Perplexity AI vs Microsoft Copilot vs Gemini vs SciSummary

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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Microsoft Copilot
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Gemini
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SciSummary
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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 Gemini
gemini.google.com
Google's most capable AI model
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Competitor SciSummary
scisummary.com
SciSummary is an AI reading aid for scientific articles and research papers.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
95.2Mvisits/mo
81.9Mvisits/mo
2.6Bvisits/mo
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MoM change
▼ 8.2%
▼ 31.3%
▼ 2.6%
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6-month growth
-42.9%
-16.6%
+0.8%
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Global rank web
#446
#609
#17
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Avg. last 3 months
104.9M
110.9M
2.7B
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Bounce rate lower is better
33%
36%
28%
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Pages / visit
3.6
3.6
4.1
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Visit duration
4m 18s
5m 32s
7m 01s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 87% · ● Referral 11%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
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Perplexity AIMicrosoft CopilotGeminiSciSummary
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 · 95.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 105.6MMicrosoft Copilot · 97.9MMicrosoft Copilot · 101.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 98.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 123.8MMicrosoft Copilot · 130MMicrosoft Copilot · 131.6MMicrosoft Copilot · 119.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 81.9MGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6B10M100M1B10BPerplexity 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 · 81.9MGemini · 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
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
$4.99per month · free tier available
$4per month
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Free FreeGoogle AI Plus $4.99/moGoogle AI Pro $19.99/moGoogle AI Ultra 5x $99.99/mo+1 more
Free Trial FreeStudent FreePro $4/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
TextImagesDocumentsCode
DocumentsCodeAudioImagesText
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
Documents
Output
TextCode
AudioCodeImagesText
VideoTextImagesCodeAudio
Text
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsEducation & LearningLifestyle & EntertainmentProductivity & Office+13 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Generation+16 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+27 more
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsWriting & ContentAI PDF+2 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Summarizing
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Writing
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Image generation
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Research papers
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Coding
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Document summarization
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Translations
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Homework assistance
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Literature reviews
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AI search
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Research papers summaries
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Scientific research summaries
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Article summaries
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Email writing
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Large language models
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PDF analysis
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Productivity
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Research papers analysis
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Video generation
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Video summaries
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Voice assistance
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Image editing
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Literature analysis
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PDFs
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