Tier lists / Chat & research assistants / Perplexity
Search assistant that answers with cited sources and offers deep research.
Use it when…
You want fast, cited answers instead of ten blue links.
Skip it if…
You need long-form creative writing.
Score breakdown
Initial editorial estimate from public info; not yet hands-on tested. How we score →
Details
- Pricing
- Free tier; paid Pro planUnverified. Unverified: editorial summary. We couldn't confirm this on an official pricing page (JS-rendered, no public pricing, or usage-based) as of Oct 18, 2026.
- Free tier
- Yes (unverified)
- Platforms
- web · Mac · Win · iOS · Android
- Open source
- No
- Official URL
- https://www.perplexity.ai
- URL verified
- Oct 18, 2026 (headless Chrome render (curl got bot-protection 403))
- Last reviewed
- Oct 18, 2026 by agent
- Sources
Changelog
- Oct 18, 2026: Initial listing; score 80 (A) as editorial estimate.
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