Microsoft Copilot vs Cursor vs Perplexity AI

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

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Microsoft Copilot
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Cursor
Competitor 2
Perplexity AI
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3 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Microsoft Copilot
copilot.microsoft.com
AI across Microsoft
Competitor Cursor
cursor.sh
Code editor that actually understands your codebase
Competitor Perplexity AI
perplexity.ai
Search that gives answers instead of links
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
81.9Mvisits/mo
4.5Mvisits/mo
95.2Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 31.3%
▲ 7.8%
▼ 8.2%
6-month growth
-16.6%
-1.8%
-42.9%
Global rank web
#609
#15,584
#446
Avg. last 3 months
110.9M
4.4M
104.9M
Bounce rate lower is better
36%
57%
33%
Pages / visit
3.6
2.4
3.6
Visit duration
5m 32s
1m 36s
4m 18s
Traffic sources
● Direct 87% · ● Referral 11%
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
Microsoft CopilotCursorPerplexity 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 · 81.9MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MPerplexity 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 · 95.2M1M10M100M1BMicrosoft Copilot · 105.6MMicrosoft Copilot · 97.9MMicrosoft Copilot · 101.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 98.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 123.8MMicrosoft Copilot · 130MMicrosoft Copilot · 131.6MMicrosoft Copilot · 119.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 81.9MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MPerplexity 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
Starting price
Free tier
$20per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free trial
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API access
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Plans
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Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
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Capabilities input → output
Input
TextImagesDocumentsCodeAudio
TextCode
DocumentsImagesTextCode
Output
TextImagesCodeAudio
Code
CodeText
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
11
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10
Chatbots
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Coding
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Research
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Search engine
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Summarizing
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Homework assistance
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Writing
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AI search
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Code reviews
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Debugging
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Development
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Document summarization
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Image generation
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Productivity
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Refactoring
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Research papers
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Translations
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Voice assistance
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Code documentation
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Literature reviews
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Terminal commands management
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