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Perplexity
Perplexity searches the web and answers with sources you can click and check.
The app we’d open for research
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- Costs
- –
- Runs on
- –
- Best for
- Research, Everyday questions
Where it shines
- Each answer links to the pages it used, so you can check the facts.
- It handles quick Google-style lookups with sources.
Where it struggles
- You still need to open the sources to confirm key facts.
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