Microsoft Copilot vs Perplexity AI vs ChatPDF vs ChatGPT

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

Your tool
Microsoft Copilot
vs
Competitor 1
Perplexity AI
Competitor 2
ChatPDF
Competitor 3
ChatGPT
Compare
4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Microsoft Copilot
copilot.microsoft.com
AI across Microsoft
Competitor Perplexity AI
perplexity.ai
Search that gives answers instead of links
Competitor ChatPDF
chatpdf.com
ChatPDF is a document question-answering app: upload a PDF, ask questions in plain language, and get answers with built-in citations that point back to the source passage.
Competitor ChatGPT
chatgpt.com
Your AI assistant for everything
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
81.9Mvisits/mo
95.2Mvisits/mo
—
5.6Bvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 31.3%
▼ 8.2%
—
▲ 3.5%
6-month growth
-16.6%
-42.9%
—
-1.6%
Global rank web
#609
#446
—
#7
Avg. last 3 months
110.9M
104.9M
—
5.5B
Bounce rate lower is better
36%
33%
—
30%
Pages / visit
3.6
3.6
—
4.3
Visit duration
5m 32s
4m 18s
—
6m 35s
Traffic sources
● Direct 87% · ● Referral 11%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
—
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 3%
Microsoft CopilotPerplexity AIChatPDFChatGPT
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 · 81.9MPerplexity 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 · 5.6B10M100M1B10BMicrosoft Copilot · 105.6MMicrosoft Copilot · 97.9MMicrosoft Copilot · 101.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 98.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 123.8MMicrosoft Copilot · 130MMicrosoft Copilot · 131.6MMicrosoft Copilot · 119.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 81.9MPerplexity 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
Free
Freemium
Starting price
Free tier
$20per month · free tier available
Free
$8per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free trial
–
–
–
–
API access
–
–
–
–
Plans
—
—
—
Free FreeGo $8/moPlus $20/moPro 5x $100/mo+1 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
TextImagesDocumentsCodeAudio
TextImagesCodeDocuments
DocumentsTextWeb pages
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
Output
AudioCodeImagesText
TextCode
Text
TextImagesCodeAudio
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
11
10
12
19
Research
Summarizing
Chatbots
–
Search engine
–
Writing
–
Homework assistance
–
Coding
–
–
Document summarization
–
–
Image generation
–
–
Translations
–
–
AI search
–
–
–
Interactive PDF processing
–
–
–
PDF analysis
–
–
–
PDFs
–
–
–
Blogging
–
–
–
Copywriting
–
–
–
Email writing
–
–
–
Essay writing
–
–
–
Grammar checking
–
–
–
Image to text
–
–
–
PDF summaries
–
–
–
PDF translations
–
–
–
Productivity
–
–
–
Research papers
–
–
–
Voice assistance
–
–
–
Academic research
–
–
–
Code documentation
–
–
–
Debugging
–
–
–
Document reading
–
–
–
Image editing
–
–
–
Community on aitoolstime
Rating
no ratings yet
no ratings yet
no ratings yet
★ 4.34 ratings
Upvotes
▲ 2
▲ 3
▲ 0
▲ 17
Saves
0
0
0
4
Reviews
0
0
0
4
Prompts
0
1
0
17
Verified listing
–
–
–
–

Traffic figures are third-party estimates for the tool's own domain; tools sharing a domain with a bigger product are not counted. Pricing is captured from each tool's site and may lag.