Perplexity AI vs AI Writer vs Gemini

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

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Perplexity AI
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Competitor 1
AI Writer
Competitor 2
Gemini
Competitor 3
Suggested competitors for Perplexity AI: ChatGPT85% Microsoft Copilot80% Claude78% You.com74% ChatPDF74% Consensus74% CoreWise.video74% DeepSeek74%
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3 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Perplexity AI
perplexity.ai
Search that gives answers instead of links
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Competitor AI Writer
ai-writer.com
Long-form content that passes as human-written
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Competitor Gemini
gemini.google.com
Google's most capable AI model
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
95.2Mvisits/mo
24.7Kvisits/mo
2.6Bvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 8.2%
▲ 8.4%
▼ 2.6%
6-month growth
-42.9%
+46.5%
+0.8%
Global rank web
#446
#1,194,734
#17
Avg. last 3 months
104.9M
22.7K
2.7B
Bounce rate lower is better
33%
42%
28%
Pages / visit
3.6
2.1
4.1
Visit duration
4m 18s
11s
7m 01s
Traffic sources
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
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● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
Perplexity AIAI WriterGemini
0725.8M1.5B2.2B2.9BPerplexity 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 · 95.2MAI Writer · 17.4KAI Writer · 25.1KAI Writer · 26KAI Writer · 18.9KAI Writer · 16.9KAI Writer · 16.3KAI Writer · 18.4KAI Writer · 20.6KAI Writer · 22.8KAI Writer · 24.7KGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6B10K100K1M10M100M1B10BPerplexity 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 · 95.2MAI Writer · 17.4KAI Writer · 25.1KAI Writer · 26KAI Writer · 18.9KAI Writer · 16.9KAI Writer · 16.3KAI Writer · 18.4KAI Writer · 20.6KAI Writer · 22.8KAI Writer · 24.7KGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6BNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Paid
Freemium
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
$24per month
$4.99per 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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Ready $29/moFor $49/moFor Ph $375/mo
Free FreeGoogle AI Plus $4.99/moGoogle AI Pro $19.99/moGoogle AI Ultra 5x $99.99/mo+1 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
TextImagesDocumentsCode
Text
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
Output
TextCode
Text
VideoTextImagesCodeAudio
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsEducation & LearningLifestyle & EntertainmentProductivity & Office+13 more
Research & AnalyticsWriting & ContentAI Blog GeneratorAI Research Papers+1 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+27 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
10
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15
Research
Writing
Chatbots
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Research papers
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Search engine
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Summarizing
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Literature reviews
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AI search
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Academic research
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Image generation
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Scientific literature exploration
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Citations
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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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PDF analysis
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Research papers drafting
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Scientific research
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Scientific writing
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Translations
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Video generation
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Video summaries
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Academic writing
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Citation verification
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Homework assistance
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Image editing
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Prompts
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