Perplexity alternatives
Perplexity is listed in AI research tools. These 12 tools do similar work, sorted by how many feature tags they share with Perplexity.
| Tool | What it does | Pricing | Shared tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| You.com | An AI workspace that combines web search, research, and custom agents. | Free plan · Paid plans | Research, Search, Citations |
| Consensus | Search research papers directly and summarize the evidence. | Free plan · Paid plans | Research, Citations |
| Metaso | Metaso AI search: ad-free answers, plus slides, video and file tools. | Free | Search, Research |
| Genspark | Organizes search results into AI pages you can keep working from. | Free plan · Paid plans | Research |
| Elicit | A research assistant for finding papers, screening them, and organizing evidence. | Free plan · Paid plans | Research |
| scite | Use smart citations to see how later research supports or questions a paper. | Free trial | Research |
| SciSpace | An AI research platform for reading, explaining, and searching academic papers. | Free plan · Paid plans | Research |
| Felo | Multilingual AI search that also makes slides, mind maps, docs and pages. | Free plan · Paid plans | Search |
| Kagi | An ad-free paid search engine with an AI assistant and privacy focus. | Paid plans | Search |
| Brave Search | A private search engine with AI answers from its own independent index. | Free | Search |
| iAsk | A free AI answer engine for questions and homework. | Free plan · Paid plans | Search |
| Exa | A search API that gives AI agents real-time web data and structured content. | Free plan · Paid plans | Search |