Defapi vs Elicit vs Perplexity AI vs Vercel AI Gateway

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

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DDefapi
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Elicit
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Perplexity AI
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Vercel AI Gateway
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool DDefapi
defapi.org
You know how managing multiple AI provider integrations usually means maintaining separate codebases for each vendor
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Competitor Elicit
elicit.org
Research assistant that reads the papers
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Competitor Perplexity AI
perplexity.ai
Search that gives answers instead of links
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Competitor Vercel AI Gateway
vercel.com
Vercel AI Gateway is a single API endpoint for hundreds of AI models from OpenAI, Anthropic, SpaceXAI, open-source providers and more.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
2.4Kvisits/mo
9.2Kvisits/mo
95.2Mvisits/mo
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MoM change
▼ 42.6%
▼ 37.4%
▼ 8.2%
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6-month growth
-86.2%
+0.1%
-42.9%
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Global rank web
#4,650,820
#2,562,886
#446
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Avg. last 3 months
4.8K
12.3K
104.9M
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Bounce rate lower is better
36%
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33%
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Pages / visit
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Visit duration
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● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
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DefapiElicitPerplexity AIVercel AI Gateway
047.3M94.5M141.8M189MDefapi · 11.1KDefapi · 13KDefapi · 12.4KDefapi · 17.7KDefapi · 9.4KDefapi · 6.2KDefapi · 7.6KDefapi · 4.2KDefapi · 2.4KElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KPerplexity 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 · 95.2M1K10K100K1M10M100M1BDefapi · 11.1KDefapi · 13KDefapi · 12.4KDefapi · 17.7KDefapi · 9.4KDefapi · 6.2KDefapi · 7.6KDefapi · 4.2KDefapi · 2.4KElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KPerplexity 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
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Freemium
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Freemium
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$10per month · free tier available
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Plans
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview $1/$6/per requestClaude Sonnet 4.6 $1.5/$7.5/per requestClaude Opus 4.6 $2.5/$12.5/per requestSora 2 Stable $0.175+/per request+2 more
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Hobby FreePro $20/moEnterprise Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
TextImagesAudio
TextDocuments
DocumentsImagesTextCode
TextImagesAudio
Output
TextImagesAudio
TextData
CodeText
VideoTextImagesAudio
Skill level
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI API
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Chatbots & CompanionsEducation & LearningLifestyle & EntertainmentProductivity & Office+13 more
Development & CodeAI API
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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LLM gateway
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