Perplexity AI vs Skywork vs Manus vs ChatGPT

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
Skywork
Competitor 2
Manus
Competitor 3
ChatGPT
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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 Skywork
skywork.ai
Competitor Manus
manus.im
Manus is an AI agent that goes beyond answering questions to carry out tasks and automate workflows.
Competitor ChatGPT
chatgpt.com
Your AI assistant for everything
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
95.2Mvisits/mo
2Mvisits/mo
25Mvisits/mo
5.6Bvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 8.2%
▼ 23.2%
▲ 27.7%
▲ 3.5%
6-month growth
-42.9%
-37.0%
-13.1%
-1.6%
Global rank web
#446
#22,484
#2,481
#7
Avg. last 3 months
104.9M
2.5M
22.6M
5.5B
Bounce rate lower is better
33%
44%
37%
30%
Pages / visit
3.6
3.1
5.0
4.3
Visit duration
4m 18s
3m 09s
6m 52s
6m 35s
Traffic sources
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 86% · ● Referral 11%
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 13%
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 3%
Perplexity AISkyworkManusChatGPT
01.5B2.9B4.4B5.8BPerplexity 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 · 95.2MSkywork · 3.8MSkywork · 3.3MSkywork · 2.9MSkywork · 3.3MSkywork · 3.1MSkywork · 2.7MSkywork · 2.7MSkywork · 3MSkywork · 2.6MSkywork · 2MManus · 14.8MManus · 14.4MManus · 18.6MManus · 21.1MManus · 28.8MManus · 29.4MManus · 28MManus · 23.2MManus · 19.6MManus · 25MChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6B1M10M100M1B10BPerplexity 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 · 95.2MSkywork · 3.8MSkywork · 3.3MSkywork · 2.9MSkywork · 3.3MSkywork · 3.1MSkywork · 2.7MSkywork · 2.7MSkywork · 3MSkywork · 2.6MSkywork · 2MManus · 14.8MManus · 14.4MManus · 18.6MManus · 21.1MManus · 28.8MManus · 29.4MManus · 28MManus · 23.2MManus · 19.6MManus · 25MChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
$9.99per month · free tier available
$16per month · free tier available
$8per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free trial
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Free FreeGo $8/moPlus $20/moPro 5x $100/mo+1 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
TextImagesDocumentsCode
DocumentsText
DocumentsTextImages
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
Output
TextCode
AppsAudioDataDocumentsSlides
DocumentsImagesSlidesVideoApps
TextImagesCodeAudio
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
10
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19
Research
Agents
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Search engine
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Presentations
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Summarizing
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Website building
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Coding
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Image generation
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Writing
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AI search
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Blogging
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Copywriting
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Document summarization
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Email writing
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Essay writing
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Grammar checking
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Image to text
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Research papers
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Spreadsheets
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Translations
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Workflows
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Code documentation
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Debugging
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Homework assistance
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Image editing
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Image to image
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Literature reviews
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Music
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Note taking
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Prompts
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Traffic figures are third-party estimates for the tool's own domain; tools sharing a domain with a bigger product are not counted. Pricing is captured from each tool's site and may lag.