Perplexity AI

AI answer engine with real-time search, citations, and research tools

About this tool

Perplexity AI is an AI answer engine that combines web search, reasoning models, citations, file understanding, and research workflows for fast, source-backed answers. It is useful for comparing sources, summarizing topics, building reports, exploring current information, and using advanced models from providers such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and others. Perplexity is best for students, founders, marketers, and researchers searching for an AI search engine, cited answer tool, research assistant, and alternative to traditional search.

Best for

Source-backed research, web search, and cited answers

Key Features

Real-time AI search with citations
Advanced model selection
Deep Research and report building
File uploads and private Spaces

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Pricing

Free

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Web and mobile access

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Pro

More powerful research for individuals

$20/month

Up to 200 Pro queries weekly
Model selection
Deep Research queries
File uploads

Enterprise Pro

Secure AI search for teams

$40/month

No training on your data
Team file and app search
Premium citations
SSO and SCIM

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