Head to head

Kagi vs Perplexity

Kagi (Kagi) and Perplexity (Perplexity) both sit in Search & Research. Kagi is the cheaper entry point at from $5/mo. Perplexity shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (2 vs 0). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.

AttributeKagi

Kagi

Perplexity

Perplexity

SegmentSearch & ResearchSearch & Research
Version2025Sonar API
Entry costfrom $5/mofrom $20/mo
Pricing tiersFree free · Pro $20 · Max $200 · Enterprise Pro $40
Model stackClaude · GPTClaude Opus 4.5 · Frontier Models · Gemini 3 Pro · GPT-5.2 · Sonar
Context windowVaries by model
Public API
Routes models
Changes / 30d02
OriginGlobalGlobal
CapabilitiesAd-free search, Lenses, AssistantCited answers, Deep research, Comet browser, Spaces, Shopping, Focus modes, Gateway API, Agent API
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