Perplexity AI vs Sider Deep Research vs Gemini vs Claude

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
Sider Deep Research
Competitor 2
Gemini
Competitor 3
Claude
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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 Sider Deep Research
sider.ai
Sider Deep Research tackles the gap between quick AI answers and proper citations
Competitor Gemini
gemini.google.com
Google's most capable AI model
Competitor Claude
claude.ai
AI assistant built to be helpful, harmless, and honest
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
95.2Mvisits/mo
3.1Mvisits/mo
2.6Bvisits/mo
950.2Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 8.2%
▲ 3.4%
▼ 2.6%
▼ 2.0%
6-month growth
-42.9%
-26.1%
+0.8%
+54.8%
Global rank web
#446
#22,424
#17
#40
Avg. last 3 months
104.9M
3M
2.7B
955.4M
Bounce rate lower is better
33%
56%
28%
26%
Pages / visit
3.6
2.3
4.1
4.5
Visit duration
4m 18s
1m 32s
7m 01s
6m 14s
Traffic sources
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 5%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 5%
Perplexity AISider Deep ResearchGeminiClaude
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 · 95.2MSider Deep Research · 4.1MSider Deep Research · 3.8MSider Deep Research · 3.7MSider Deep Research · 4.1MSider Deep Research · 3.9MSider Deep Research · 3.5MSider Deep Research · 3MSider Deep Research · 3MSider Deep Research · 3.1MGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6BClaude · 180.3MClaude · 172.7MClaude · 202.9MClaude · 290.3MClaude · 613.7MClaude · 823.5MClaude · 952.6MClaude · 946.8MClaude · 969.3MClaude · 950.2M1M10M100M1B10BPerplexity 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 · 95.2MSider Deep Research · 4.1MSider Deep Research · 3.8MSider Deep Research · 3.7MSider Deep Research · 4.1MSider Deep Research · 3.9MSider Deep Research · 3.5MSider Deep Research · 3MSider Deep Research · 3MSider Deep Research · 3.1MGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6BClaude · 180.3MClaude · 172.7MClaude · 202.9MClaude · 290.3MClaude · 613.7MClaude · 823.5MClaude · 952.6MClaude · 946.8MClaude · 969.3MClaude · 950.2MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Free
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
Free
$4.99per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Free Trial Free
Free FreeGoogle AI Plus $4.99/moGoogle AI Pro $19.99/moGoogle AI Ultra 5x $99.99/mo+1 more
Free FreePro $20/moMax 5x $100/moMax 20x $200/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
TextImagesDocumentsCode
Text
TextImagesDocumentsCodeAudio
CodeTextImagesDocuments
Output
TextCode
TextDocuments
AudioVideoTextImagesCode
TextSlidesDocumentsDataCode
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research
Chatbots
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Summarizing
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Writing
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Coding
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Search engine
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Document summarization
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Large language models
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PDF analysis
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Translations
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Email writing
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Literature reviews
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AI search
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Image generation
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APIs
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Academic research
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Agents
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Citation verification
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Citations
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Code reviews
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Debugging
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Essay writing
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Image to image
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Internet research
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Multilingual research
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Paraphrasing
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Research papers
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Terminal
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Video generation
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Video summaries
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Prompts
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