Merlin AI records 1,382,634 monthly visits with +13.1% month-over-month growth and Freemium pricing. SERP API (Bright Data) records 802,752 monthly visits with -5.9% growth and Paid, Contact for Pricing pricing.
One AI assistant that plugs ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini into every tab
Real-time search engine scraping API with structured JSON, HTML, or Markdown output
| Dimension / Metric | | |
|---|---|---|
| Official Domain | getmerlin.in | brightdata.com |
| Pricing Model | Freemium | Paid, Contact for Pricing |
| Monthly Visits | 1.38M (1,382,634) | 802.75K (802,752) |
| MoM Traffic Delta | +159.85K (+13.1%) | -50.4K (-5.9%) |
| Primary Market & Share | 🇺🇸 United States (15%) | 🇺🇸 United States (29.5%) |
| Direct Visits / mo | 695.32K | 383.71K |
| User Rating | 4.3 | 4.6 |
| Supported Platforms | Browser Extension | Website |
One AI assistant that plugs ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini into every tab
Switch between GPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek, Mistral and Llama class models from a single interface instead of juggling separate subscriptions.
Summarize articles, YouTube videos, PDFs and documents in place, then ask follow-up questions grounded in that content.
Draft and reply to emails in Gmail, compose posts and comments for X and LinkedIn, and repurpose web pages or videos into blogs and articles.
Generate images from prompts using more than 20 image models and multiple aspect ratios for web and social output.
Real-time search engine scraping API with structured JSON, HTML, or Markdown output
Pull on-demand search results from Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, and Yandex, with support for many localized domains and languages.
Receive responses as structured JSON, raw HTML, or Markdown, so pipelines can consume results without custom parsing when you want the fast path.
Proxy rotation, CAPTCHA solving, and unblocking are handled by the API, so you do not have to build or maintain that infrastructure.
Target results from a specific country or language at no extra cost, useful for local SEO and international market research.
SpecialistProvides superior core reasoning and advanced coding agents, but lacks Merlin's seamless one-click browser tab integration and sidebar shortcuts.
SpecialistProvides superior core reasoning and advanced coding agents, but lacks Merlin's seamless one-click browser tab integration and sidebar shortcuts.
SpecialistOffers massive context windows and Google Workspace integration, but functions as a standalone web app rather than an inline sidebar.
SpecialistOffers massive context windows and Google Workspace integration, but functions as a standalone web app rather than an inline sidebar.
SpecialistExcels at nuanced document analysis and writing, but operates as a dedicated web workspace rather than a browser extension.
SpecialistExcels at nuanced document analysis and writing, but operates as a dedicated web workspace rather than a browser extension.
SpecialistDelivers superior citation-backed web research and real-time search, but lacks Merlin's multi-purpose browser writing tools and sidebar utilities.
SpecialistDelivers superior citation-backed web research and real-time search, but lacks Merlin's multi-purpose browser writing tools and sidebar utilities.
Aggregates diverse frontier models into one conversational interface, but operates primarily as a web/app client rather than a native extension.
Aggregates diverse frontier models into one conversational interface, but operates primarily as a web/app client rather than a native extension.
Provides comparable all-in-one browser assistance and multi-model chat, but includes more robust built-in painting and drawing suites.
Provides comparable all-in-one browser assistance and multi-model chat, but includes more robust built-in painting and drawing suites.
Offers a similar browser sidebar experience with multi-model support, but features cleaner tab integration and smoother reading tools.
Offers a similar browser sidebar experience with multi-model support, but features cleaner tab integration and smoother reading tools.
Free / Open-sourceWeb data API that turns any site into clean, AI-ready content
Free / Open-sourceWeb data API that turns any site into clean, AI-ready content
One API key for agent-grade web search, fetch, browsing and automation
Web search API and crawler built for AI agents
SpecialistIntegrates AI directly into an independent browser environment, whereas Merlin runs as an extension across existing browsers.
SpecialistIntegrates AI directly into an independent browser environment, whereas Merlin runs as an extension across existing browsers.
Delivers a cross-platform AI chat client with local file Q&A, but requires desktop installation rather than browser extension access.
Delivers a cross-platform AI chat client with local file Q&A, but requires desktop installation rather than browser extension access.
