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Perplexity vs Google AI Mode vs OpenAI ChatGPT
“Which do you reach for first when you need an answer from the web?”
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- Candidate 1
Perplexity
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Perplexity Pro
- Free plan
- Yes, free tier (sign up free)
- Pro price
- $17/month, billed annually
- Max price
- $167/month, billed annually
- Deep research
- Included in Pro
- AI models
- Select between top AI models (Pro)
- Platforms
- Web, desktop app, iPhone, Android, Comet browser
- Bonus credits (Pro)
- 4,000 bonus credits
- API billing
- Pay-as-you-go, no subscription required
- The official Pro page shows $17/month only as the annual-billing rate; no monthly Pro price is listed there.
- The official Pro page advertises a limited-time offer of +$40 free Computer credits.
- API pricing is pay-as-you-go per the official docs and is separate from the consumer plans.
Sources: Perplexity Pro pricing page (official) · Perplexity Library (apps and platforms) (official) · Perplexity API Quickstart (pricing) (official)
Checked 2026-10-30
- Candidate 2
Google AI Mode
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AI Mode
- Plans and price
- AI Plus $4.99/mo; AI Pro $19.99/mo; AI Ultra from $99.99/mo (US)
- Paid plan countries
- Plus: 160+ countries; Ultra: 150+ countries
- Platforms
- Web (google.com/ai), Google app, Chrome, Android, iPhone, iPad
- Input methods
- Text, voice, images, files, PDFs, webpage URLs
- Voice conversation
- Search Live, with optional video
- AI models
- Auto/Fast default; Gemini 4 Argon selectable in select countries
- Deep Search
- Google AI Pro and Ultra, US only
- Usage limits
- Argon has daily limits; Gemini usage Plus 2x, Pro 4x, Ultra 5x or 20x
- Personal context
- Personal Intelligence; opt-in connection to Google apps
- Google describes AI Mode as experimental and says its responses may include mistakes.
- Plan prices are the US prices on Google's AI plans page; Google's pages give different country counts…
- Gemini 4 Argon in AI Mode has daily usage limits that may change with available capacity, demand and plan.
Sources: AI Mode - Google Search (official) · Google AI plans - Google One (official) · Get AI-powered responses with AI Mode in Google Search - Google Search Help… (official) · Get AI-powered responses with AI Mode in Google Search - Google Search Help… (official) · Google AI Pro & Ultra subscriptions - Gemini (official)
Checked 2026-10-30
- Candidate 3
OpenAI ChatGPT
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ChatGPT
- Free plan
- Yes, with limited access
- Paid plans
- Go, Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise
- Plus price
- $20 per month, billed monthly
- Pro price
- From $100/month; tiers at $100, $200, $500
- Billing cycles
- Monthly: Go, Plus, Business; annual: Business, Enterprise
- Platforms
- Web, iOS, Android
- Models
- GPT-5.5 Instant, GPT-5.5 Thinking, GPT-5.5 Pro
- Reasoning context window
- Plus 256K tokens; Pro 400K tokens
- API
- Billed separately from ChatGPT plans
- The Go plan may include ads and is offered in select regions, per OpenAI's Go and pricing pages.
- Official pages disagree on model names: the pricing page lists GPT-5.5 models, while the Go plan page refers to GPT-6.
- OpenAI's Plus help article says annual billing for Plus is not supported.
Sources: ChatGPT Plans | Free, Go, Plus, Pro, Business, and Enterprise (official) · ChatGPT Plan | Go (official) · What is ChatGPT Plus? (Help Center) (official) · Pricing (ChatGPT Learn docs) (official)
Checked 2026-10-30
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