Consensus vs IAsk vs Kagi 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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IAsk
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Kagi
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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 IAsk
iask.ai
IAsk
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Competitor Kagi
kagi.com
Kagi is a paid search engine with no ads and no tracking, funded entirely by subscribers rather than advertisers.
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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
736.4Kvisits/mo
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95.2Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.5%
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▼ 8.2%
6-month growth
+14.4%
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-42.9%
Global rank web
#9,859
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#446
Avg. last 3 months
5.5M
736.4K
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104.9M
Bounce rate lower is better
43%
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33%
Pages / visit
4.1
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3.6
Visit duration
3m 56s
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4m 18s
Traffic sources
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
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● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
ConsensusIAskKagiPerplexity AI
047.3M94.5M141.8M189MConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MIAsk · 736.4KPerplexity 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 · 5.8MIAsk · 736.4KPerplexity 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
$8.99per month · free tier available
Free tier
$5per month
$20per month · free tier available
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Free FreeiAsk Pro
Trial FreeStarter $5/moProfessional $10/moUltimate $25/mo
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Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
DocumentsTextWeb pages
TextWeb pages
CodeDocumentsImagesText
Output
Text
Text
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CodeText
Skill level
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Education & LearningProductivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Homework Helper+2 more
Chatbots & CompanionsEducation & LearningLifestyle & EntertainmentProductivity & Office+6 more
Chatbots & CompanionsEducation & LearningLifestyle & EntertainmentProductivity & Office+13 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Search engine
Research
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Research papers
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Summarizing
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Homework assistance
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Literature reviews
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Academic research
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Document summarization
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Essay writing
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Medical research
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News
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Research papers summaries
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Translations
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Browser
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Document analysis
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Grammar checking
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Image generation
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Writing
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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.