Perplexity AI vs GitHub Copilot vs Gemini 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
GitHub Copilot
Competitor 2
Gemini
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 GitHub Copilot
github.com
Your AI pair programmer that actually knows the codebase
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Competitor Gemini
gemini.google.com
Google's most capable AI model
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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
637.9Mvisits/mo
2.6Bvisits/mo
81.9Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 8.2%
▲ 3.7%
▼ 2.6%
▼ 31.3%
6-month growth
-42.9%
+19.3%
+0.8%
-16.6%
Global rank web
#446
#49
#17
#609
Avg. last 3 months
104.9M
629.7M
2.7B
110.9M
Bounce rate lower is better
33%
36%
28%
36%
Pages / visit
3.6
5.9
4.1
3.6
Visit duration
4m 18s
6m 26s
7m 01s
5m 32s
Traffic sources
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 87% · ● Referral 11%
Perplexity AIGitHub CopilotGeminiMicrosoft Copilot
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 · 95.2MGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6BMicrosoft 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 · 95.2MGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6BMicrosoft 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
$4per month · free tier available
$4.99per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free tier
Free trial
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Free FreeTeam $4/moEnterprise $21/mo
Free FreeGoogle AI Plus $4.99/moGoogle AI Pro $19.99/moGoogle AI Ultra 5x $99.99/mo+1 more
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Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeDocumentsImagesText
CodeText
TextImagesDocumentsCodeAudio
TextImagesDocumentsCodeAudio
Output
TextCode
Code
VideoTextImagesCodeAudio
TextImagesCodeAudio
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsEducation & LearningLifestyle & EntertainmentProductivity & Office+13 more
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+27 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Generation+16 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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15
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Chatbots
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Coding
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Research
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Search engine
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Summarizing
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Writing
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Image generation
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Translations
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Homework assistance
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AI search
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Code autocompletion
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Agents
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Code reviews
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Coding in VS Code
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Document summarization
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Email writing
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Image to image
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Large language models
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PDF analysis
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Productivity
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Research papers
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Video generation
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Video summaries
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Voice assistance
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Vs code
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Agent management
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Debugging
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Image editing
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Literature reviews
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Terminal
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Prompts
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