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
LibreChat
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 LibreChat
librechat.ai
LibreChat is an open-source AI platform that gathers all your AI conversations in one customizable interface.
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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
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43Kvisits/mo
8.5Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 2.7%
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▲ 12.1%
▼ 82.2%
6-month growth
-50.1%
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-75.1%
-94.8%
Global rank web
#9,378
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#791,551
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Avg. last 3 months
5.6M
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36.2K
41.7K
Bounce rate lower is better
32%
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42%
46%
Pages / visit
5.7
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1.7
2.9
Visit duration
5m 50s
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15s
3m 24s
Traffic sources
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 5%
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● Direct 76% · ● Referral 24%
● Direct 85% · ● Referral 15%
PoeLibreChatMerlioMyShell
03.2M6.3M9.5M12.6MPoe · 12.6MPoe · 12.2MPoe · 11.6MPoe · 10.6MPoe · 11MPoe · 8.6MPoe · 7.3MPoe · 6MPoe · 5.4MPoe · 5.5MMerlio · 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 · 8.5K1K10K100K1M10M100MPoe · 12.6MPoe · 12.2MPoe · 11.6MPoe · 10.6MPoe · 11MPoe · 8.6MPoe · 7.3MPoe · 6MPoe · 5.4MPoe · 5.5MMerlio · 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
Free
Paid
Freemium
Starting price
$19.99per month · free tier available
Free
$9.99per month
$7.49per month
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Subscription (as advertised) $9.99/mo
Basic $7.49/moPro $49.99/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeTextImagesDocuments
TextImagesDocumentsCode
DocumentsTextImagesCodeAudio
TextImages
Output
TextImagesCode
TextCode
VideoTextImagesCode
VideoImages
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeImage GenerationVideo Creation+9 more
Chatbots & CompanionsAI Chatbot
Chatbots & CompanionsImage GenerationVideo CreationAI Chatbot+2 more
Chatbots & CompanionsImage EditingImage GenerationAI Character+2 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
10
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Chatbots
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Image generation
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Large language models
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Video generation
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Anime image generation
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Chatbot brainstorming
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Chatting
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Coding
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Image editing
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Image to image
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MCP
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Model comparison
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Portrait generation
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Research
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Writing
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Bikini images
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Character chatbot
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Characters
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Image to video
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Search engine and chatbot
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Community on aitoolstime
Rating
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Upvotes
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Saves
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Reviews
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Prompts
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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.