Perplexity AI vs ChatGPT vs Consensus vs Gemini

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
Consensus
Competitor 3
Gemini
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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 Consensus
consensus.app
Scientific answers from peer-reviewed research
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Competitor Gemini
gemini.google.com
Google's most capable AI model
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
95.2Mvisits/mo
5.6Bvisits/mo
5.8Mvisits/mo
2.6Bvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 8.2%
▲ 3.5%
▲ 3.5%
▼ 2.6%
6-month growth
-42.9%
-1.6%
+14.4%
+0.8%
Global rank web
#446
#7
#9,859
#17
Avg. last 3 months
104.9M
5.5B
5.5M
2.7B
Bounce rate lower is better
33%
30%
43%
28%
Pages / visit
3.6
4.3
4.1
4.1
Visit duration
4m 18s
6m 35s
3m 56s
7m 01s
Traffic sources
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 3%
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
Perplexity AIChatGPTConsensusGemini
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 · 5.6BConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6B1M10M100M1B10BPerplexity 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 · 5.6BConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MGemini · 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
$8per month · free tier available
$8.99per month · free tier available
$4.99per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Free FreeGo $8/moPlus $20/moPro 5x $100/mo+1 more
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Free FreeGoogle AI Plus $4.99/moGoogle AI Pro $19.99/moGoogle AI Ultra 5x $99.99/mo+1 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
TextImagesDocumentsCode
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
Text
TextImagesDocumentsCodeAudio
Output
TextCode
TextImagesCodeAudio
Text
VideoTextImagesCodeAudio
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsEducation & LearningLifestyle & EntertainmentProductivity & Office+13 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+27 more
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+27 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research
Search engine
Chatbots
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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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Email writing
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Translations
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Image to image
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Literature reviews
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Image editing
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AI search
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Academic research
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Blogging
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Copywriting
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Document summarization
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Essay writing
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Grammar checking
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Image to text
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Large language models
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Medical research
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PDF analysis
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Research papers summaries
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Scientific research
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Video generation
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Video summaries
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Code documentation
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Debugging
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