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Perplexity ×

Comparator · Research & search

Gatsbi$19.99/mo (Monthly Pro)vs

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

Starting price$19.99/mo · $10/mo

Free tieryes · yes

Plans documented3 · 7

Platforms2 · 2

Comparison of Gatsbi, Perplexity
	Gatsbi Visit website for Gatsbi (opens in a new tab)	Perplexity Visit website for Perplexity (opens in a new tab)
Category	Research & search	Research & search
Main use cases	Finding research gaps and ideas Drafting academic manuscripts Screening literature for systematic reviews Running meta-analyses Drafting patent disclosures	Researching questions with cited sources Tracking current events Comparing products or options Building search-grounded apps via API
Best for	Researchers and graduate students, Engineers preparing patent disclosures	Researchers, Students, Journalists, Developers building search features
Platforms	Web, Desktop	Web, API
Pricing model	—	Freemium
Pricing	Pro $19.99/month (yearly plan saves 33%, yearly price not seen); 1-day free trial. Checked Sep 29, 2026. 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	Idea discovery with originality scores Paper generation with citations, figures and equations Deep Research agent (Gatsbi 3.0) Systematic review and meta-analysis tools Patent disclosure drafting in 11 languages Optional Zotero list import	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	Web, Windows and macOS options No payment method needed for the 1-day trial Pro plan lists unlimited generations monthly Multiple AI provider options	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	Trial is only 1 day with selected features Desktop OpenAI/Anthropic/Google options require your own API keys Plugin credits (2000/mo) expire monthly Site states outputs are AI-generated and need review	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 Oct 2, 2026	Listed Verified Sep 30, 2026