Perplexity AI vs Microsoft Copilot vs DeepSeek vs MostlyAI

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
Microsoft Copilot
Competitor 2
DeepSeek
Competitor 3
MostlyAI
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
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 DeepSeek
deepseek.com
DeepSeek is an AI lab and chat assistant.
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Competitor MostlyAI
mostly.ai
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
95.2Mvisits/mo
81.9Mvisits/mo
353.8Mvisits/mo
43.5Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 8.2%
▼ 31.3%
▲ 2.1%
▼ 22.5%
6-month growth
-42.9%
-16.6%
+0.9%
-35.7%
Global rank web
#446
#609
#131
#791,007
Avg. last 3 months
104.9M
110.9M
357.9M
55.6K
Bounce rate lower is better
33%
36%
38%
39%
Pages / visit
3.6
3.6
3.4
1.8
Visit duration
4m 18s
5m 32s
5m 33s
22s
Traffic sources
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 87% · ● Referral 11%
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 4%
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Perplexity AIMicrosoft CopilotDeepSeekMostlyAI
0107.6M215.2M322.8M430.4MPerplexity 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 · 81.9MDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8MMostlyAI · 76.8KMostlyAI · 88.7KMostlyAI · 87.8KMostlyAI · 67.7KMostlyAI · 61.8KMostlyAI · 56.7KMostlyAI · 67.3KMostlyAI · 56.1KMostlyAI · 43.5K10K100K1M10M100M1BPerplexity 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 · 81.9MDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8MMostlyAI · 76.8KMostlyAI · 88.7KMostlyAI · 87.8KMostlyAI · 67.7KMostlyAI · 61.8KMostlyAI · 56.7KMostlyAI · 67.3KMostlyAI · 56.1KMostlyAI · 43.5KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Free
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsImagesTextCode
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
TextImagesCode
DataText
Output
CodeText
TextImagesCodeAudio
TextCode
Data
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsEducation & LearningLifestyle & EntertainmentProductivity & Office+13 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Generation+16 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningWriting & Content+10 more
Development & CodeResearch & AnalyticsAI Developer ToolsAI For Data Analytics
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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6
Chatbots
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Research
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Summarizing
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Homework assistance
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Writing
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Search engine
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Coding
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Translations
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AI search
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Large language models
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Synthetic data
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Data analysis
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Document summarization
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Image generation
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Productivity
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Research papers
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Voice assistance
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Data anonymization
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Data privacy compliance
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Data science
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Developer tools
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Literature reviews
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Math
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Prompts
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