Perplexity AI vs Outrank vs DeepSeek vs Consensus

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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Outrank
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DeepSeek
Competitor 3
Consensus
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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 Outrank
documind.chat
Outrank provides advanced PDF interaction capabilities that go beyond basic document viewing
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Competitor DeepSeek
deepseek.com
DeepSeek is an AI lab and chat assistant.
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Competitor Consensus
consensus.app
Scientific answers from peer-reviewed research
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
95.2Mvisits/mo
23.8Kvisits/mo
353.8Mvisits/mo
5.8Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 8.2%
▼ 0.1%
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▲ 3.5%
6-month growth
-42.9%
+14.8%
+0.9%
+14.4%
Global rank web
#446
#1,182,887
#131
#9,859
Avg. last 3 months
104.9M
24.6K
357.9M
5.5M
Bounce rate lower is better
33%
42%
38%
43%
Pages / visit
3.6
1.9
3.4
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Visit duration
4m 18s
12s
5m 33s
3m 56s
Traffic sources
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
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● Direct 95% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
Perplexity AIOutrankDeepSeekConsensus
0107.6M215.2M322.8M430.4MPerplexity 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 · 95.2MOutrank · 13.6KOutrank · 25.5KOutrank · 30.2KOutrank · 20.7KOutrank · 22.7KOutrank · 24.1KOutrank · 26.2KOutrank · 23.8KOutrank · 23.8KDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8MConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8M10K100K1M10M100M1BPerplexity 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 · 95.2MOutrank · 13.6KOutrank · 25.5KOutrank · 30.2KOutrank · 20.7KOutrank · 22.7KOutrank · 24.1KOutrank · 26.2KOutrank · 23.8KOutrank · 23.8KDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8MConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
$99per month · free tier available
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$8.99per month · free tier available
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deepseek-flash Customdeepseek-v4-pro Custom
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Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsImagesTextCode
DocumentsText
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Text
Output
CodeText
AppsText
TextCode
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Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsEducation & LearningLifestyle & EntertainmentProductivity & Office+13 more
Productivity & OfficeWriting & ContentAI PDFAI Summarizer
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningWriting & Content+10 more
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Summarizing
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Search engine
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Document summarization
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Homework assistance
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Literature reviews
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Writing
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AI search
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Document chat
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Large language models
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Academic research
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Coding
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Medical research
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PDF analysis
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PDFs
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Research papers summaries
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Scientific research
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Translations
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Essay writing
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FAQ chatbot
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Math
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