Kimi AI vs Dia vs Perplexity Comet vs Merlin

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

Your tool
Kimi AI
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Competitor 1
Dia
Competitor 2
Perplexity Comet
Competitor 3
Merlin
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Kimi AI
kimi.com
This conversational AI platform runs on the K2
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Competitor Dia
diabrowser.com
This AI browser runs exclusively on Apple macOS 14 or later with M1 chips and newer models
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Competitor Perplexity Comet
comet.perplexity.ai
Perplexity Comet is a browser from Perplexity with an AI assistant built in.
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Competitor Merlin
getmerlin.in
AI assistant in your browser
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
60.1Mvisits/mo
738.9Kvisits/mo
5.5Kvisits/mo
1.2Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 52.2%
▲ 1.4%
▲ 19.4%
▼ 13.8%
6-month growth
+33.8%
+12.7%
-40.1%
-9.1%
Global rank web
#852
#94,379
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#46,011
Avg. last 3 months
48.3M
687.8K
5.2K
1.3M
Bounce rate lower is better
37%
68%
100%
50%
Pages / visit
3.9
1.4
1.3
2.5
Visit duration
7m 13s
29s
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4m 15s
Traffic sources
● Direct 89% · ● Referral 10%
● Direct 91% · ● Referral 7%
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● Direct 83% · ● Referral 14%
Kimi AIDiaPerplexity CometMerlin
015M30.1M45.1M60.1MKimi AI · 38.2MKimi AI · 33.5MKimi AI · 44.9MKimi AI · 48.1MKimi AI · 43MKimi AI · 45.3MKimi AI · 39.5MKimi AI · 60.1MDia · 520.1KDia · 578KDia · 588.2KDia · 655.8KDia · 612.4KDia · 629.7KDia · 596KDia · 728.4KDia · 738.9KPerplexity Comet · 14.2KPerplexity Comet · 6.6KPerplexity Comet · 8.4KPerplexity Comet · 9.2KPerplexity Comet · 6.1KPerplexity Comet · 4.1KPerplexity Comet · 5.5KPerplexity Comet · 4.6KPerplexity Comet · 5.5KMerlin · 1.5MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.2MMerlin · 1.3MMerlin · 1.3MMerlin · 1.3MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.2M1K10K100K1M10M100MKimi AI · 38.2MKimi AI · 33.5MKimi AI · 44.9MKimi AI · 48.1MKimi AI · 43MKimi AI · 45.3MKimi AI · 39.5MKimi AI · 60.1MDia · 520.1KDia · 578KDia · 588.2KDia · 655.8KDia · 612.4KDia · 629.7KDia · 596KDia · 728.4KDia · 738.9KPerplexity Comet · 14.2KPerplexity Comet · 6.6KPerplexity Comet · 8.4KPerplexity Comet · 9.2KPerplexity Comet · 6.1KPerplexity Comet · 4.1KPerplexity Comet · 5.5KPerplexity Comet · 4.6KPerplexity Comet · 5.5KMerlin · 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
Freemium
Starting price
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$100per month
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$29per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Free trial
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API access
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Plans
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Free Custom/moPlan 2 $100/mo
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Free FreePro $29/moTeams $15/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
TextImagesDocumentsCode
Web pagesText
ImagesTextWeb pages
DocumentsWeb pagesTextCode
Output
TextSlidesDocumentsCode
SlidesText
Text
TextImagesCode
Skill level
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningProductivity & Office+17 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeAI BrowsersAI Chatbot
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Browsers+1 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDesign & CreativeDevelopment & CodeEducation & Learning+21 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
11
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13
Summarizing
Chatbots
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Research
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Browser
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AI search
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Agents
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Coding
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Video summaries
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Writing
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Chrome extensions
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Chatting
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Copywriting
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Document chat
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Image generation
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Large language models
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Presentations
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Social media
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Social media posts
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Translations
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Web browsing
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Browser tabs management
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Mind maps
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Presentation planning
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Productivity
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Spreadsheets
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