Perplexity: look things up with sources, not a chat

Don’t open ChatGPT first when you are looking something up. Use Perplexity.

It is not a chat companion. It is search with sources. Under the answer you can open the original page and check it, so a made-up line has fewer places to hide. Checking a fact before you write, comparing competitors, or scanning industry news is less work than a chat model with no sources.

The free plan is enough to start. For Deep Research, or to pick the model yourself, look at Pro. As of the public price in November 2026, annual billing works out to about $17 a month. That figure is approximate and it moves. This page does not quote any other plan.

Still open the sources. A link under an answer does not make every sentence right.