Consensus vs You.com vs Gemini 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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Competitor 1
You.com
Competitor 2
Gemini
Competitor 3
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 You.com
you.com
Search rebuilt for AI
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Competitor Gemini
gemini.google.com
Google's most capable AI model
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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
971Kvisits/mo
2.6Bvisits/mo
95.2Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.5%
▼ 3.5%
▼ 2.6%
▼ 8.2%
6-month growth
+14.4%
-32.4%
+0.8%
-42.9%
Global rank web
#9,859
#56,627
#17
#446
Avg. last 3 months
5.5M
1M
2.7B
104.9M
Bounce rate lower is better
43%
47%
28%
33%
Pages / visit
4.1
2.7
4.1
3.6
Visit duration
3m 56s
1m 44s
7m 01s
4m 18s
Traffic sources
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
ConsensusYou.comGeminiPerplexity AI
0725.8M1.5B2.2B2.9BConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MYou.com · 1.8MYou.com · 1.5MYou.com · 1.6MYou.com · 1.5MYou.com · 1.4MYou.com · 1.4MYou.com · 1.3MYou.com · 1.1MYou.com · 1MYou.com · 971KGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6BPerplexity 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 · 95.2M100K1M10M100M1B10BConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MYou.com · 1.8MYou.com · 1.5MYou.com · 1.6MYou.com · 1.5MYou.com · 1.4MYou.com · 1.4MYou.com · 1.3MYou.com · 1.1MYou.com · 1MYou.com · 971KGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6BPerplexity 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 · 95.2MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$8.99per month · free tier available
$1per month · free tier available
$4.99per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Free FreeWeb Search API $5Contents API $1Answer API $5+2 more
Free FreeGoogle AI Plus $4.99/moGoogle AI Pro $19.99/moGoogle AI Ultra 5x $99.99/mo+1 more
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Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
Web pagesText
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
TextCodeDocumentsImages
Output
Text
TextData
VideoTextImagesCodeAudio
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Skill level
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeProductivity & OfficeResearch & Analytics+5 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+27 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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AI search
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Research papers
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Summarizing
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Literature reviews
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Writing
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Image generation
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Academic research
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Coding
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Document summarization
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Email writing
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Image to image
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Large language models
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Medical research
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PDF analysis
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Research papers summaries
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Scientific research
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Translations
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Video generation
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Video summaries
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Chatbot integration
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Homework assistance
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Image editing
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Web scraping
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