Perplexity

i ABOUT PERPLEXITY

▸ OVERVIEW

Who is it for?

Researchers, analysts, students, journalists, and professionals who need cited answers over the live web rather than a chat completion with no sources.

Problem

General AI chatbots return prose without pointing to the pages they drew from, which forces users to re-verify claims manually and slows research.

Solution

Perplexity is an answer engine that cites web sources inline on every response, with a free tier plus Pro, Max, and Enterprise plans. Pro Search runs multi-step queries, Research produces structured cited reports, and Focus modes narrow the source set (Academic, Writing, YouTube, Reddit, Wolfram Alpha).

What makes it unique

Inline citations on every answer, a Comet browser extension that overlays cited answers on any page, and an Enterprise Pro tier with SSO and file security. A REST API at docs.perplexity.ai exposes the same engine to developers.

★KEY FEATURES

• Answer engine with inline source citations on every response
• Pro Search for multi-step questions
• Research reports with structured, cited output
• File and image upload with document analysis
• Comet browser extension for source-cited answers on any page
• Focus modes (Academic, Writing, YouTube, Reddit, Wolfram Alpha)
• Threads and libraries for saved research
• Public and private sharing controls

$PRICING PLANS

Every published plan tier. Editorial reasoning about which one to buy lives on our reviews and best-of pages, not here.

◆COMPANY

Founded

2022

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founders

Aravind Srinivas, Denis Yarats, Andy Konwinski, Johnny Ho

Publicly traded

No