Gemini vs DeepSeek vs Perplexity AI vs ChatGPT

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

Your tool
Gemini
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Competitor 1
DeepSeek
Competitor 2
Perplexity AI
Competitor 3
ChatGPT
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Gemini
gemini.google.com
Google's most capable AI model
Competitor DeepSeek
deepseek.com
DeepSeek is an AI lab and chat assistant.
Competitor Perplexity AI
perplexity.ai
Search that gives answers instead of links
Competitor ChatGPT
chatgpt.com
Your AI assistant for everything
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
2.6Bvisits/mo
353.8Mvisits/mo
95.2Mvisits/mo
5.6Bvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 2.6%
▲ 2.1%
▼ 8.2%
▲ 3.5%
6-month growth
+0.8%
+0.9%
-42.9%
-1.6%
Global rank web
#17
#131
#446
#7
Avg. last 3 months
2.7B
357.9M
104.9M
5.5B
Bounce rate lower is better
28%
38%
33%
30%
Pages / visit
4.1
3.4
3.6
4.3
Visit duration
7m 01s
5m 33s
4m 18s
6m 35s
Traffic sources
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 3%
GeminiDeepSeekPerplexity AIChatGPT
01.5B2.9B4.4B5.8BGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6BDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8MPerplexity 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 · 95.2MChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6B10M100M1B10BGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6BDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8MPerplexity 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 · 95.2MChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$4.99per month · free tier available
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$20per month · free tier available
$8per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Free trial
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API access
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Plans
Free FreeGoogle AI Plus $4.99/moGoogle AI Pro $19.99/moGoogle AI Ultra 5x $99.99/mo+1 more
deepseek-flash Customdeepseek-v4-pro Custom
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Free FreeGo $8/moPlus $20/moPro 5x $100/mo+1 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
TextImagesDocumentsCodeAudio
TextImagesCode
TextImagesDocumentsCode
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
Output
CodeVideoTextImagesAudio
TextCode
TextCode
TextImagesCodeAudio
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 4 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
15
9
10
19
Chatbots
Research
Summarizing
Writing
Search engine
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Coding
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Translations
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Image generation
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Large language models
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Email writing
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Homework assistance
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Image to image
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Image editing
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AI search
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Blogging
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Copywriting
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Document summarization
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Essay writing
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Grammar checking
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Image to text
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PDF analysis
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Research papers
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Video generation
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Video summaries
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Code documentation
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Debugging
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Literature reviews
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Math
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Refactoring
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Community on aitoolstime
Rating
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Upvotes
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Saves
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Reviews
3
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Prompts
4
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Verified listing
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