Perplexity AI vs ChatGPT vs Claude vs Microsoft Copilot

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
ChatGPT
Competitor 2
Claude
Competitor 3
Microsoft Copilot
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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 ChatGPT
chatgpt.com
Your AI assistant for everything
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Competitor Claude
claude.ai
AI assistant built to be helpful, harmless, and honest
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Competitor Microsoft Copilot
copilot.microsoft.com
AI across Microsoft
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
95.2Mvisits/mo
5.6Bvisits/mo
950.2Mvisits/mo
81.9Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 8.2%
▲ 3.5%
▼ 2.0%
▼ 31.3%
6-month growth
-42.9%
-1.6%
+54.8%
-16.6%
Global rank web
#446
#7
#40
#609
Avg. last 3 months
104.9M
5.5B
955.4M
110.9M
Bounce rate lower is better
33%
30%
26%
36%
Pages / visit
3.6
4.3
4.5
3.6
Visit duration
4m 18s
6m 35s
6m 14s
5m 32s
Traffic sources
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 3%
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 5%
● Direct 87% · ● Referral 11%
Perplexity AIChatGPTClaudeMicrosoft Copilot
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 · 95.2MChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BClaude · 180.3MClaude · 172.7MClaude · 202.9MClaude · 290.3MClaude · 613.7MClaude · 823.5MClaude · 952.6MClaude · 946.8MClaude · 969.3MClaude · 950.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 105.6MMicrosoft Copilot · 97.9MMicrosoft Copilot · 101.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 98.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 123.8MMicrosoft Copilot · 130MMicrosoft Copilot · 131.6MMicrosoft Copilot · 119.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 81.9M10M100M1B10BPerplexity 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 · 95.2MChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BClaude · 180.3MClaude · 172.7MClaude · 202.9MClaude · 290.3MClaude · 613.7MClaude · 823.5MClaude · 952.6MClaude · 946.8MClaude · 969.3MClaude · 950.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 105.6MMicrosoft Copilot · 97.9MMicrosoft Copilot · 101.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 98.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 123.8MMicrosoft Copilot · 130MMicrosoft Copilot · 131.6MMicrosoft Copilot · 119.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 81.9MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
$8per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free tier
Free trial
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API access
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Plans
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Free FreeGo $8/moPlus $20/moPro 5x $100/mo+1 more
Free FreePro $20/moMax 5x $100/moMax 20x $200/mo
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Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeDocumentsImagesText
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
TextImagesDocumentsCode
AudioCodeDocumentsImagesText
Output
CodeText
TextImagesCodeAudio
SlidesTextDocumentsDataCode
TextAudioCodeImages
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsEducation & LearningLifestyle & EntertainmentProductivity & Office+13 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+27 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningProductivity & Office+19 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Generation+16 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 4 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
10
19
26
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Chatbots
Research
Summarizing
Writing
Coding
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Search engine
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Translations
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Document summarization
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Essay writing
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Image generation
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Blogging
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Copywriting
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Debugging
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Email writing
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Grammar checking
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Homework assistance
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Code documentation
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Refactoring
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AI search
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APIs
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Agents
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Code reviews
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Image to text
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Large language models
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PDF analysis
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Paraphrasing
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Productivity
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Research papers
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Terminal
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Voice assistance
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Prompts
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