Kagi vs Gemini vs Claude vs MaxAI

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
Gemini
Competitor 2
Claude
Competitor 3
MaxAI
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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 Gemini
gemini.google.com
Google's most capable AI model
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Competitor Claude
claude.ai
AI assistant built to be helpful, harmless, and honest
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Competitor MaxAI
maxai.co
MaxAI is a browser extension and web app that adds an AI sidebar to whatever page you have open.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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2.6Bvisits/mo
950.2Mvisits/mo
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MoM change
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▼ 2.6%
▼ 2.0%
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6-month growth
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+0.8%
+54.8%
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Global rank web
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#17
#40
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Avg. last 3 months
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2.7B
955.4M
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Bounce rate lower is better
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28%
26%
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Pages / visit
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4.1
4.5
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Visit duration
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7m 01s
6m 14s
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Traffic sources
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● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 5%
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KagiGeminiClaudeMaxAI
0725.8M1.5B2.2B2.9BGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6BClaude · 180.3MClaude · 172.7MClaude · 202.9MClaude · 290.3MClaude · 613.7MClaude · 823.5MClaude · 952.6MClaude · 946.8MClaude · 969.3MClaude · 950.2M100M1B10BGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6BClaude · 180.3MClaude · 172.7MClaude · 202.9MClaude · 290.3MClaude · 613.7MClaude · 823.5MClaude · 952.6MClaude · 946.8MClaude · 969.3MClaude · 950.2MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$5per month
$4.99per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
$12per 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
Free FreeGoogle AI Plus $4.99/moGoogle AI Pro $19.99/moGoogle AI Ultra 5x $99.99/mo+1 more
Free FreePro $20/moMax 5x $100/moMax 20x $200/mo
Free FreePro $12/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
Web pagesText
TextImagesDocumentsCodeAudio
CodeTextImagesDocuments
Web pagesTextImagesDocumentsCode
Output
Text
CodeVideoTextImagesAudio
TextSlidesDocumentsDataCode
TextImagesCode
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsEducation & LearningLifestyle & EntertainmentProductivity & Office+6 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+27 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningProductivity & Office+19 more
Chatbots & CompanionsEducation & LearningProductivity & OfficeVideo Editing+7 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 3 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
8
15
26
11
Chatbots
Summarizing
Translations
Writing
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Research
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Coding
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Search engine
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Image generation
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Large language models
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PDF analysis
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Paraphrasing
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Video summaries
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Document summarization
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Email writing
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Browser
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Grammar checking
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AI search
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APIs
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Agents
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Code reviews
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Debugging
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Essay writing
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Image to image
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News
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Terminal
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Video generation
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Blogging
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Code documentation
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Copywriting
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Image editing
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Reviews
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Prompts
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Verified listing
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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.