MostlyAI vs Perplexity AI vs Consensus vs Hal

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

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MostlyAI
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Perplexity AI
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Consensus
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Hal
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool MostlyAI
mostly.ai
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Competitor Perplexity AI
perplexity.ai
Search that gives answers instead of links
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Competitor Consensus
consensus.app
Scientific answers from peer-reviewed research
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Competitor Hal
hal9.com
Hal9 is a powerful platform for quickly building and deploying fully customizable AI chatbots, powered by your data with complete privacy. In just under 5 minutes, you can create a tailored chatbot t
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
43.5Kvisits/mo
95.2Mvisits/mo
5.8Mvisits/mo
3.4Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 22.5%
▼ 8.2%
▲ 3.5%
▼ 10.9%
6-month growth
-35.7%
-42.9%
+14.4%
+60.6%
Global rank web
#791,007
#446
#9,859
#6,156,551
Avg. last 3 months
55.6K
104.9M
5.5M
3.9K
Bounce rate lower is better
39%
33%
43%
39%
Pages / visit
1.8
3.6
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Visit duration
22s
4m 18s
3m 56s
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● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
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MostlyAIPerplexity AIConsensusHal
047.3M94.5M141.8M189MMostlyAI · 76.8KMostlyAI · 88.7KMostlyAI · 87.8KMostlyAI · 67.7KMostlyAI · 61.8KMostlyAI · 56.7KMostlyAI · 67.3KMostlyAI · 56.1KMostlyAI · 43.5KPerplexity 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 · 95.2MConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MHal · 934Hal · 2.1KHal · 1.3KHal · 2.1KHal · 6.4KHal · 6.9KHal · 4.5KHal · 3.8KHal · 3.4K1001K10K100K1M10M100M1BMostlyAI · 76.8KMostlyAI · 88.7KMostlyAI · 87.8KMostlyAI · 67.7KMostlyAI · 61.8KMostlyAI · 56.7KMostlyAI · 67.3KMostlyAI · 56.1KMostlyAI · 43.5KPerplexity 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 · 95.2MConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MHal · 934Hal · 2.1KHal · 1.3KHal · 2.1KHal · 6.4KHal · 6.9KHal · 4.5KHal · 3.8KHal · 3.4KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Free
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
Free
$20per month · free tier available
$8.99per month · free tier available
$2,000per month
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Startups $2,000/mo
Capabilities input → output
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DataText
CodeDocumentsImagesText
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Output
Data
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Apps
Skill level
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Intermediate
Categories
Development & CodeResearch & AnalyticsAI Developer ToolsAI For Data Analytics
Chatbots & CompanionsEducation & LearningLifestyle & EntertainmentProductivity & Office+13 more
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Development & CodeAI Developer Tools
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Document chat
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Data anonymization
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