Kagi vs You.com vs IAsk vs Consensus

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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You.com
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IAsk
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Consensus
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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 You.com
you.com
Search rebuilt for AI
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Competitor IAsk
iask.ai
IAsk
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Competitor Consensus
consensus.app
Scientific answers from peer-reviewed research
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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971Kvisits/mo
736.4Kvisits/mo
5.8Mvisits/mo
MoM change
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▼ 3.5%
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▲ 3.5%
6-month growth
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-32.4%
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+14.4%
Global rank web
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#56,627
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#9,859
Avg. last 3 months
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1M
736.4K
5.5M
Bounce rate lower is better
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47%
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43%
Pages / visit
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2.7
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4.1
Visit duration
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1m 44s
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3m 56s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 93% · ● Referral 4%
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● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
KagiYou.comIAskConsensus
01.5M2.9M4.4M5.9MYou.com · 1.8MYou.com · 1.5MYou.com · 1.6MYou.com · 1.5MYou.com · 1.4MYou.com · 1.4MYou.com · 1.3MYou.com · 1.1MYou.com · 1MYou.com · 971KIAsk · 736.4KConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8M100K1M10MYou.com · 1.8MYou.com · 1.5MYou.com · 1.6MYou.com · 1.5MYou.com · 1.4MYou.com · 1.4MYou.com · 1.3MYou.com · 1.1MYou.com · 1MYou.com · 971KIAsk · 736.4KConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$5per month
$1per month · free tier available
Free tier
$8.99per month · free tier available
Free tier
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API access
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Plans
Trial FreeStarter $5/moProfessional $10/moUltimate $25/mo
Free FreeWeb Search API $5Contents API $1Answer API $5+2 more
Free FreeiAsk Pro
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Capabilities input → output
Input
TextWeb pages
TextWeb pages
DocumentsTextWeb pages
Text
Output
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DataText
Text
Text
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsEducation & LearningLifestyle & EntertainmentProductivity & Office+6 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeProductivity & OfficeResearch & Analytics+5 more
Education & LearningProductivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Homework Helper+2 more
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Search engine
Research
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Chatbots
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Research papers
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Essay writing
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Homework assistance
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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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Summarizing
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Translations
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Browser
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Chatbot integration
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Document analysis
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Grammar checking
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Image generation
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Web scraping
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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.