Kagi vs Gemini 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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Competitor 1
Gemini
Competitor 2
Perplexity AI
Competitor 3
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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 Gemini
gemini.google.com
Google's most capable AI model
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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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2.6Bvisits/mo
95.2Mvisits/mo
MoM change
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▼ 2.6%
▼ 8.2%
6-month growth
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+0.8%
-42.9%
Global rank web
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#17
#446
Avg. last 3 months
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2.7B
104.9M
Bounce rate lower is better
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28%
33%
Pages / visit
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4.1
3.6
Visit duration
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7m 01s
4m 18s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
KagiGeminiPerplexity AI
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 · 95.2M10M100M1B10BGemini · 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 · 95.2MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$5per month
$4.99per month · free tier available
$20per 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
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Capabilities input → output
Input
Web pagesText
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
TextImagesDocumentsCode
Output
Text
VideoTextImagesCodeAudio
TextCode
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsEducation & LearningLifestyle & EntertainmentProductivity & Office+6 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+27 more
Chatbots & CompanionsEducation & LearningLifestyle & EntertainmentProductivity & Office+13 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 4 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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15
10
Search engine
Chatbots
Summarizing
Research
AI search
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Translations
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Writing
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Image generation
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Coding
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Document summarization
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Email writing
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Image to image
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Large language models
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News
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PDF analysis
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Research papers
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Video generation
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Video summaries
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Browser
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Homework assistance
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Image editing
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Literature reviews
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