How do Lex and Perplexity compare in monthly traffic?

Lex has 24,323 monthly visits, while Perplexity has 88,310,223. Traffic estimates describe audience size, not product quality.

How do their growth rates compare?

Lex has a month-over-month growth rate of -57.1%; Perplexity has -3.7%.

How does pricing compare?

Lex: Freemium. Lex has operated on a freemium model with free and paid tiers; the site currently states it is no longer accepting new customers, so new signups may not be available. Existing accounts keep working and pricing details remain published on the site. Perplexity: Freemium. Offers a permanent Free tier with unlimited Quick Searches, 3 Pro Searches per day, and 1 Deep Research query per month; Perplexity Pro costs $20/month ($200/year) and Perplexity Max costs $200/month ($2,000/year) for individuals. Team plans start at $40/seat/month ($400/seat/year) for Enterprise Pro and $325/seat/month for Enterprise Max, alongside usage-based Sonar API billing.