Perplexity

Perplexity is an advanced search engine equipped with the latest artificial intelligence technology, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, etc., to find accurate and instantaneous information. It is a free-to-use utility that very quickly responds to answer your questions, and you can keep thread history for accessing the content you have left off. 

The app is capable of syncing the content across multiple devices, and proves the robust program available on your phone for searching, discovering, learning, and accessing contextualized information within a few seconds. 

What is Perplexity?

Perplexity, or Perplexity AI, Inc is an AI-powered web search engine developed by an American privately held software company. The program, similar to other Perplexity products, offers current internet content while incorporating real-time web search capabilities. It was launched in August 2022.

It is a free and cross-platform utility that offers a user-friendly interface and a lot of innovative features along with the latest AI technology. It enables you to find information at your fingertips, as it offers structured, context-aware answers, instead of providing a list of links similar to other search engines. 

Perplexity Features

Improved Information

The AI-powered tool is a robust platform to offer quick access to extensive online information along with references for the ease of students and other professionals. It ensures the availability of clear and reliable answers to the questions made of multiple layers. Compared to other traditional search engines, where all searching depends upon the keywords, it offers complete structure-aware content. 

Comet

It is one of the important services offered by Perplexity that is a Chromium-based AI browser. Earlier, the app offered only a subscription-based browser that was available within most expensive subscription tier. In 2025, the browser was launched completely integrated with the Perplexity search engine to offer awesome services such as writing summaries, image description, composing emails, topic research, and so on.

Pro Search & Deep Research

The Pro search & deep research mode offers AI-powered searches for exploring different topics to enhance a deeper research experience. The innovative function offers multiple awesome capabilities, such as context-aware, capable of saving past interactions, etc. It offers detailed information about any topic that includes direct citations, while adding a trusted and transparent layer, such as;

• It offers a built-in Assistant for drafting emails, reservation booking, appointment scheduling, and so on. 
• Next, Perplexity Labs offers quick information while bringing reports and projects.
• Discover creates awesome interactions with the community to learn new things.

Accurate Information

The users can get accurate information without navigating to various webpages, as they will find AI custom designs with all the necessary information. So, no need to waste your time within traditional cluttered search engines, instead enjoy a robust digital assistant with a combination of AI-driven contextual information. It offers enhanced understanding while delivering structured-aware information within a few seconds.

Initiative Interface

The app offers a minimalist and intuitive interface for making your browsing effortless while avoiding distractions. It offers a “Discover” section to interact with the community, and enables users to expand their curiosity while seeing trending questions and verified insights as well. You can ask questions while typing or using the voice commands, and access your required information without the bother of opening links or other threads. It is integrated with multiple authentic sources to offer the most relevant, up-to-date, and verified data. 

Educational Assistance

The software offers awesome assistance for students, as it is one of the best educational solutions, while breaking down the complicated concepts into simpler sentences. It enables the students to reliably manage their studies while using the fully-prepared studies, guides, and diverse views about topics. 

Subscription Plans

The app with cross-platform compatibility is reliably useful for browsers, desktop computers including Windows, macOS, or Linux, and mobile devices including Android, iPhone, or iPad, and is also available as an extension for Google Chrome. It is available in two versions: free and premium. You can use the free version to get all types of basic information. However, you can move to the premium version for additional functionality for $200 a month. 

Shopping Hub

The software has launched Shopping Hub with co-operation of Amazon and Nvidia, and offers AI-generated product recommendations right on the interface. The app requires an internet connection and AI-generated synthesis. It offers two-way information, such as structure-aware and citations, for your ease in double-checking the information.

Internal Knowledge Search

It is a key feature that is available only for Pro and Enterprise Pro users for searching across web content and internal documents. It supports multiple file formats to allow users to upload their content through Word, PDF, Excel, and so on. In addition, the Search API is available for providing AI developers with programmatic access to the search infrastructure of the company. 

Pros

• Simple and quick way of accessing the AI-powered information
• Embedded with citations to double-check the information
• Support the Discover section to interact with the community
• Use the app while typing your questions or voice commands
• Simple and intuitive interface
• Cross-platform compatibility 

Cons

• The free version is limited to basic features
• Pro version is a little bit costly