Perplexity AI
AI answer engine delivering real-time, cited answers from across the web
About Perplexity AI
Perplexity AI is a conversational answer engine that responds to questions with concise, direct answers drawn from real-time web searches, each backed by source citations for verification. It offers deeper research tools, a choice of leading AI models, source-type filtering, and an AI-native browser (Comet), plus the Sonar API for developers to embed cited search into their own products.
Commonly Cited Strengths & Limitations
Strengths
- Answers include verifiable source citations
- Access to multiple leading AI models in one place
- Real-time, up-to-date web information
Common Use Cases
- Real-time research and fact-finding
- In-depth analysis with verifiable sources
- Summarizing complex documents
- Content creation and idea generation
- Instant cited answers within the browser
- Agentic browsing and task automation
- Embedding cited search into third-party products via API
Details
- Pricing Model
- Freemium
- Starting Price
- $20/mo
- Founded
- 2022
- Team Size
- Individual, Small Business, Enterprise
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Category
- AI & Machine Learning
Key Features
- Pro SearchMore powerful, extended search for complex or multi-step queries.
- Deep ResearchRuns in-depth research queries that gather and synthesize many sources into a report.
- Source citationsEvery answer includes links to the sources it draws from for fact-checking.
- Multiple AI model selectionChoose among leading models such as GPT-5, Claude Opus, and Gemini.
- Model CouncilRuns a query across multiple top models at once and synthesizes their outputs (Max plan).
- Focus Modes / source-type filteringFilter results by source type such as academic papers.
Official Pricing
Perplexity AI's published plans
Free
Contact Sales
- Standard search with citations
- Limited Pro Search
Pro
$20/mo
- Unlimited Pro Search
- Access to top models like GPT-5 and Claude Opus
- Daily Deep Research queries
- Image and video generation
- File uploads
- Comet browser
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