What people previously said about Perplexity

Older than the 25 on Perplexity’s page
“Brave Api, Perplexity ApI, Tavily all cost money dont they?”
Mwrp86 · reddit ·
“I like perplexity. It always seems overpriced, but the output is the best.”
joe_ambiguity · reddit ·
“Has anyone noticed a difference between how you rank on Google vs how often you appear in AI tools like ChatGPT or Perplexity?”
Arthur_Morgan1011 · reddit ·
“The process involved instructing each of three AIs (Google Gemini, ChatGPT, and Perplexity AI) to compile a list of global surveys and then nominate one “most important finding.” After manual fact-checking, I asked ChatGPT to compile a summary without commentary.”
Robert_TY_CHUNG · x ·
“The reason not to treat them as one strategy: Perplexity and Google reward the page they found in a live search, ChatGPT without search rewards how third parties describe you. Add an engine when it starts sending visits, not when a tool offers it.”
Slow-Commercial4316 · reddit ·
“My priority would be • ChatGPT • Google AI Overviews / AI Mode • Gemini • Perplexity • Microsoft Copilot”
sapindia1976 · reddit ·
“I recommend you to start with the classical 4 (ChatGPT, Claude, Google AI overview and Perplexity (if your are in the US).”
Next-Calligrapher381 · reddit ·
“Perplexity was the same the last time I used it, maybe worse. Manus really surprised me, it's more willing to overcome barriers, at least the non-Lite Manus while it was free.”
Evermoving- · reddit ·
“I still use Comet. Not so much Perplexity as a standalone AI”
Prestigious_Unit_925 · reddit ·
“How much can you use Perplexity Pro before it doesn't allow you to use the Pro models anymore? I heard they limited heavily so you can only use a few Pro Searches per week?”
moralhazard_ · reddit ·
“And I was quite happy that the results were great. It fetched over 50 sources per search from all over the web, even LinkedIn Pages, YouTube Videos (or the Transcript I guess) and news sites. The answers were long and detailed and answered all my questions with one click.”
nothingeverhappen · reddit ·
“I use the max tier and I do like it a lot. The computer product is quite good. I don’t love that it runs out of credits so quickly but you pick up tips after a while though.”
Educational-Belt-352 · reddit ·
“agree. for research, I still like perplexity”
hevermollen · reddit ·
“I used it on my work research and also on software development via sonnet 5. And it pretty much can make the the tasks done all fine. I review once in a while the code generated and test with real data and it actually correct.”
SameVeterinarian9786 · reddit ·
“Perplexity collapsed after that wore off”
DavidGQuaid · x ·
“6 reasons Perplexity Lily is worth watching: → Runs AI locally. → Keeps private files on-device.”
JulianGoldieSEO · x ·
“Being absent from a Perplexity answer with many citations is a very different signal from being absent in a ChatGPT answer that showed no sources.”
Upstairs_Control_611 · reddit ·
“I would start by building a tight list of ten to fifteen specific questions your buyers actually ask, then run each one through ChatGPT and Perplexity five or six times to filter out the noise. You are looking for patterns in where the citations land, not just if your brand name shows up.”
Tricky-Horror-5324 · reddit ·
“I used to love Perplexity. I used it daily. Had it run tasks for me. Used all sorts of connectors. Now it’s just shit.”
eman2top · reddit ·
“I've used tools like Perplexity, ChatGPT, Claude and others for research, and they've been incredibly useful for finding papers and getting through large amounts of information.”
Flat-Phone-1596 · reddit ·
“How to get Perplexity Pro to stop pestering me about downloading new apps or using Computer model? I'm considering cancelling because it's so intrusive EVERY time.”
zkyevolved · reddit ·
“Research IS extremely limited now. Even the metered api deep research tool now sucks.”
thomcge · reddit ·
“Yesss having to scroll for large tables in Perplexity is so annoying. I finally just had to copy and paste one in excel earlier today”
brig7 · reddit ·
“Perplexity in Chat GPT apps are both like that. That's why I don't use them. I think it's ridiculous you can't zoom in like a web page.”
itsdorian · reddit ·
“What's your process for monitoring brand citations in ChatGPT/Perplexity answers?”
Enough_Tlepehone1136 · reddit ·
“I'm using the Perplexity macOS app (Version 26.35.0 (94)) and it's working as expected, except all efforts to get it to widen the visible column of results has gotten me nowhere. I'm using a 5k monitor and it's driving me crazy that I have to scroll back and forth in this stupid narrow viewer any time it generates results including columns.”
wowbobwow · reddit ·
“The price is pretty interesting show a few real dev use cases where it actually perform better than perplexity that be more convincing than the benchmark number alone.”
Mundane_Fix8051 · reddit ·
“​Perplexity AI – Source-backed academic search”
Alex_AI96 · x ·
“prompted to enter phone number for verification, but "'This phone number can't be used for verification. Please try a different number." (legit personal number, never used on perplexity before)”
zerokilled · reddit ·
“Also not relying entirely on Perplexity Pro, I'm running it alongside Claude Pro. I found that's a great combo.”
akaMePs · reddit ·
“well for research purposes perplexity still rocks. yeah ngl kind of sad limits but its good. i run it alongside my gemini subscription.”
iDallenPushkin · reddit ·
“– Perplexity : research & search”
dev_maims · x ·
“Did perplexity start asking for phone number suddenly? I tried to login today and it was asking for my phone number, I am already quite unhappy with it asking my email everytime and giving the code everytime and now phone as well, why?”
topshower2468 · reddit ·
“We track prompts like “best X for Y use case” across ChatGPT/Claude/Perplexity to see which brands get mentioned, then seoforgpt logs prompts/tools/citations so we can create missing comparison pages and guides in Shopify and slowly show up in more of those pre-purchase answers.”
TheCryptoBillionaire · reddit ·
“Recently I’ve been asking ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity questions that a customer might ask before buying something, just to see what they recommend. I started checking the results with Pallas too, mostly because I was curious whether the different tools were saying the same things.”
Trainingdany · reddit ·
“But clients are asking about ChatGPT, Perplexity and”
donnellycss · x ·
“Was getting tired of keep saying continue to gemini, perplexity and chatgpt for bed time stories with voice. So create a story teller with qwen 0.8b and supertonic using webgpu.”
aichelles · hn ·
“Perplexity, it's done bro 🥀”
PriyanshuP1405 · x ·
“Perplexity AI still stands out as a top search app for me. The finance and discover portions are just stellar, too.”
No_Passenger_5117 · reddit ·
“I have 0 complaints and the performance is waaaaay better than perplexity. Even gpt terra is much better than their restricted fake gpt terra”
Known-Mycologist1879 · reddit ·
“I was puzzled at first why I getting nagged to replace credit when I don’t even use Perplexity anymore but now I realize that you get zero i. the Pro plan. What a sucker for getting an annual plan.”
PresentationEmpty1 · reddit ·
“Mine runs five apps, ChatGPT Claude Gemini Perplexity and Grok, and the unit is a category rather than a keyword. Median 40 runs per category, and I will not publish a share off fewer than 20, because under that one strange answer swings the whole number.”
Low-Personality-4271 · reddit ·
“Nobody needs Perplexity anymore since the agents got that strong”
Potential-Leg-639 · reddit ·
“Perplexity is dying. It was a fun little experiment but they totally missed the mark and have nothing to show for it. They’ll collapse and get bought soon enough or just go under completely.”
SXNE2 · reddit ·
“But they are actively ruining the experience by turning the $20 Pro plan into a paid 'freemium' product just to push people toward their expensive enterprise tiers and 'Computer' agent features.”
Western_Anteater_270 · reddit ·
“That's cause Perplexity counts on others for its service. There is simply no room for that to be cost effective.”
TheReedemer69 · reddit ·
“There has been big leaps across the industry while Perplexity is stuck in 2024. I was also a pro user and I cancelled my Perplexity subscription and put the money on Grok bot. Don’t miss it one bit.”
Action_ink · reddit ·
“So you're actually paying double what you get elsewhere on Perplexity.”
Sooperooser · reddit ·
“Perplexity → fast, sourced research”
sourabhsiso19 · x ·
“Meh... Perplexity Pro is still SOTA where research is concerned. Grok is getting close, only lacking Perplexity's practical per-paragraph citations. I still pay €20 just for this alone.”
waterfreek · reddit ·