Gemini vs Web of Science Research Assistant vs Perplexity AI vs DeepSeek

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

Your tool
Gemini
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Web of Science Research Assistant
Competitor 2
Perplexity AI
Competitor 3
DeepSeek
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Gemini
gemini.google.com
Google's most capable AI model
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Competitor Web of Science Research Assistant
clarivate.com
Web of Science Research Assistant is Clarivate's conversational AI for academic research.
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Competitor Perplexity AI
perplexity.ai
Search that gives answers instead of links
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Competitor DeepSeek
deepseek.com
DeepSeek is an AI lab and chat assistant.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
2.6Bvisits/mo
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95.2Mvisits/mo
353.8Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 2.6%
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▼ 8.2%
▲ 2.1%
6-month growth
+0.8%
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-42.9%
+0.9%
Global rank web
#17
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#446
#131
Avg. last 3 months
2.7B
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104.9M
357.9M
Bounce rate lower is better
28%
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33%
38%
Pages / visit
4.1
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3.6
3.4
Visit duration
7m 01s
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4m 18s
5m 33s
Traffic sources
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
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● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 4%
GeminiWeb of Science Research AssistantPerplexity AIDeepSeek
0725.8M1.5B2.2B2.9BGemini · 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 · 95.2MDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8M10M100M1B10BGemini · 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 · 95.2MDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
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Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$4.99per month · free tier available
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$20per month · free tier available
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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
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deepseek-flash Customdeepseek-v4-pro Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
Text
CodeDocumentsImagesText
TextImagesCode
Output
VideoTextImagesCodeAudio
TextData
TextCode
TextCode
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+27 more
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Chatbots & CompanionsEducation & LearningLifestyle & EntertainmentProductivity & Office+13 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningWriting & Content+10 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
15
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Research
Chatbots
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Summarizing
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Writing
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Large language models
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Search engine
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Coding
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Research papers
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Translations
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Homework assistance
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AI search
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Academic research
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Image generation
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Document summarization
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Email writing
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Image to image
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PDF analysis
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Research assistance
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Research trends analysis
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Scientific literature exploration
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Video generation
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Video summaries
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Academic citation
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Data visualization
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Image editing
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Literature reviews
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Math
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Rating
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Prompts
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