Perplexity AI vs Andi vs ChatGPT vs Consensus

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

Your tool
Perplexity AI
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Competitor 1
AAndi
Competitor 2
ChatGPT
Competitor 3
Consensus
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Perplexity AI
perplexity.ai
Search that gives answers instead of links
Competitor AAndi
andisearch.com
Friendly AI search
Competitor ChatGPT
chatgpt.com
Your AI assistant for everything
Competitor Consensus
consensus.app
Scientific answers from peer-reviewed research
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
95.2Mvisits/mo
87.6Kvisits/mo
5.6Bvisits/mo
5.8Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 8.2%
▼ 27.8%
▲ 3.5%
▲ 3.5%
6-month growth
-42.9%
-57.2%
-1.6%
+14.4%
Global rank web
#446
#329,225
#7
#9,859
Avg. last 3 months
104.9M
128.4K
5.5B
5.5M
Bounce rate lower is better
33%
40%
30%
43%
Pages / visit
3.6
2.3
4.3
4.1
Visit duration
4m 18s
37s
6m 35s
3m 56s
Traffic sources
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 92% · ● Referral 8%
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 3%
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
Perplexity AIAndiChatGPTConsensus
01.5B2.9B4.4B5.8BPerplexity 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 · 95.2MAndi · 249KAndi · 266KAndi · 265.9KAndi · 181.2KAndi · 204.7KAndi · 219KAndi · 177.5KAndi · 176.3KAndi · 121.2KAndi · 87.6KChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8M10K100K1M10M100M1B10BPerplexity 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 · 95.2MAndi · 249KAndi · 266KAndi · 265.9KAndi · 181.2KAndi · 204.7KAndi · 219KAndi · 177.5KAndi · 176.3KAndi · 121.2KAndi · 87.6KChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Free
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
Free
$8per month · free tier available
$8.99per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Capabilities input → output
Input
TextImagesDocumentsCode
Text
TextImagesDocumentsCodeAudio
Text
Output
TextCode
Text
TextImagesCodeAudio
Text
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
10
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Search engine
Research
AI search
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Chatbots
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Research papers
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Summarizing
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Literature reviews
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Writing
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Academic research
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Blogging
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Coding
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Copywriting
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Document summarization
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Email writing
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Essay writing
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Grammar checking
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Image generation
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Image to text
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Medical research
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Private search engine
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Research papers summaries
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Scientific research
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Search engine assistance
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Translations
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Code documentation
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Debugging
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Homework assistance
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Image editing
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Image to image
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Refactoring
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Rating
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★ 4.34 ratings
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Upvotes
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Reviews
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Prompts
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