Perplexity AI vs You.com vs DeepSeek vs Microsoft Copilot

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
You.com
Competitor 2
DeepSeek
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 You.com
you.com
Search rebuilt for AI
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Competitor DeepSeek
deepseek.com
DeepSeek is an AI lab and chat assistant.
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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
971Kvisits/mo
353.8Mvisits/mo
81.9Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 8.2%
▼ 3.5%
▲ 2.1%
▼ 31.3%
6-month growth
-42.9%
-32.4%
+0.9%
-16.6%
Global rank web
#446
#56,627
#131
#609
Avg. last 3 months
104.9M
1M
357.9M
110.9M
Bounce rate lower is better
33%
47%
38%
36%
Pages / visit
3.6
2.7
3.4
3.6
Visit duration
4m 18s
1m 44s
5m 33s
5m 32s
Traffic sources
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 87% · ● Referral 11%
Perplexity AIYou.comDeepSeekMicrosoft Copilot
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 · 95.2MYou.com · 1.8MYou.com · 1.5MYou.com · 1.6MYou.com · 1.5MYou.com · 1.4MYou.com · 1.4MYou.com · 1.3MYou.com · 1.1MYou.com · 1MYou.com · 971KDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8MMicrosoft Copilot · 105.6MMicrosoft Copilot · 97.9MMicrosoft Copilot · 101.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 98.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 123.8MMicrosoft Copilot · 130MMicrosoft Copilot · 131.6MMicrosoft Copilot · 119.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 81.9M100K1M10M100M1BPerplexity 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 · 95.2MYou.com · 1.8MYou.com · 1.5MYou.com · 1.6MYou.com · 1.5MYou.com · 1.4MYou.com · 1.4MYou.com · 1.3MYou.com · 1.1MYou.com · 1MYou.com · 971KDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8MMicrosoft 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
$1per month · free tier available
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Free tier
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Free trial
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API access
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Plans
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Free FreeWeb Search API $5Contents API $1Answer API $5+2 more
deepseek-flash Customdeepseek-v4-pro Custom
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Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsImagesTextCode
Web pagesText
TextImagesCode
TextImagesDocumentsCodeAudio
Output
CodeText
TextData
TextCode
TextImagesCodeAudio
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsEducation & LearningLifestyle & EntertainmentProductivity & Office+13 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeProductivity & OfficeResearch & Analytics+5 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningWriting & Content+10 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Generation+16 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
10
6
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11
Research
Chatbots
Search engine
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Summarizing
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Homework assistance
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Writing
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AI search
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Coding
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Translations
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Large language models
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Document summarization
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Image generation
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Productivity
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Research papers
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Voice assistance
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Chatbot integration
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Literature reviews
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Math
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Web scraping
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Prompts
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