Kagi vs Andi vs Phind vs Perplexity AI

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

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Kagi
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AAndi
Competitor 2
Phind
Competitor 3
Perplexity AI
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Kagi
kagi.com
Kagi is a paid search engine with no ads and no tracking, funded entirely by subscribers rather than advertisers.
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Competitor AAndi
andisearch.com
Friendly AI search
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Competitor Phind
phind.com
AI search for developers who hate searching
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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
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87.6Kvisits/mo
35Kvisits/mo
95.2Mvisits/mo
MoM change
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▼ 27.8%
▲ 219.8%
▼ 8.2%
6-month growth
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-57.2%
-38.9%
-42.9%
Global rank web
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#329,225
#2,321,099
#446
Avg. last 3 months
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128.4K
21.2K
104.9M
Bounce rate lower is better
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40%
66%
33%
Pages / visit
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2.3
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3.6
Visit duration
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37s
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4m 18s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 92% · ● Referral 8%
● Direct 80% · ● Referral 18%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
KagiAndiPhindPerplexity AI
047.3M94.5M141.8M189MAndi · 249KAndi · 266KAndi · 265.9KAndi · 181.2KAndi · 204.7KAndi · 219KAndi · 177.5KAndi · 176.3KAndi · 121.2KAndi · 87.6KPhind · 414.1KPhind · 484.8KPhind · 249.4KPhind · 118.6KPhind · 57.4KPhind · 36.4KPhind · 21.3KPhind · 17.6KPhind · 11KPhind · 35KPerplexity 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 · 95.2M10K100K1M10M100M1BAndi · 249KAndi · 266KAndi · 265.9KAndi · 181.2KAndi · 204.7KAndi · 219KAndi · 177.5KAndi · 176.3KAndi · 121.2KAndi · 87.6KPhind · 414.1KPhind · 484.8KPhind · 249.4KPhind · 118.6KPhind · 57.4KPhind · 36.4KPhind · 21.3KPhind · 17.6KPhind · 11KPhind · 35KPerplexity 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
Free
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$5per month
Free
$15per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
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Trial FreeStarter $5/moProfessional $10/moUltimate $25/mo
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Capabilities input → output
Input
TextWeb pages
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CodeText
CodeDocumentsImagesText
Output
Text
Text
CodeText
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Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsEducation & LearningLifestyle & EntertainmentProductivity & Office+6 more
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research ToolAI Search Engine
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI Coding AssistantAI Search Engine
Chatbots & CompanionsEducation & LearningLifestyle & EntertainmentProductivity & Office+13 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Search engine
AI search
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Research
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Chatbots
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Summarizing
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Developer search engine
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Coding
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Document summarization
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Private search engine
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Research papers
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Homework assistance
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Literature reviews
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Traffic figures are third-party estimates for the tool's own domain; tools sharing a domain with a bigger product are not counted. Pricing is captured from each tool's site and may lag.