Perplexity AI vs Outrank vs Gemini vs Consensus

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
Outrank
Competitor 2
Gemini
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
Competitor Outrank
documind.chat
Outrank provides advanced PDF interaction capabilities that go beyond basic document viewing
Competitor Gemini
gemini.google.com
Google's most capable AI model
Competitor Consensus
consensus.app
Scientific answers from peer-reviewed research
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
95.2Mvisits/mo
23.8Kvisits/mo
2.6Bvisits/mo
5.8Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 8.2%
▼ 0.1%
▼ 2.6%
▲ 3.5%
6-month growth
-42.9%
+14.8%
+0.8%
+14.4%
Global rank web
#446
#1,182,887
#17
#9,859
Avg. last 3 months
104.9M
24.6K
2.7B
5.5M
Bounce rate lower is better
33%
42%
28%
43%
Pages / visit
3.6
1.9
4.1
4.1
Visit duration
4m 18s
12s
7m 01s
3m 56s
Traffic sources
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
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● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
Perplexity AIOutrankGeminiConsensus
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 · 95.2MOutrank · 13.6KOutrank · 25.5KOutrank · 30.2KOutrank · 20.7KOutrank · 22.7KOutrank · 24.1KOutrank · 26.2KOutrank · 23.8KOutrank · 23.8KGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6BConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8M10K100K1M10M100M1B10BPerplexity 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 · 23.8KGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6BConsensus · 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
$4.99per month · free tier available
$8.99per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Capabilities input → output
Input
TextCodeDocumentsImages
TextDocuments
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
Text
Output
TextCode
TextApps
VideoTextImagesCodeAudio
Text
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research
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Search engine
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Summarizing
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Chatbots
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Research papers
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PDF analysis
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Document summarization
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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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Image generation
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Academic research
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Coding
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Email writing
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Image to image
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Large language models
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Medical research
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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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Video generation
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Video summaries
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Essay writing
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FAQ chatbot
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Homework assistance
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Image editing
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