Perplexity AI launches Deep Research, a tool that performs in-depth analysis in under 3 minutes, claiming to save users hours of research time.
By Aniket Chakraborty
Feb 17, 2025
The new tool performs dozens of searches, reads hundreds of sources, and reasons like a human researcher before creating comprehensive, exportable reports.
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Pro subscribers ($20/month) get access to 500 queries per day, while free users receive a limited number of answers through the website.
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Deep Research promises expert-level analysis across complex topics like finance, marketing, technology, health, product research, and travel planning.
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Perplexity ranks behind ChatGPT Deep Research in accuracy, but claims to outperform Gemini Thinking, o3-Mini, Grok 2, and Claude 3.5 Sonnet.
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CEO Aravind Srinivas states their tool is "an order of magnitude faster and cheaper" than OpenAI's offering, which takes 30 minutes to hours per query.
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Perplexity offers 5× more daily queries for paid users (500) compared to ChatGPT's Deep Research (100), making it more accessible.
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The tool works by gathering information, processing it intelligently, filtering unnecessary details, and presenting results in clear, readable formats.
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Deep Research is currently available on Perplexity's website with planned rollouts to iOS, Android, and Mac applications coming soon.
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Perplexity created the tool to democratize research, making high-quality information accessible without requiring hours of manual searching.