Microsoft Copilot vs Cursor vs Perplexity AI vs ChatGPT

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
Cursor
Competitor 2
Perplexity AI
Competitor 3
ChatGPT
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4 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
Competitor ChatGPT
chatgpt.com
Your AI assistant for everything
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
81.9Mvisits/mo
4.5Mvisits/mo
95.2Mvisits/mo
5.6Bvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 31.3%
▲ 7.8%
▼ 8.2%
▲ 3.5%
6-month growth
-16.6%
-1.8%
-42.9%
-1.6%
Global rank web
#609
#15,584
#446
#7
Avg. last 3 months
110.9M
4.4M
104.9M
5.5B
Bounce rate lower is better
36%
57%
33%
30%
Pages / visit
3.6
2.4
3.6
4.3
Visit duration
5m 32s
1m 36s
4m 18s
6m 35s
Traffic sources
● Direct 87% · ● Referral 11%
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 3%
Microsoft CopilotCursorPerplexity AIChatGPT
01.5B2.9B4.4B5.8BMicrosoft 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 · 95.2MChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6B1M10M100M1B10BMicrosoft 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 · 95.2MChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
Free tier
$20per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
$8per 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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Free FreeGo $8/moPlus $20/moPro 5x $100/mo+1 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
TextImagesDocumentsCodeAudio
CodeText
CodeDocumentsImagesText
TextImagesDocumentsCodeAudio
Output
TextImagesCodeAudio
Code
CodeText
TextImagesCodeAudio
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
11
7
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19
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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Writing
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Image generation
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Translations
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Debugging
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Homework assistance
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Refactoring
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Code documentation
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AI search
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Blogging
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Code reviews
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Copywriting
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Development
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Document summarization
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Email writing
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Essay writing
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Grammar checking
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Image to text
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Productivity
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Research papers
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Voice assistance
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Image editing
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Image to image
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Literature reviews
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Terminal commands management
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