Perplexity AI vs Claude vs MostlyAI vs DeepSeek

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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Claude
Competitor 2
MostlyAI
Competitor 3
DeepSeek
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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 Claude
claude.ai
AI assistant built to be helpful, harmless, and honest
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Competitor MostlyAI
mostly.ai
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Competitor DeepSeek
deepseek.com
DeepSeek is an AI lab and chat assistant.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
95.2Mvisits/mo
950.2Mvisits/mo
43.5Kvisits/mo
353.8Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 8.2%
▼ 2.0%
▼ 22.5%
▲ 2.1%
6-month growth
-42.9%
+54.8%
-35.7%
+0.9%
Global rank web
#446
#40
#791,007
#131
Avg. last 3 months
104.9M
955.4M
55.6K
357.9M
Bounce rate lower is better
33%
26%
39%
38%
Pages / visit
3.6
4.5
1.8
3.4
Visit duration
4m 18s
6m 14s
22s
5m 33s
Traffic sources
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 5%
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● Direct 95% · ● Referral 4%
Perplexity AIClaudeMostlyAIDeepSeek
0242.3M484.7M727M969.3MPerplexity 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 · 95.2MClaude · 180.3MClaude · 172.7MClaude · 202.9MClaude · 290.3MClaude · 613.7MClaude · 823.5MClaude · 952.6MClaude · 946.8MClaude · 969.3MClaude · 950.2MMostlyAI · 76.8KMostlyAI · 88.7KMostlyAI · 87.8KMostlyAI · 67.7KMostlyAI · 61.8KMostlyAI · 56.7KMostlyAI · 67.3KMostlyAI · 56.1KMostlyAI · 43.5KDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8M10K100K1M10M100M1BPerplexity 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 · 95.2MClaude · 180.3MClaude · 172.7MClaude · 202.9MClaude · 290.3MClaude · 613.7MClaude · 823.5MClaude · 952.6MClaude · 946.8MClaude · 969.3MClaude · 950.2MMostlyAI · 76.8KMostlyAI · 88.7KMostlyAI · 87.8KMostlyAI · 67.7KMostlyAI · 61.8KMostlyAI · 56.7KMostlyAI · 67.3KMostlyAI · 56.1KMostlyAI · 43.5KDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Free
Freemium
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
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Free FreePro $20/moMax 5x $100/moMax 20x $200/mo
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deepseek-flash Customdeepseek-v4-pro Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeDocumentsImagesText
CodeTextImagesDocuments
TextData
TextImagesCode
Output
CodeText
TextSlidesDocumentsDataCode
Data
TextCode
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsEducation & LearningLifestyle & EntertainmentProductivity & Office+13 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningProductivity & Office+19 more
Development & CodeResearch & AnalyticsAI Developer ToolsAI For Data Analytics
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningWriting & Content+10 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Chatbots
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Research
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Summarizing
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Writing
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Large language models
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Document summarization
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Translations
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Homework assistance
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AI search
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Search engine
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Synthetic data
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APIs
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Agents
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Code reviews
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Data analysis
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Debugging
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Essay writing
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PDF analysis
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Paraphrasing
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Research papers
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Terminal
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Blogging
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Code documentation
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Copywriting
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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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Email writing
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