Perplexity AI vs Who Codes Best? vs Consensus vs Microsoft Copilot

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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Who Codes Best?
Competitor 2
Consensus
Competitor 3
Microsoft Copilot
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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 Who Codes Best?
whocodesbest.com
Picking an AI coding assistant feels like guessing
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Competitor Consensus
consensus.app
Scientific answers from peer-reviewed research
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Competitor Microsoft Copilot
copilot.microsoft.com
AI across Microsoft
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
95.2Mvisits/mo
2Kvisits/mo
5.8Mvisits/mo
81.9Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 8.2%
▲ 90.7%
▲ 3.5%
▼ 31.3%
6-month growth
-42.9%
+168.0%
+14.4%
-16.6%
Global rank web
#446
#8,718,640
#9,859
#609
Avg. last 3 months
104.9M
1.4K
5.5M
110.9M
Bounce rate lower is better
33%
41%
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36%
Pages / visit
3.6
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4.1
3.6
Visit duration
4m 18s
1s
3m 56s
5m 32s
Traffic sources
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
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● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 87% · ● Referral 11%
Perplexity AIWho Codes Best?ConsensusMicrosoft Copilot
047.3M94.5M141.8M189MPerplexity 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 · 95.2MWho Codes Best? · 747Who Codes Best? · 2.2KWho Codes Best? · 597Who Codes Best? · 1KWho Codes Best? · 1.1KWho Codes Best? · 2KConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MMicrosoft Copilot · 105.6MMicrosoft Copilot · 97.9MMicrosoft Copilot · 101.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 98.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 123.8MMicrosoft Copilot · 130MMicrosoft Copilot · 131.6MMicrosoft Copilot · 119.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 81.9M1001K10K100K1M10M100M1BPerplexity 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 · 95.2MWho Codes Best? · 747Who Codes Best? · 2.2KWho Codes Best? · 597Who Codes Best? · 1KWho Codes Best? · 1.1KWho Codes Best? · 2KConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MMicrosoft Copilot · 105.6MMicrosoft Copilot · 97.9MMicrosoft Copilot · 101.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 98.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 123.8MMicrosoft Copilot · 130MMicrosoft Copilot · 131.6MMicrosoft Copilot · 119.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 81.9MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
$8.99per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsImagesTextCode
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TextImagesDocumentsCodeAudio
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CodeText
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Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsEducation & LearningLifestyle & EntertainmentProductivity & Office+13 more
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Generation+16 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Summarizing
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Coding
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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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LLM comparison
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Academic research
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Document summarization
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Image generation
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Medical research
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Productivity
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Research papers summaries
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Voice assistance
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GPT comparison
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