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Top-rated AI Search Engine tools: Perplexity AI (all rated S-Tier)

As of 2026, there are 12 AI Search Engine AI tools ranked on AI Tier List. 1 tools received our highest S-Tier rating. 11 tools offer free or freemium plans. See only the free AI Search Engine tools →

Tier:
Price:
S1
Perplexity AI logoPerplexity AIFreemium
A3
Microsoft Bing (Copilot) logoMicrosoft Bing (Copilot)FreeExa.ai logoExa.aiFreemiumConsensus logoConsensusFreemium
B5
Google Search (AI Overviews) logoGoogle Search (AI Overviews)FreeArc Search logoArc SearchFreeKagi Search logoKagi SearchPaidBrave Search logoBrave SearchFreemiumYou.com logoYou.comFreemium
C2
Andi Search logoAndi SearchFreeKomo Search logoKomo SearchFreemium
D1
Phind logoPhindFree
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