Perplexity also has a Deep Research tool now, and it's powered by a version of DeepSeek R1. According to the announcement, the AI search engine's new tool does "in-depth research and analysis on your behalf,

Need an expert on a hot topic today? Perplexity promises its Perplexity Deep Research can deliver the information you need. Does it? Let's find out.

Perplexity AI is now offering Deep Research for free. The feature takes extra time to go over multiple sources online and use reasoning models to spit out a detailed report, giving you more detail than a standard AI search.

Perplexity has become the latest AI company to release an in-depth research tool, with a new feature announced Friday. Google unveiled a similar feature

Deep Research is currently accessible to all users. Those with free accounts are allotted up to five queries per day, while Pro users benefit from an expanded limit of 500 queries daily. Initially only available on the web, Perplexity AI plans to extend this feature to iOS, Android, and Mac platforms.

The AI search engine’s new tool “performs dozens of searches, reads hundreds of sources, and reasons through the material to autonomously deliver a comprehensive report.” It’s similar to the research tools offered by ChatGPT and Google Gemini,

At launch, Perplexity’s Deep Research tool will be free for all logged-in web users. It will roll out to iOS, Android, and Mac. However, only Perplexity Pro subscribers will get unlimited queries. Others will have to contend with a limited number of answers per day, Perplexity said.