ChatGPT vs Cursor vs Sourcegraph Cody 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
Cursor
Competitor 2
Sourcegraph Cody
Competitor 3
Perplexity AI
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool ChatGPT
chatgpt.com
Your AI assistant for everything
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Competitor Cursor
cursor.sh
Code editor that actually understands your codebase
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Competitor Sourcegraph Cody
sourcegraph.com
AI that knows your codebase
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Competitor Perplexity AI
perplexity.ai
Search that gives answers instead of links
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
5.6Bvisits/mo
4.5Mvisits/mo
185.6Kvisits/mo
95.2Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.5%
▲ 7.8%
▼ 10.6%
▼ 8.2%
6-month growth
-1.6%
-1.8%
-40.6%
-42.9%
Global rank web
#7
#15,584
#204,583
#446
Avg. last 3 months
5.5B
4.4M
209.7K
104.9M
Bounce rate lower is better
30%
57%
42%
33%
Pages / visit
4.3
2.4
2.9
3.6
Visit duration
6m 35s
1m 36s
1m 39s
4m 18s
Traffic sources
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 3%
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
● Direct 91% · ● Referral 7%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
ChatGPTCursorSourcegraph CodyPerplexity AI
01.5B2.9B4.4B5.8BChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MSourcegraph Cody · 396.9KSourcegraph Cody · 383.2KSourcegraph Cody · 377.2KSourcegraph Cody · 305.8KSourcegraph Cody · 312.4KSourcegraph Cody · 254.6KSourcegraph Cody · 244.5KSourcegraph Cody · 235.9KSourcegraph Cody · 207.6KSourcegraph Cody · 185.6KPerplexity 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 · 95.2M100K1M10M100M1B10BChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MSourcegraph Cody · 396.9KSourcegraph Cody · 383.2KSourcegraph Cody · 377.2KSourcegraph Cody · 305.8KSourcegraph Cody · 312.4KSourcegraph Cody · 254.6KSourcegraph Cody · 244.5KSourcegraph Cody · 235.9KSourcegraph Cody · 207.6KSourcegraph Cody · 185.6KPerplexity 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
Freemium
Starting price
$8per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
$16,000per month
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Plans
Free FreeGo $8/moPlus $20/moPro 5x $100/mo+1 more
Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
Enterprise $16,000/yr
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Capabilities input → output
Input
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
TextCode
TextCode
CodeDocumentsImagesText
Output
TextImagesCodeAudio
Code
Code
TextCode
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+27 more
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Chatbots & CompanionsEducation & LearningLifestyle & EntertainmentProductivity & Office+13 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
19
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4
10
Coding
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Debugging
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Chatbots
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Research
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Search engine
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Summarizing
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Refactoring
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Writing
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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 generation
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Image to text
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Research papers
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Translations
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Code analysis
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Homework assistance
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Image editing
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Image to image
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Literature reviews
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Prompt management
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Terminal commands management
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Rating
★ 4.34 ratings
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Upvotes
▲ 17
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Saves
4
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Reviews
4
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Prompts
17
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Verified listing
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