Puts a link against every claim in the answer, so it can be checked line by line instead of taken on trust
Price checked 12.10.2026
About the company
Perplexity was founded in 2022 by Aravind Srinivas, Denis Yarats, Johnny Ho and Andy Konwinski, a team out of OpenAI, Meta and Databricks. The decision that separated it from a chatbot was editorial rather than technical: every claim carries a link, so the answer can be checked line by line. That made Perplexity a working tool in places where being wrong costs money or reputation. The free tier is real and enough for most queries; twenty dollars opens model choice and long multi-step research.
Sources: perplexity.ai
What it does
- A link against every claim
- Multi-step deep research
- Reads files you upload
- Free tier is usable, deep research capped
What it costs
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0per month | sourced search, limited deep research |
| Promost picked | $20per month | model choice, deep research |
| Max | $200per month | maximum model access |
- Links to sources in the answer
- Multi-step deep research
- Reads files you upload
- Phone app
- Has an API