Perplexity

Who is Perplexity good for?

• Researchers and students — fast searches with sources to verify
• Marketers and journalists — aggregating news and trends
• People tired of Google — traditional search is full of SEO spam; the AI summary is better
• People who need realtime info — Claude/ChatGPT can be months old; Perplexity is always current

Pricing (2026)

Plan	USD/month	Description
Free	0	5 Pro Searches/day, basic model
Pro	20	600 Pro Searches/day, model picker (GPT-5, Claude 4.7), Spaces
Enterprise Pro	40/user	Team + admin

How Perplexity works

Question → Web search → Reads top 10–30 sources → LLM synthesis → Answer + footnotes

Each answer has [1] [2] numbered links to sources. Click to verify.

Standout features

Pro Search (Deep Mode)

Ask a complex question → Perplexity refines the query, searches multiple rounds, reasons through it, and gives a more detailed answer (slower, ~30s).

Deep Research

Generates a full 10–30 page report on a topic (e.g., “ASEAN EV Market Analysis 2026”). Takes 5–15 minutes but the output is excellent for initial intel.

Spaces

Save search sessions by topic and collaborate with your team.

Page (publishing)

Turn a research result into a public web page — shareable.

Compared to ChatGPT/Claude for search

ChatGPT and Claude also have built-in web search (2025+). The differences:

• Perplexity: search is the MAIN feature → optimized for it
• ChatGPT/Claude: search is a SECONDARY feature → sometimes forgets to use it, sometimes searches too few sources

→ Need serious search → Perplexity. Need a general workflow → ChatGPT/Claude.

Using it from Vietnam

• perplexity.ai works normally
• Vietnamese: well understood; sometimes pulls English sources even when you ask in Vietnamese — you can request “answer in Vietnamese” explicitly
• Payment: international card or via App Store/Play Store (purchasing through Apple/Google ID may allow domestic payment)