Kagi vs Perplexity AI vs IAsk

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
Perplexity AI
Competitor 2
IAsk
Competitor 3
Suggested competitors for Kagi: Monica82% ChatGPT81% Gemini81% Microsoft Copilot81% MaxAI78% Microsoft Copilot for Android77% Claude76% Merlin76%
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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 Perplexity AI
perplexity.ai
Search that gives answers instead of links
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Competitor IAsk
iask.ai
IAsk
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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95.2Mvisits/mo
736.4Kvisits/mo
MoM change
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▼ 8.2%
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6-month growth
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-42.9%
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Global rank web
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#446
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Avg. last 3 months
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104.9M
736.4K
Bounce rate lower is better
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33%
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Pages / visit
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3.6
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Visit duration
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4m 18s
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Traffic sources
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● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
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KagiPerplexity AIIAsk
047.3M94.5M141.8M189MPerplexity 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 · 95.2MIAsk · 736.4K100K1M10M100M1BPerplexity 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 · 95.2MIAsk · 736.4KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$5per month
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
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 FreeiAsk Pro
Capabilities input → output
Input
TextWeb pages
CodeDocumentsImagesText
DocumentsTextWeb pages
Output
Text
CodeText
Text
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsEducation & LearningLifestyle & EntertainmentProductivity & Office+6 more
Chatbots & CompanionsEducation & LearningLifestyle & EntertainmentProductivity & Office+13 more
Education & LearningProductivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Homework Helper+2 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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10
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Search engine
AI search
Chatbots
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Research
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Summarizing
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Homework assistance
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Document summarization
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Essay writing
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News
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Research papers
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Translations
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Document analysis
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Grammar checking
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Image generation
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Literature reviews
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Writing
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Community on aitoolstime
Rating
no ratings yet
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Upvotes
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Saves
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Reviews
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Prompts
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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.