Microsoft Copilot vs Consensus vs You.com vs Perplexity AI

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

Your tool
Microsoft Copilot
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Competitor 1
Consensus
Competitor 2
You.com
Competitor 3
Perplexity AI
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Microsoft Copilot
copilot.microsoft.com
AI across Microsoft
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Competitor Consensus
consensus.app
Scientific answers from peer-reviewed research
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Competitor You.com
you.com
Search rebuilt for AI
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Competitor Perplexity AI
perplexity.ai
Search that gives answers instead of links
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
81.9Mvisits/mo
5.8Mvisits/mo
971Kvisits/mo
95.2Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 31.3%
▲ 3.5%
▼ 3.5%
▼ 8.2%
6-month growth
-16.6%
+14.4%
-32.4%
-42.9%
Global rank web
#609
#9,859
#56,627
#446
Avg. last 3 months
110.9M
5.5M
1M
104.9M
Bounce rate lower is better
36%
43%
47%
33%
Pages / visit
3.6
4.1
2.7
3.6
Visit duration
5m 32s
3m 56s
1m 44s
4m 18s
Traffic sources
● Direct 87% · ● Referral 11%
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
Microsoft CopilotConsensusYou.comPerplexity AI
047.3M94.5M141.8M189MMicrosoft Copilot · 105.6MMicrosoft Copilot · 97.9MMicrosoft Copilot · 101.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 98.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 123.8MMicrosoft Copilot · 130MMicrosoft Copilot · 131.6MMicrosoft Copilot · 119.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 81.9MConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MYou.com · 1.8MYou.com · 1.5MYou.com · 1.6MYou.com · 1.5MYou.com · 1.4MYou.com · 1.4MYou.com · 1.3MYou.com · 1.1MYou.com · 1MYou.com · 971KPerplexity AI · 189MPerplexity AI · 179.6MPerplexity AI · 170.1MPerplexity AI · 153.8MPerplexity AI · 166.8MPerplexity AI · 154.9MPerplexity AI · 138.1MPerplexity AI · 115.8MPerplexity AI · 103.8MPerplexity AI · 95.2M100K1M10M100M1BMicrosoft Copilot · 105.6MMicrosoft Copilot · 97.9MMicrosoft Copilot · 101.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 98.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 123.8MMicrosoft Copilot · 130MMicrosoft Copilot · 131.6MMicrosoft Copilot · 119.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 81.9MConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MYou.com · 1.8MYou.com · 1.5MYou.com · 1.6MYou.com · 1.5MYou.com · 1.4MYou.com · 1.4MYou.com · 1.3MYou.com · 1.1MYou.com · 1MYou.com · 971KPerplexity AI · 189MPerplexity AI · 179.6MPerplexity AI · 170.1MPerplexity AI · 153.8MPerplexity AI · 166.8MPerplexity AI · 154.9MPerplexity AI · 138.1MPerplexity AI · 115.8MPerplexity AI · 103.8MPerplexity AI · 95.2MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
Free tier
$8.99per month · free tier available
$1per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free trial
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Capabilities input → output
Input
TextImagesDocumentsCodeAudio
Text
Web pagesText
DocumentsImagesTextCode
Output
TextImagesCodeAudio
Text
TextData
CodeText
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Generation+16 more
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeProductivity & OfficeResearch & Analytics+5 more
Chatbots & CompanionsEducation & LearningLifestyle & EntertainmentProductivity & Office+13 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Search engine
Research
Chatbots
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AI search
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Research papers
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Summarizing
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Homework assistance
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Literature reviews
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Writing
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Academic research
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Coding
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Document summarization
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Image generation
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Medical research
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Productivity
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Research papers summaries
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Scientific research
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Translations
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Voice assistance
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Chatbot integration
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Web scraping
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