Kagi vs Perplexity AI

Side-by-side comparison of Kagi and Perplexity AI: pricing, features, API access, and community ratings.

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	Kagi Ad-free, privacy-preserving search engine with AI summaries and user-controlled result ranking Visit	Perplexity AI AI-powered search engine that answers questions with cited, up-to-date sources. Visit
Category	Search & research	Search & research
Pricing	Paid	Freemium
Starting price	USD 10/mo	USD 20/mo
Free tier
Audience	All audiences	All audiences
API available
Open source
Self-hostable
Model provider		Perplexity / OpenAI / Anthropic
Founded	2018	2022
Headquarters	US	San Francisco, US
Key strengths	·Zero ads, zero tracking, subscription-funded ·Personalizable result ranking (boost/block domains) ·Universal Summarizer for any URL or PDF ·Lenses for specialized searches	·real-time web search ·cited sources ·Sonar API ·follow-up questions