Perplexity - AI Search & Chat
★ 4.9What it actually doesPerplexity — an AI assistant for finding answers with sources and chatting. Works with top models but requires an account, is often inaccessible in Russia without VPN, and has stability issues and limits in the paid version.
Actually does
- ✓AI assistant90% of reviews
- ✓Цитирование источников для ответов7% of reviews
- ✓File sharing(bonus)10% of reviews
- ✓Память разговоров и цепочка вопросов10% of reviews
- ✓Subscription40% of reviews
- ✓Multi-account(bonus)10% of reviews
- ✓Image generation(bonus)7% of reviews
Claimed, but not confirmed by reviews
- ⚠Deep Research — углублённый поиск с исследованием
- ⚠Voice notes
- ⚠Sync across devices
Common complaints
- ✗App does not work in Russia without VPN23% of mentions
«The app does not work in Russia without VPN!!! / Everything became unclear, and after the latest update it stopped working without VPN»
- ✗Unable to pay for subscription with a card in Russia (no SBP, no local payment methods)13% of mentions
«In Russia it's impossible to pay with a bank card / Payment stopped going through! It doesn't work through any programs»
- ✗Frequent crashes, freezes, app completely unresponsive20% of mentions
«After launching the app doesn't respond to anything / paying 20 bucks for an app that completely stops responding»
- ✗Voice input does not work (microphone does not record)13% of mentions
«Voice input in the Perplexity chat does not record any audio / Dictation stopped working a long time ago»
- ✗Hidden image generation limits (1 per day), no transparency7% of mentions
«On the Pro plan it constantly shows an error about image generation limits. Gives one per day»
What people praise
- ★High-quality answers, capable AI, better than competitors
«Most comfortable and capable AI / Works better than Google and Chrome / Perfect assistant for engineering, household, and legal tasks»
- ★Effective for technical, engineering tasks, code, architecture, GOSTs
«Writes code, sees architecture in sufficient detail. Handles engineering tasks like tolerance selection, understands GOSTs»
- ★Built-in source citation and references
«Built-in trust: sources with citations for every answer»
- ★Remembers context well and links old topics to new ones
«Remembers even old topics and links them to current ones»
- ★Convenient interface and app (before recent updates)
«Very convenient service / free, you can ask as many questions as you want»