Perplexity
www.perplexity.aiAn AI-powered search engine from Perplexity
Full description
Perplexity is an AI-powered search engine built around live web search and cited sources. It offers regular Search, Pro Search, Deep Research and file uploads, and lets you choose among AI models including OpenAI's GPT models and Anthropic's Claude.Best for
Best for
Lookups, source tracing, early research
Watch out
Citations may not match; check the sources
✓ Recommended 2◐ Good enough 1✕ Failed 2
Price
Free tier availableWhat the free plan does
Unlimited basic searches; 3 Pro searches per day
Access
Not accessible from mainland ChinaSign-up
Not requiredUser verdicts
User verdicts · independent of our own tests above40%
Recommend rate · 5 verdicts
Recommended2
Good enough1
Failed2
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Huiyong AI userRecommendedJul 28, 2026
把几个网页压成一段带链接的概览，起步比自己一页页翻快得多。我用它先建个主题地图，关键的几条再点回原文核——不能直接当结论用。
Original in Chinese
Huiyong AI userRecommendedJul 28, 2026
Huiyong AI userFailedJul 26, 2026
Huiyong AI userGood enoughJul 26, 2026
Pro 的高级模型一天大概十次就到顶，之后回落到 Sonar。二十美元一个月，我付费期内根本没法预判当天还剩多少次能用，Research 的次数也得自己拿本子记。
Original in Chinese
Huiyong AI userFailedJul 26, 2026
查古籍和一些数据的时候，它给的长答案结构很完整，引用列表也齐。我顺着引用一条条反查，发现所谓的原文根本不存在，出处和数字也是编的。看着最像样的那部分反而最不能信。
Original in Chinese
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Latest updates
Original in Chinese2026 / 091 update
04
VersionPerplexity CEO宣布其计算机产品将接入OpenAI的GPT-6 Astra，并向Pro和Max用户开放。
Via X：Aravind Srinivas（Perplexity CEO） (@AravSrinivas) · Read original ↗
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