Consensus vs Continue vs Cursor vs Perplexity AI

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

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Consensus
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Continue
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Cursor
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Perplexity AI
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Consensus
consensus.app
Scientific answers from peer-reviewed research
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Competitor Continue
continue.dev
Continue is an open-source AI coding agent that was built by a community of developers and has since been acquired by Cursor.
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Competitor Cursor
cursor.sh
Code editor that actually understands 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
5.8Mvisits/mo
410.4Kvisits/mo
4.5Mvisits/mo
95.2Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.5%
▼ 16.6%
▲ 7.8%
▼ 8.2%
6-month growth
+14.4%
-24.4%
-1.8%
-42.9%
Global rank web
#9,859
#106,338
#15,584
#446
Avg. last 3 months
5.5M
539.2K
4.4M
104.9M
Bounce rate lower is better
43%
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Pages / visit
4.1
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Visit duration
3m 56s
1m 44s
1m 36s
4m 18s
Traffic sources
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 6%
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
ConsensusContinueCursorPerplexity AI
047.3M94.5M141.8M189MConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MPerplexity 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 · 95.2M100K1M10M100M1BConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MPerplexity 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
Free
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$8.99per month · free tier available
Free
$20per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Capabilities input → output
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Text
CodeText
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CodeDocumentsImagesText
Output
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Code
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CodeText
Skill level
Intermediate
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Beginner-friendly
Categories
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Chatbots & CompanionsEducation & LearningLifestyle & EntertainmentProductivity & Office+13 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Coding
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Search engine
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Development
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Debugging
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Document summarization
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Medical research
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Refactoring
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Research papers summaries
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Summarizing
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Code documentation
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Homework assistance
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Writing
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