ChatGPT vs Caktus vs Perplexity AI

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

Your tool
ChatGPT
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Competitor 1
Caktus
Competitor 2
Perplexity AI
Competitor 3
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3 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool ChatGPT
chatgpt.com
Your AI assistant for everything
Competitor Caktus
caktus.ai
More than 3 million students rely on Caktus to power through coursework faster
Competitor Perplexity AI
perplexity.ai
Search that gives answers instead of links
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
5.6Bvisits/mo
59Kvisits/mo
95.2Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.5%
▼ 6.2%
▼ 8.2%
6-month growth
-1.6%
-6.3%
-42.9%
Global rank web
#7
#669,749
#446
Avg. last 3 months
5.5B
57.1K
104.9M
Bounce rate lower is better
30%
64%
33%
Pages / visit
4.3
1.4
3.6
Visit duration
6m 35s
27s
4m 18s
Traffic sources
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 3%
● Direct 100%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
ChatGPTCaktusPerplexity AI
01.5B2.9B4.4B5.8BChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BCaktus · 85.7KCaktus · 64.3KCaktus · 78.7KCaktus · 51.3KCaktus · 63KCaktus · 67.8KCaktus · 71.4KCaktus · 49.4KCaktus · 62.9KCaktus · 59KPerplexity 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 · 95.2M10K100K1M10M100M1B10BChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BCaktus · 85.7KCaktus · 64.3KCaktus · 78.7KCaktus · 51.3KCaktus · 63KCaktus · 67.8KCaktus · 71.4KCaktus · 49.4KCaktus · 62.9KCaktus · 59KPerplexity 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
$8per month · free tier available
$19.99per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free trial
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API access
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Plans
Free FreeGo $8/moPlus $20/moPro 5x $100/mo+1 more
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Capabilities input → output
Input
TextImagesDocumentsCodeAudio
TextDocuments
TextImagesDocumentsCode
Output
TextImagesCodeAudio
Text
TextCode
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
19
11
10
Writing
Chatbots
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Essay writing
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Research
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Search engine
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Homework assistance
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Summarizing
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AI search
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Citations
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Math
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Academic citation
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Academic writing
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Blogging
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Coding
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Copywriting
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Document summarization
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Email writing
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Grammar checking
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Image generation
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Image to text
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Math explanations
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Math problems
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Quiz generation
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Research papers
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Translations
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Code documentation
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Debugging
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Harvard citations
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Image editing
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Image to image
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Community on aitoolstime
Rating
★ 4.34 ratings
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Upvotes
▲ 17
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Saves
4
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0
Reviews
4
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Prompts
17
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1
Verified listing
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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.