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Conductor ×
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Comparator · Research & search

ConductorFree tiervs

Perplexity$10/mo (Education Pro (consumer, verified students/faculty))

Starting pricefree · $10/mo

Free tieryes · yes

Plans documented3 · 7

Platforms2 · 2

Comparison of Conductor, Perplexity
	Conductor Visit website for Conductor (opens in a new tab)	Perplexity Visit website for Perplexity (opens in a new tab)
Category	Research & search	Research & search
Main use cases	Tracking brand visibility in AI answer engines Producing search-optimized content at scale Monitoring technical site health and AI crawler access Feeding SEO/AEO data into custom agents via API or MCP	Researching questions with cited sources Tracking current events Comparing products or options Building search-grounded apps via API
Best for	Enterprise SEO teams, Content marketing teams, Brands monitoring AI search presence	Researchers, Students, Journalists, Developers building search features
Platforms	Web, API	Web, API
Pricing model	—	Freemium
Pricing	Essentials (free trial), Growth (demo) and Enterprise (contact sales); no prices shown, usage-based model. US prices not confirmed Official pricing ↗	Free plan; Pro and Max paid plans; Enterprise for organizations. Viewed from outside the US, the pricing page showed Pro at $17/month and Max at $167/month (annual-billing equivalents). US monthly prices not confirmed — see official pricing. Checked Sep 30, 2026. Official pricing ↗
Key features	Conductor Intelligence for AI and search visibility reporting Conductor Creator AI writing assistant Conductor Monitoring 24/7 site health alerts AgentStack LLM apps for ChatGPT, Claude and Copilot APIs and MCP server Competitor and keyword tracking	Answers with inline source citations Real-time web search Deep research reports Choice of AI models from several labs on paid plans Perplexity Computer for building documents and apps Search, Agent and Embeddings APIs
Pros	Covers visibility tracking, content and site monitoring in one platform Offers API and MCP server access Free trial offered on the Essentials plan Free AI visibility report available	Every answer links to its sources so claims can be checked Free plan available to start Paid plans offer models from multiple AI labs in one place Developer APIs with published usage-based pricing
Limitations	No public prices; plans require a demo or sales contact Plan quotas cap drafts, tracked keywords and competitors Aimed at enterprise teams rather than individuals	Answers can still misread or misattribute sources Deep research and model choice need a paid plan API is billed separately by tokens and requests Promotional credit offers change often, so check current terms
Ratings	Editorial Not yet reviewed Users No user reviews yet	Editorial Not yet reviewed Users No user reviews yet
Review status	Listed Verified Sep 29, 2026	Listed Verified Sep 30, 2026