Perplexity AI vs IAsk vs DeepSeek 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
IAsk
Competitor 2
DeepSeek
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 IAsk
iask.ai
IAsk
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Competitor DeepSeek
deepseek.com
DeepSeek is an AI lab and chat assistant.
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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
736.4Kvisits/mo
353.8Mvisits/mo
2.6Bvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 8.2%
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▲ 2.1%
▼ 2.6%
6-month growth
-42.9%
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+0.9%
+0.8%
Global rank web
#446
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#131
#17
Avg. last 3 months
104.9M
736.4K
357.9M
2.7B
Bounce rate lower is better
33%
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38%
28%
Pages / visit
3.6
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3.4
4.1
Visit duration
4m 18s
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5m 33s
7m 01s
Traffic sources
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
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● Direct 95% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
Perplexity AIIAskDeepSeekGemini
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 · 95.2MIAsk · 736.4KDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8MGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6B100K1M10M100M1B10BPerplexity 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 · 95.2MIAsk · 736.4KDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8MGemini · 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
Free tier
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$4.99per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Free trial
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API access
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Plans
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Free FreeiAsk Pro
deepseek-flash Customdeepseek-v4-pro Custom
Free FreeGoogle AI Plus $4.99/moGoogle AI Pro $19.99/moGoogle AI Ultra 5x $99.99/mo+1 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeDocumentsImagesText
Web pagesTextDocuments
TextImagesCode
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
Output
CodeText
Text
TextCode
VideoTextImagesCodeAudio
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsEducation & LearningLifestyle & EntertainmentProductivity & Office+13 more
Education & LearningProductivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Homework Helper+2 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningWriting & Content+10 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+27 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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15
Research
Chatbots
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Search engine
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Summarizing
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Homework assistance
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Writing
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AI search
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Large language models
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Coding
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Image generation
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Translations
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Document summarization
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Email writing
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Essay writing
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Image to image
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PDF analysis
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Research papers
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Video generation
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Video summaries
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Document analysis
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Grammar checking
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Image editing
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Literature reviews
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Math
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Rating
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Prompts
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