Perplexity

AI-powered search engine with real-time citations

AI SearchFree + Pro $20/mo
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About Perplexity

Perplexity is an AI-powered search engine that provides direct answers with cited sources instead of traditional blue links. It combines web search with LLM reasoning to give comprehensive, up-to-date answers to questions.

Features

✦Real-time search
✦Citations
✦Follow-up questions
✦File upload
✦API
✦Collections

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • +Answers with cited sources
  • +Real-time web search
  • +Clean, fast interface
  • +Pro Search for deeper research
  • +Free tier available

Cons

  • −$20/mo for Pro features
  • −Sometimes hallucinates sources
  • −Limited for non-search tasks
  • −API pricing can add up

Platforms

WebiOSAndroid

Tags

#search#research#citations#web#api

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