What is Perplexity best for?

Perplexity is rank 5 of 5 on Research.

Does Perplexity have a free plan?

Yes. Perplexity is listed as Freemium.

On Research, the other tools are ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, Claude, and Gemini Notebook.

Freemium

Answer engine that searches the web and shows the pages it used.

What is Perplexity best for?: Perplexity is rank 5 of 5 on Research.
Does Perplexity have a free plan?: Yes. Perplexity is listed as Freemium.
What are the top alternatives to Perplexity?: On Research, the other tools are ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, Claude, and Gemini Notebook.

November 4, 2026
Perplexity Teammates
Perplexity launched Teammates, agents for ongoing work that plan projects and bring results back for review. The blog is dated November 4, 2026. Perplexity's changelog says Teammates are available to Max subscribers on the web.
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October 16, 2026
Gemini 4 Argon in Perplexity
Gemini 4 Argon is now available in Perplexity for Pro and Max subscribers.
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October 16, 2026
Perplexity Decider V1.2 on Vercel AI Gateway
Perplexity Decider V1.2 27B and Decider Flash V1.2 4B are now available on Vercel AI Gateway. Both are multimodal decision models for classifying content, routing requests, and scoring text, structured records, and images.
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October 16, 2026
REA skill in Perplexity Computer
REA (Reverse Engineer Anything) is now a skill in Perplexity Computer. Ask Computer to reverse-engineer an app and it inspects how the app works without its source code, then builds a working version.
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Research · rank 5 of 5 · composite 67.5 · coverage 72%

Composite 67.5 from 72% of the category weight. Largest weighted input: Free tier.

Perplexity score breakdown for Research
Metric	Value	Weight	Normalized	Source
Free tier	YesFreeThe pricing page lists a free plan at USD 0 per month. Pro is shown at USD 17 per month with annual billing, so that figure is not used as the monthly entry price.	28%	100.0	Source for Free tier (opens in a new tab)as of 2026-10-16
Entry monthly price	Not available	28%	—	Not available
App Store rating	4.82Perplexity - AI Search & ChatApple App Store listing in the US. iTunes Search API lookup on 2026-10-16 returned averageUserRating 4.82029 and userRatingCount 515215 for Perplexity - AI Search & Chat by Perplexity AI Inc.. The stored rating is that average rounded to two decimal places. The store page does not print a rating timestamp.	24%	96.4	Source for App Store rating (opens in a new tab)as of 2026-10-16
App Store reviews	515215Perplexity - AI Search & ChatApple App Store listing in the US. iTunes Search API lookup on 2026-10-16 returned averageUserRating 4.82029 and userRatingCount 515215 for Perplexity - AI Search & Chat by Perplexity AI Inc.. The stored rating is that average rounded to two decimal places. The store page does not print a rating timestamp.	20%	81.6	Source for App Store reviews (opens in a new tab)as of 2026-10-16