Perplexity AI vs Microsoft Copilot vs Cursor

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
Microsoft Copilot
Competitor 2
Cursor
Competitor 3
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Your tool Perplexity AI
perplexity.ai
Search that gives answers instead of links
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Competitor Microsoft Copilot
copilot.microsoft.com
AI across Microsoft
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Competitor Cursor
cursor.sh
Code editor that actually understands your codebase
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
95.2Mvisits/mo
81.9Mvisits/mo
4.5Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 8.2%
▼ 31.3%
▲ 7.8%
6-month growth
-42.9%
-16.6%
-1.8%
Global rank web
#446
#609
#15,584
Avg. last 3 months
104.9M
110.9M
4.4M
Bounce rate lower is better
33%
36%
57%
Pages / visit
3.6
3.6
2.4
Visit duration
4m 18s
5m 32s
1m 36s
Traffic sources
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 87% · ● Referral 11%
● Referral 80% · ● Mail 13%
Perplexity AIMicrosoft CopilotCursor
047.3M94.5M141.8M189MPerplexity 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 · 95.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 105.6MMicrosoft Copilot · 97.9MMicrosoft Copilot · 101.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 98.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 123.8MMicrosoft Copilot · 130MMicrosoft Copilot · 131.6MMicrosoft Copilot · 119.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 81.9MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5M1M10M100M1BPerplexity 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 · 95.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 105.6MMicrosoft Copilot · 97.9MMicrosoft Copilot · 101.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 98.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 123.8MMicrosoft Copilot · 130MMicrosoft Copilot · 131.6MMicrosoft Copilot · 119.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 81.9MCursor · 3.8MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.3MCursor · 4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.4MCursor · 4.6MCursor · 4.5MCursor · 4.2MCursor · 4.5MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free trial
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API access
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Plan $20.0 $20/moEnterprise $0/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsImagesTextCode
TextImagesDocumentsCodeAudio
TextCode
Output
CodeText
TextImagesCodeAudio
Code
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsEducation & LearningLifestyle & EntertainmentProductivity & Office+13 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Generation+16 more
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
10
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Chatbots
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Coding
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Research
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Search engine
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Summarizing
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Homework assistance
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Writing
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AI search
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Code reviews
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Debugging
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Development
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Document summarization
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Image generation
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Productivity
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Refactoring
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Research papers
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Translations
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Voice assistance
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Code documentation
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Literature reviews
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Terminal commands management
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Upvotes
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Saves
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Reviews
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Prompts
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