ChatGPT vs Perplexity: Which AI Assistant Wins in 2026?
A detailed comparison of ChatGPT and Perplexity for everyday AI tasks.
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ChatGPT
💬 ChatbotsChatGPT is an AI chatbot by OpenAI that can answer questions, write content, code, and more using GPT-4.
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✓ Strengths
- •GPT-4 reasoning power
- •Custom GPTs
- •Code interpreter
- •DALL·E built in
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Perplexity
🔬 ResearchPerplexity is an AI-powered search engine that provides cited, conversational answers to complex questions.
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✓ Strengths
- •Source citations always
- •Real-time information
- •Focused answers
- •Free Pro trial
Which Should You Use?
Choose ChatGPT for creative and coding tasks, Perplexity for research and factual queries.
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Perplexity
Pricing
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