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Perplexity
AI search engine that answers with cited sources; free plan with limits on advanced searches.
- Limited free plan
- macOS
Overview
Perplexity is a search engine, available on macOS.
Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.
Excerpts that establish this information
- “AI search engine that answers with cited sources; free plan with limits on advanced searches.” — official page, 10 November 2026
At a glance
Perplexity is free for private or non-commercial use; professional or company use requires a paid licence.
Its licence could not be established at the source: check the terms on the official website.
Strengths
- No advertising
- No credit card asked
Weaknesses
- Limited free plan
Sources and checks
- Facts collected from LicitPro manual check (credit card, account, watermark, free status, ads, commercial use) —
- Facts collected from Homebrew (platforms) —
- Last technical check: 5 November 2026
- Facts manually checked on 10 November 2026
- Description from perplexity.ai — Résumé éditorial LicitPro
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