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Comparator · Research & search

Liminary$29 (Pro)vs

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

Starting price$29 · $10/mo

Free tieryes · yes

Plans documented3 · 7

Platforms1 · 2

Comparison of Liminary, Perplexity
	Liminary Visit website for Liminary (opens in a new tab)	Perplexity Visit website for Perplexity (opens in a new tab)
Category	Research & search	Research & search
Main use cases	Consulting research Recalling past work Fact-checking claims Meeting preparation Saving LLM chats	Researching questions with cited sources Tracking current events Comparing products or options Building search-grounded apps via API
Best for	Consultants, Researchers and analysts	Researchers, Students, Journalists, Developers building search features
Platforms	Web	Web, API
Pricing model	Freemium	Freemium
Pricing	Explorer free; Pro $29 per month; Team $50 per user per month. 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	One-click saving of web content Source-linked recall Fact-check and gap detection Watchlists Magnet meeting assistant MCP connectors and agents (Pro)	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	Free Explorer tier Insights link back to sources States data is not used to train AI models Chrome extension 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	Explorer limited to 200 saved documents and 3 composer uses Explorer chat history limited to 30 days Pro limited to 10,000 sources Account required	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