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Perplexity

AI search engine that answers with inline citations.

Category
Search
Pricing
FREEMIUM
Hosting
Cloud
Platforms
WebiOSAndroidmacOSWindowsAPI
Models
Multi-model
Verified
Jun 21, 2026

Hybrid search engine that returns synthesized answers with inline citations rather than a list of links. Ships a consumer product and the Sonar API for adding cited search to your own apps and agents.

Capabilities 5

What it actually does — grouped by capability family.

  • Multi-model access (secondary capability)
  • Cited answers (primary capability)
  • Unified search (primary capability)
  • Embeddings (secondary capability)
  • Web research agent (secondary capability)

Pros & cons

  • Inline citations on synthesized answers
  • Cited search API for your own apps
  • Pro lets you pick a model per query
  • Strong on fresh, fact-based queries
  • Citations can misattribute or be wrong
  • Weak on niche topics with thin sources
  • Best features gated behind Pro

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