Poe vs OpenRouter vs MyShell 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
OpenRouter
Competitor 2
MyShell
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 OpenRouter
openrouter.ai
Every model, one endpoint
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Competitor MyShell
app.myshell.ai
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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
22Mvisits/mo
8.5Kvisits/mo
43Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 2.7%
▲ 14.6%
▼ 82.2%
▲ 12.1%
6-month growth
-50.1%
+39.6%
-94.8%
-75.1%
Global rank web
#9,378
#2,023
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#791,551
Avg. last 3 months
5.6M
19.5M
41.7K
36.2K
Bounce rate lower is better
32%
32%
46%
42%
Pages / visit
5.7
7.7
2.9
1.7
Visit duration
5m 50s
6m 13s
3m 24s
15s
Traffic sources
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 5%
● Direct 89% · ● Referral 10%
● Direct 85% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 76% · ● Referral 24%
PoeOpenRouterMyShellMerlio
05.5M11M16.5M22MPoe · 12.6MPoe · 12.2MPoe · 11.6MPoe · 10.6MPoe · 11MPoe · 8.6MPoe · 7.3MPoe · 6MPoe · 5.4MPoe · 5.5MOpenRouter · 7.5MOpenRouter · 8.6MOpenRouter · 8.4MOpenRouter · 11.2MOpenRouter · 15.8MOpenRouter · 17.9MOpenRouter · 16.8MOpenRouter · 17.3MOpenRouter · 19.2MOpenRouter · 22MMyShell · 88.5KMyShell · 91KMyShell · 151.5KMyShell · 164.6KMyShell · 124.4KMyShell · 111.4KMyShell · 68.7KMyShell · 48KMyShell · 8.5KMerlio · 353.3KMerlio · 296.3KMerlio · 172.4KMerlio · 126.9KMerlio · 28.2KMerlio · 27.3KMerlio · 38.3KMerlio · 43K1K10K100K1M10M100MPoe · 12.6MPoe · 12.2MPoe · 11.6MPoe · 10.6MPoe · 11MPoe · 8.6MPoe · 7.3MPoe · 6MPoe · 5.4MPoe · 5.5MOpenRouter · 7.5MOpenRouter · 8.6MOpenRouter · 8.4MOpenRouter · 11.2MOpenRouter · 15.8MOpenRouter · 17.9MOpenRouter · 16.8MOpenRouter · 17.3MOpenRouter · 19.2MOpenRouter · 22MMyShell · 88.5KMyShell · 91KMyShell · 151.5KMyShell · 164.6KMyShell · 124.4KMyShell · 111.4KMyShell · 68.7KMyShell · 48KMyShell · 8.5KMerlio · 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
Free tier
$7.49per month
$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 FreeStandard Custom/moBusiness Custom/moEnterprise Custom
Basic $7.49/moPro $49.99/mo
Subscription (as advertised) $9.99/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsTextImagesCode
VideoTextImagesAudio
TextImages
TextImagesDocumentsCodeAudio
Output
TextImagesCode
VideoTextImagesAudio
VideoImages
VideoTextImagesCode
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeImage GenerationVideo Creation+9 more
Development & CodeAI APILarge Language Models (LLMs)
Chatbots & CompanionsImage EditingImage GenerationAI Character+2 more
Chatbots & CompanionsImage GenerationVideo CreationAI Chatbot+2 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
10
5
10
5
Chatbots
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Image generation
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Large language models
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Character chatbot
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Video generation
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APIs
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LLM gateway
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Agent creation
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Anime image generation
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Chatbot brainstorming
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Coding
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Image editing
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Image to image
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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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Characters
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Development
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Image to video
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LLM comparison
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Saves
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Reviews
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Prompts
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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.