About Perplexity
Perplexity gives you direct, cited answers instead of a list of links. Great for research, comparisons, and quickly verifying facts. Teams pick it because real citations on every answer and fast research workflow.
Things to keep in mind: sometimes uses thin sources.
Perplexity is an Editor's Choice freemium tool from Perplexity AI and launched on 2022-12-07. It sits in the Research and Productivity space and is best used to Research, Summarization.
Pricing
- 5 pro searches per day
- Unlimited basic searches
- Cited sources and references
- Access to Perplexity mobile app
Features
- •Cited answers with sourcesBuilt-in support for cited answers with sources — used for research.
- •Long-document summarisationBuilt-in support for long-document summarisation — used for research.
- •Comparative reasoning across papersBuilt-in support for comparative reasoning across papers — used for research.
- •Export to citation managersBuilt-in support for export to citation managers — used for research.
Pros
- Real citations on every answer
- Fast research workflow
- Good free tier
Cons
- Sometimes uses thin sources
- Pro plan needed for advanced models
- Not great for creative writing
AI Models used
The foundation models that power Perplexity under the hood.
Powers reasoning and answer generation with cited sources across Perplexity's search results.
Provides alternative language model capabilities for answer synthesis and user interactions.
Offers open-source model option for efficient processing of search queries and answer generation.
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