Claude vs Perplexity AI vs DeepSeek vs Cursor

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

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Claude
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Perplexity AI
Competitor 2
DeepSeek
Competitor 3
Cursor
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Claude
claude.ai
AI assistant built to be helpful, harmless, and honest
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Competitor Perplexity AI
perplexity.ai
Search that gives answers instead of links
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Competitor DeepSeek
deepseek.com
DeepSeek is an AI lab and chat assistant.
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Competitor Cursor
cursor.sh
Code editor that actually understands your codebase
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
950.2Mvisits/mo
95.2Mvisits/mo
353.8Mvisits/mo
4.5Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 2.0%
▼ 8.2%
▲ 2.1%
▲ 7.8%
6-month growth
+54.8%
-42.9%
+0.9%
-1.8%
Global rank web
#40
#446
#131
#15,584
Avg. last 3 months
955.4M
104.9M
357.9M
4.4M
Bounce rate lower is better
26%
33%
38%
57%
Pages / visit
4.5
3.6
3.4
2.4
Visit duration
6m 14s
4m 18s
5m 33s
1m 36s
Traffic sources
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 5%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 4%
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
ClaudePerplexity AIDeepSeekCursor
0242.3M484.7M727M969.3MClaude · 180.3MClaude · 172.7MClaude · 202.9MClaude · 290.3MClaude · 613.7MClaude · 823.5MClaude · 952.6MClaude · 946.8MClaude · 969.3MClaude · 950.2MPerplexity 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 · 95.2MDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5M1M10M100M1BClaude · 180.3MClaude · 172.7MClaude · 202.9MClaude · 290.3MClaude · 613.7MClaude · 823.5MClaude · 952.6MClaude · 946.8MClaude · 969.3MClaude · 950.2MPerplexity 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 · 95.2MDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
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$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Plans
Free FreePro $20/moMax 5x $100/moMax 20x $200/mo
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deepseek-flash Customdeepseek-v4-pro Custom
Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
TextImagesDocumentsCode
TextImagesCodeDocuments
TextImagesCode
CodeText
Output
TextSlidesDocumentsDataCode
TextCode
TextCode
Code
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningProductivity & Office+19 more
Chatbots & CompanionsEducation & LearningLifestyle & EntertainmentProductivity & Office+13 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningWriting & Content+10 more
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
26
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Chatbots
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Coding
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Research
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Summarizing
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Writing
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Large language models
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Code reviews
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Debugging
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Document summarization
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Translations
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Homework assistance
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Refactoring
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Code documentation
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AI search
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Search engine
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APIs
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Agents
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Development
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Essay writing
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PDF analysis
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Paraphrasing
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Research papers
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Terminal
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Blogging
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Copywriting
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Email writing
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Grammar checking
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Literature reviews
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Math
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Proofreading
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Rating
★ 4.610 ratings
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Upvotes
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Saves
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Reviews
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Prompts
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