ChatGPT vs Gemini vs Qwen 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
Gemini
Competitor 2
Qwen
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
Competitor Gemini
gemini.google.com
Google's most capable AI model
Competitor Qwen
qwen.ai
You're bouncing between creative work and technical tasks
Competitor Perplexity AI
perplexity.ai
Search that gives answers instead of links
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
5.6Bvisits/mo
2.6Bvisits/mo
35.1Mvisits/mo
95.2Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.5%
▼ 2.6%
▼ 3.9%
▼ 8.2%
6-month growth
-1.6%
+0.8%
+12.5%
-42.9%
Global rank web
#7
#17
#1,613
#446
Avg. last 3 months
5.5B
2.7B
36.5M
104.9M
Bounce rate lower is better
30%
28%
32%
33%
Pages / visit
4.3
4.1
3.9
3.6
Visit duration
6m 35s
7m 01s
5m 23s
4m 18s
Traffic sources
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 3%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
ChatGPTGeminiQwenPerplexity AI
01.5B2.9B4.4B5.8BChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6BQwen · 32.8MQwen · 32.8MQwen · 31.7MQwen · 31.2MQwen · 35.7MQwen · 37.6MQwen · 38MQwen · 36.5MQwen · 35.1MPerplexity 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 · 95.2M10M100M1B10BChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6BQwen · 32.8MQwen · 32.8MQwen · 31.7MQwen · 31.2MQwen · 35.7MQwen · 37.6MQwen · 38MQwen · 36.5MQwen · 35.1MPerplexity 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
$4.99per month · free tier available
$9.99per 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
Free FreeGoogle AI Plus $4.99/moGoogle AI Pro $19.99/moGoogle AI Ultra 5x $99.99/mo+1 more
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Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeDocumentsImagesTextAudio
AudioCodeDocumentsImagesText
DocumentsCodeImagesTextVideo
CodeDocumentsImagesText
Output
AudioCodeImagesText
VideoTextAudioCodeImages
CodeImagesTextVideo
CodeText
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 3 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
19
15
8
10
Chatbots
Writing
Summarizing
Image generation
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Research
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Search engine
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Coding
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Email writing
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Large language models
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Translations
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Image to image
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Video generation
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Image editing
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AI search
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Blogging
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Copywriting
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Document summarization
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Essay writing
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Grammar checking
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Image to text
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PDF analysis
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Research papers
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Video summaries
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Website building
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Code documentation
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Debugging
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Homework assistance
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Literature reviews
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Refactoring
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Community on aitoolstime
Rating
★ 4.34 ratings
★ 4.33 ratings
no ratings yet
no ratings yet
Upvotes
▲ 17
▲ 11
▲ 1
▲ 3
Saves
4
1
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0
Reviews
4
3
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Prompts
17
4
0
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.