Perplexity alternatives

Closest first: ordered by how many of Perplexity's tasks each tool shares, then by popularity.

1. 1

   Microsoft CopilotVerifiedFree tier · from $9.99/mo

   An AI assistant for everyday and work tasks, with chat, search, drafting and image creation.

   Also does:Searching the web with AISummarizing long textResearching a topic

   Web · Windows · Mac · iOS · Android

2. 2S

   SciSpacePaid

   An AI tool for reading research papers with inline concept explanations, full-paper Q&A and related literature discovery.

   Also does:Researching a topicSummarizing long textSearching the web with AI

   Web · Browser extension

3. 3N

   NotebookLMFree tier · from $9.99/mo

   Google's AI notebook that grounds every answer in your uploaded documents, PDFs and audio files with source citations.

   Also does:Researching a topicSummarizing long text

   Web · iOS · Android

4. 4C

   ConsensusFree tier

   An AI academic search engine that surfaces the degree of scientific agreement on a question from peer-reviewed papers.

   Also does:Researching a topicSearching the web with AI

   Web · Browser extension

5. 5

   ElicitVerifiedFree tier · from $11/mo

   AI research assistant that finds academic papers and drafts cited reports for researchers.

   Also does:Summarizing long textResearching a topic

   Web

6. 6L

   LinerFree tier

   AI search built for students and researchers.

   Also does:Searching the web with AIResearching a topic

7. 7

   ShortwaveVerifiedFree trial · from $30/mo

   An AI email assistant for teams and professionals that organizes inboxes, drafts replies, and schedules meetings.

   Also does:Summarizing long textSearching the web with AI

   iOS · Android · Mac · Windows

8. 8S

   SciteFree trial

   An academic research platform that classifies citations as supporting or contrasting, showing the evidential weight behind published claims.

   Also does:Researching a topicSearching the web with AI

   Web · Browser extension

9. 9C

   ChatGPTFree tier · from $8/mo

   OpenAI's AI assistant for questions, writing, coding and research, with a free tier and paid plans for more capable models.

   Also does:Researching a topic

   Perplexity vs ChatGPTWeb · iOS · Android · API

10. 10C

    ClaudeFree tier · from $20/mo

    Anthropic's AI assistant with a long context window, nuanced reasoning and strong performance on writing and analysis.

    Also does:Researching a topic

    Perplexity vs ClaudeWeb · iOS · Android · API

11. 11G

    Google GeminiFree tier · from $9.99/mo

    Google's multimodal AI assistant with live web search and deep integration with Gmail, Docs and Drive.

    Also does:Researching a topic

    Perplexity vs Google GeminiWeb · iOS · Android

12. 12Q

    QuillBotFree tier

    Paraphrasing and writing tool that rewrites text in several modes with grammar checking built in.

    Also does:Summarizing long text

    Web · Browser extension

13. 13G

    GrokFree tier · from $30/mo

    xAI's AI assistant with access to real-time posts from X, image generation and conversational question answering.

    Also does:Searching the web with AI

    Web · iOS · Android

14. 14

    NotionVerifiedFree tier · from $10/mo

    A connected workspace for team notes, projects, and knowledge, with AI and agents built in.

    Also does:Searching the web with AI

    API

15. 15

    ManusVerifiedFree tier

    An autonomous AI agent for teams and individuals that completes tasks and builds web apps from prompts.

    Also does:Researching a topic

    Web · API