Perplexity AI

Our entire research team switched in a week

We tried Perplexity for competitive analysis and the team refused to go back to Google. The internal knowledge base feature means we can search across our own docs and the open web simultaneously. Enterprise plan paid for itself in week one.

Finally, Search With Receipts

Perplexity cut my literature review time by 62%. Every claim comes with a clickable source. I ran a head-to-head against manual Google Scholar searches for 40 queries: Perplexity surfaced relevant papers in 35 cases within 10 seconds. The Pro tier's ability to parse uploaded PDFs and cross-reference them against web sources is the killer feature nobody talks about enough.

Excellent for research, not for everything

Perplexity is the best research tool I've used — fast, sourced, accurate. But it's not a replacement for ChatGPT or Claude for creative work, coding, or extended conversations. Know what it's for and it's a 5. Expect it to do everything and you'll be disappointed.

Research for Videos Used to Take Hours

Before Perplexity, researching a video topic meant 15 open tabs, cross-referencing sources, and praying I didn't cite something wrong. Now I ask Perplexity, get a sourced summary, follow the citations to verify, and I'm done in 20 minutes. The Focus feature that limits searches to academic papers or Reddit or news is incredibly useful for getting different perspectives on the same topic.

Google Search is dead, people just don't know it yet

Perplexity gives me answers. Google gives me links to websites that might have answers buried between ads. The difference is night and day for any research-heavy workflow. Pro Search with citations has replaced my entire literature review process.