Consensus vs Perplexity AI vs Phind vs Kagi

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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Competitor 1
Perplexity AI
Competitor 2
Phind
Competitor 3
Kagi
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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 Perplexity AI
perplexity.ai
Search that gives answers instead of links
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Competitor Phind
phind.com
AI search for developers who hate searching
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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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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
5.8Mvisits/mo
95.2Mvisits/mo
35Kvisits/mo
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MoM change
▲ 3.5%
▼ 8.2%
▲ 219.8%
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6-month growth
+14.4%
-42.9%
-38.9%
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Global rank web
#9,859
#446
#2,321,099
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Avg. last 3 months
5.5M
104.9M
21.2K
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Bounce rate lower is better
43%
33%
66%
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Pages / visit
4.1
3.6
1.3
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Visit duration
3m 56s
4m 18s
8s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 80% · ● Referral 18%
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ConsensusPerplexity AIPhindKagi
047.3M94.5M141.8M189MConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MPerplexity 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 · 95.2MPhind · 414.1KPhind · 484.8KPhind · 249.4KPhind · 118.6KPhind · 57.4KPhind · 36.4KPhind · 21.3KPhind · 17.6KPhind · 11KPhind · 35K10K100K1M10M100M1BConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MPerplexity 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 · 95.2MPhind · 414.1KPhind · 484.8KPhind · 249.4KPhind · 118.6KPhind · 57.4KPhind · 36.4KPhind · 21.3KPhind · 17.6KPhind · 11KPhind · 35KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$8.99per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
$15per month · free tier available
$5per month
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Trial FreeStarter $5/moProfessional $10/moUltimate $25/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
CodeDocumentsImagesText
CodeText
TextWeb pages
Output
Text
CodeText
CodeText
Text
Skill level
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Chatbots & CompanionsEducation & LearningLifestyle & EntertainmentProductivity & Office+13 more
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI Coding AssistantAI Search Engine
Chatbots & CompanionsEducation & LearningLifestyle & EntertainmentProductivity & Office+6 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Search engine
AI search
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Research
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Research papers
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Chatbots
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Summarizing
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Literature reviews
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Developer search engine
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Academic research
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Document summarization
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Medical research
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News
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Research papers summaries
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Scientific research
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Search
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Searching
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Translations
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Coding
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Homework assistance
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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.