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Liner vs Perplexity vs Kagi

Pick up to three tools. Prices are read from each official pricing page and shown per month.

Kagi is the cheapest to start, at $5 a month.

AttributeLinerPerplexityKagi
CategoryAI searchAI searchAI search
Good forresearch, search, studying, summarisingsearch, research, summarising, studyingsearch, research, summarising, productivity
Starts at$17.99/mo$20/mo$5/mo
Free planYesYesNo
Free tier limitsFree plan: unlimited Advanced Search, Deep Research and image generation access, 1 file upload per day (25MB), answers with ads, no agent credits.Free search with cited answers and basic models, with limited usage of advanced features such as Deep Research.Free trial only: 100 searches and 100 Kagi Assistant interactions with access to all features.
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Pricing modelFree plan + paidFree plan + paidFree trial
Key features
  • Advanced Search with cited sources
  • Deep Research reports
  • File upload and document analysis
  • Access to multiple leading AI models
  • Answers with inline source citations
  • Deep Research for in-depth reports
  • Choice of models from multiple AI labs
  • File uploads and app connectors
  • Ad-free, private search results
  • Customisable result ranking per site
  • Kagi Assistant with multiple AI models
  • Research mode on Ultimate plan
All plans
  • Pro$17.99
  • Max$35.99
  • Pro$20
  • Max$200
  • Starter$5
  • Professional$10
  • Ultimate$25
PopularityTop 20,000 website worldwide (Cloudflare Radar)#3 generative AI service · Top 500 website worldwide (Cloudflare Radar)Top 50,000 website worldwide (Cloudflare Radar)
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