Claude vs Perplexity
Pricing, features, platforms and reader ratings, side by side.
Claude
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Perplexity
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| In one line | Anthropic's AI assistant for careful writing, analysis and coding | AI answer engine that searches the web and cites its sources |
| Reader rating | — | — |
| Pricing model | Freemium | Freemium |
| Plans | Free: $0 / month Pro: $20 / month Max 5x: $100 / month Max 20x: $200 / month Team: $25 to $125 / seat per month Enterprise: Custom / seat per month |
Free: $0 / month Pro: $20 / month Max: $200 / month Education Pro: $10 / month Enterprise Pro: $40 / seat per month Enterprise Max: $325 / seat per month |
| Free plan or trial | No | No |
| Platforms | Web, iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, API | Web, iOS, Android |
| API | Yes | No |
| Open source | No | No |
| Key features | Long-document analysis and summarising Writing and editing assistant Projects for organised work File and image uploads Connectors to apps built on MCP Claude Code for software development (paid plans) Cowork agentic desktop app (paid plans) Claude in Chrome, Excel and PowerPoint |
Web search with cited answers Deep Research reports Follow-up questions in context File uploads and Spaces (paid plans) Model choice on paid plans Comet AI browser Sonar API for developers (billed separately) |
| Integrations | Google Drive, Gmail, Canva, GitHub, Slack, Asana, Microsoft 365 | — |
| Categories | Chat & Writing Assistants | Research & Knowledge |
| Made by | Anthropic (2021) | Perplexity AI (2022) |
| Try Claude | Try Perplexity |