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Perplexity by Perplexity AI
Answer engine built around cited, live web retrieval.
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Perplexity is not competing to be your general assistant — it is competing with the search box. For market research, competitive scans and fact-checking, its citation discipline saves more time than a smarter model would.
Scores
reasoning84
coding70
writing82
speed92
value87
What works
- Inline citations on essentially every answer
- Fast, current results without prompting for search
- Search API is easy to bolt onto existing apps
What doesn't
- Weak for code and long-form generation
- Depends on upstream model providers
Feature support
API access
Vision input
Voice mode
Web browsing
Code execution
Fine-tuning
On-prem / VPC