Cursor 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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Cursor
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Competitor 1
Gemini
Competitor 2
Perplexity AI
Competitor 3
Suggested competitors for Cursor: GitHub Copilot88% Windsurf88% Google Antigravity86% CodeRabbit85% Claude Code84% Qodo (Formerly Codium)82% OpenAI Codex82% Zed80%
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3 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Cursor
cursor.sh
Code editor that actually understands your codebase
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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
4.5Mvisits/mo
2.6Bvisits/mo
95.2Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 7.8%
▼ 2.6%
▼ 8.2%
6-month growth
-1.8%
+0.8%
-42.9%
Global rank web
#15,584
#17
#446
Avg. last 3 months
4.4M
2.7B
104.9M
Bounce rate lower is better
57%
28%
33%
Pages / visit
2.4
4.1
3.6
Visit duration
1m 36s
7m 01s
4m 18s
Traffic sources
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
CursorGeminiPerplexity AI
0725.8M1.5B2.2B2.9BCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MGemini · 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 · 95.2M1M10M100M1B10BCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MGemini · 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
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
$4.99per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free trial
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API access
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Plans
Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
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
TextCode
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
TextImagesDocumentsCode
Output
Code
VideoTextImagesCodeAudio
TextCode
Skill level
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+27 more
Chatbots & CompanionsEducation & LearningLifestyle & EntertainmentProductivity & Office+13 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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10
Chatbots
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Coding
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Research
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Search engine
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Summarizing
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Writing
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AI search
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Image generation
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Code reviews
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Debugging
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Development
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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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PDF analysis
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Refactoring
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Research papers
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Translations
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Video generation
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Video summaries
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Code documentation
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Homework assistance
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Image editing
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Literature reviews
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Terminal commands management
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