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AI Research Tools
Perplexity
AI search with cited sources across models
Perplexity routes queries across multiple underlying models depending on the task, and always shows cited sources — positioning it as an AI-powered search engine rather than a single-vendor chatbot.
What it does
- ✓Multi-model routing per query
- ✓Cited sources on every answer
- ✓Focused research/search modes
Who it's for
ResearchersStudentsAnyone fact-checking claims
Pros
- +Not locked into one model vendor
- +Citations make claims easy to verify
- +Good free tier
Cons
- −Less suited to open-ended creative writing
- −Source quality varies by query