Kagi vs Consensus vs ChatGPT vs Perplexity AI

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

Your tool
Kagi
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Competitor 1
Consensus
Competitor 2
ChatGPT
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.
Competitor Consensus
consensus.app
Scientific answers from peer-reviewed research
Competitor ChatGPT
chatgpt.com
Your AI assistant for everything
Competitor Perplexity AI
perplexity.ai
Search that gives answers instead of links
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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5.8Mvisits/mo
5.6Bvisits/mo
95.2Mvisits/mo
MoM change
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▲ 3.5%
▲ 3.5%
▼ 8.2%
6-month growth
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+14.4%
-1.6%
-42.9%
Global rank web
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#9,859
#7
#446
Avg. last 3 months
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5.5M
5.5B
104.9M
Bounce rate lower is better
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43%
30%
33%
Pages / visit
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4.1
4.3
3.6
Visit duration
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3m 56s
6m 35s
4m 18s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 3%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
KagiConsensusChatGPTPerplexity AI
01.5B2.9B4.4B5.8BConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BPerplexity 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 · 95.2M1M10M100M1B10BConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BPerplexity 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
Freemium
Starting price
$5per month
$8.99per month · free tier available
$8per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Plans
Trial FreeStarter $5/moProfessional $10/moUltimate $25/mo
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Free FreeGo $8/moPlus $20/moPro 5x $100/mo+1 more
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Capabilities input → output
Input
Web pagesText
Text
TextImagesDocumentsCodeAudio
TextImagesDocumentsCode
Output
Text
Text
TextImagesCodeAudio
TextCode
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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19
10
Search engine
Research
Chatbots
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Summarizing
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AI search
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Research papers
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Translations
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Literature reviews
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Writing
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Academic research
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Blogging
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Coding
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Copywriting
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Document summarization
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Email writing
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Essay writing
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Grammar checking
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Image generation
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Image to text
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Medical research
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News
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Research papers summaries
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Scientific research
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Browser
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Code documentation
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Debugging
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Homework assistance
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Image editing
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Image to image
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Refactoring
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