ChatGPT vs Perplexity AI vs Gemini Personal Intelligence vs Grok

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
Perplexity AI
Competitor 2
Gemini Personal Intelligence
Competitor 3
Grok
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool ChatGPT
chatgpt.com
Your AI assistant for everything
Competitor Perplexity AI
perplexity.ai
Search that gives answers instead of links
Competitor Gemini Personal Intelligence
gemini.google
AI assistant connected to your Google apps
Competitor Grok
grok.x.ai
AI with attitude and real-time knowledge
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
5.6Bvisits/mo
95.2Mvisits/mo
40.1Mvisits/mo
42.9Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.5%
▼ 8.2%
▲ 17.7%
▼ 58.1%
6-month growth
-1.6%
-42.9%
+17.4%
-75.4%
Global rank web
#7
#446
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Avg. last 3 months
5.5B
104.9M
36.7M
99.3K
Bounce rate lower is better
30%
33%
67%
65%
Pages / visit
4.3
3.6
1.9
1.6
Visit duration
6m 35s
4m 18s
1m 24s
31s
Traffic sources
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 3%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 80% · ● Referral 18%
● Direct 98% · ● Referral 2%
ChatGPTPerplexity AIGemini Personal IntelligenceGrok
01.5B2.9B4.4B5.8BChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BPerplexity 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 · 95.2MGemini Personal Intelligence · 33.2MGemini Personal Intelligence · 47.4MGemini Personal Intelligence · 42.4MGemini Personal Intelligence · 34.2MGemini Personal Intelligence · 34.4MGemini Personal Intelligence · 34.4MGemini Personal Intelligence · 36MGemini Personal Intelligence · 34.1MGemini Personal Intelligence · 40.1MGrok · 586KGrok · 355KGrok · 300.5KGrok · 130.8KGrok · 174KGrok · 120.9KGrok · 185.2KGrok · 152.9KGrok · 102.3KGrok · 42.9K10K100K1M10M100M1B10BChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BPerplexity 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 · 95.2MGemini Personal Intelligence · 33.2MGemini Personal Intelligence · 47.4MGemini Personal Intelligence · 42.4MGemini Personal Intelligence · 34.2MGemini Personal Intelligence · 34.4MGemini Personal Intelligence · 34.4MGemini Personal Intelligence · 36MGemini Personal Intelligence · 34.1MGemini Personal Intelligence · 40.1MGrok · 586KGrok · 355KGrok · 300.5KGrok · 130.8KGrok · 174KGrok · 120.9KGrok · 185.2KGrok · 152.9KGrok · 102.3KGrok · 42.9KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$8per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
$8per 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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Free FreeX Premium $8/moSuperGrok Lite $10/moX Premium+ $40/mo+3 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
TextImagesDocumentsCode
CodeDocumentsImagesText
CodeTextImagesDocumentsAudio
Output
TextImagesCodeAudio
TextCode
TextCodeImages
VideoTextImagesCodeAudio
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
19
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4
9
Chatbots
Research
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Search engine
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Chatting
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Summarizing
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Coding
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Image generation
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Writing
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AI search
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APIs
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Blogging
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Chatbot personalization
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Copywriting
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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 to text
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Large language models
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Productivity
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Research papers
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Translations
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Web search
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Code documentation
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Debugging
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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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Refactoring
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Community on aitoolstime
Rating
★ 4.34 ratings
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Upvotes
▲ 17
▲ 3
▲ 0
▲ 1
Saves
4
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0
Reviews
4
0
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Prompts
17
1
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Verified listing
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