DustvsPerplexity

Full side-by-side comparison — features, pricing, platforms, and which one wins in 2026.

Dust

AI Agent Frameworks

Platform for building and deploying AI assistants

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Perplexity

AI Search

AI-powered search engine with real-time citations

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FeatureDustPerplexity
CategoryAI Agent FrameworksAI Search
PricingFree + Pro $29/moFree + Pro $20/mo
GitHub Stars
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3k
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PlatformsWebWeb, iOS, Android
Key Features
  • ✓ Data connections
  • ✓ Custom assistants
  • ✓ Team collaboration
  • ✓ Workflow builder
  • ✓ Enterprise
  • ✓ Real-time search
  • ✓ Citations
  • ✓ Follow-up questions
  • ✓ File upload
  • ✓ API
  • ✓ Collections
Pros
  • + Team-focused design
  • + Data connectors
  • + Enterprise security
  • + Custom assistants
  • + Clean interface
  • + Answers with cited sources
  • + Real-time web search
  • + Clean, fast interface
  • + Pro Search for deeper research
  • + Free tier available
Cons
  • − Enterprise pricing
  • − Limited free tier
  • − Less flexible than frameworks
  • − Smaller community
  • − $20/mo for Pro features
  • − Sometimes hallucinates sources
  • − Limited for non-search tasks
  • − API pricing can add up
Tags
assistantsenterpriseworkflowscollaboration
searchresearchcitationswebapi

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