Kagi vs Consensus vs Merlin

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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Competitor 1
Consensus
Competitor 2
Merlin
Competitor 3
Suggested competitors for Kagi: Perplexity AI83% ChatGPT81% Microsoft Copilot81% Gemini80% Monica80% MaxAI78% Brave Leo77% DODavid One77%
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3 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 Consensus
consensus.app
Scientific answers from peer-reviewed research
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Competitor Merlin
getmerlin.in
AI assistant in your browser
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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5.8Mvisits/mo
1.2Mvisits/mo
MoM change
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▲ 3.5%
▼ 13.8%
6-month growth
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+14.4%
-9.1%
Global rank web
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#9,859
#46,011
Avg. last 3 months
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5.5M
1.3M
Bounce rate lower is better
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43%
50%
Pages / visit
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4.1
2.5
Visit duration
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3m 56s
4m 15s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 14%
KagiConsensusMerlin
01.5M2.9M4.4M5.9MConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MMerlin · 1.5MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.2MMerlin · 1.3MMerlin · 1.3MMerlin · 1.3MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.2M1M10MConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MMerlin · 1.5MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.2MMerlin · 1.3MMerlin · 1.3MMerlin · 1.3MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.2MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$5per month
$8.99per month · free tier available
$29per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Free trial
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API access
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Plans
Trial FreeStarter $5/moProfessional $10/moUltimate $25/mo
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Free FreePro $29/moTeams $15/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
TextWeb pages
Text
CodeDocumentsTextWeb pages
Output
Text
Text
CodeImagesText
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsEducation & LearningLifestyle & EntertainmentProductivity & Office+6 more
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDesign & CreativeDevelopment & CodeEducation & Learning+21 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Search engine
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Chatbots
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Research
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Summarizing
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Translations
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Chrome extensions
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Research papers
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AI search
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Academic research
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Coding
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Copywriting
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Image generation
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Literature reviews
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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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Social media
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Social media posts
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Video summaries
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Writing
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Browser
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Mind maps
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Productivity
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Prompts
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