Microsoft Copilot vs IAsk vs Perplexity Sonar API vs Consensus

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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IAsk
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Consensus
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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 IAsk
iask.ai
IAsk
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Competitor Perplexity Sonar API
docs.perplexity.ai
Perplexity Sonar API is the developer platform behind Perplexity's real-time web research, exposed as a Router API, an Agent API, a Search API and an Embeddings API.
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Competitor Consensus
consensus.app
Scientific answers from peer-reviewed research
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
81.9Mvisits/mo
736.4Kvisits/mo
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5.8Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 31.3%
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▲ 3.5%
6-month growth
-16.6%
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+14.4%
Global rank web
#609
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#9,859
Avg. last 3 months
110.9M
736.4K
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5.5M
Bounce rate lower is better
36%
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43%
Pages / visit
3.6
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4.1
Visit duration
5m 32s
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3m 56s
Traffic sources
● Direct 87% · ● Referral 11%
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● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
Microsoft CopilotIAskPerplexity Sonar APIConsensus
032.9M65.8M98.7M131.6MMicrosoft Copilot · 105.6MMicrosoft Copilot · 97.9MMicrosoft Copilot · 101.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 98.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 123.8MMicrosoft Copilot · 130MMicrosoft Copilot · 131.6MMicrosoft Copilot · 119.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 81.9MIAsk · 736.4KConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8M100K1M10M100M1BMicrosoft Copilot · 105.6MMicrosoft Copilot · 97.9MMicrosoft Copilot · 101.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 98.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 123.8MMicrosoft Copilot · 130MMicrosoft Copilot · 131.6MMicrosoft Copilot · 119.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 81.9MIAsk · 736.4KConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
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Starting price
Free tier
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$8.99per month · free tier available
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Router API CustomAgent API CustomSearch API CustomEmbeddings API Custom+1 more
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Capabilities input → output
Input
TextImagesDocumentsCodeAudio
DocumentsTextWeb pages
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Output
CodeTextImagesAudio
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Skill level
Beginner-friendly
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Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Generation+16 more
Education & LearningProductivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Homework Helper+2 more
Development & CodeAI API
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research
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Homework assistance
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Image generation
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AI search
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APIs
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Research papers
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Web search
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Academic research
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Coding
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Essay writing
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Information retrieval
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LLM gateway
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Literature reviews
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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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Summarizing
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Translations
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Voice assistance
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Web search summaries
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Writing
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Agents
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Developer tools
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Development
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Document analysis
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