ChatGPT vs Perplexity Pro
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
ChatGPT
OpenAI's assistant, now on GPT-6, with Work agents and Codex built in
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Perplexity Pro
Perplexity's $17-a-month tier: model choice, Deep Research and Compute...
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| RECATOOLS Score | 9.2 / 10 | 8.3 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Subscription |
| Free tier | Unlimited text chats with GPT-6 Luna (abuse guardrails apply); limited uploads, images, voice, deep research, Codex and Work | — |
| Paid from | SGD 11/month (Go, Singapore price); Plus $20/month; Pro from $100/month | $17/month billed annually, with no month-to-month Pro price on the plan pages |
| Has API | ✓ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✗ |
| Users | ~900M weekly active users (1B+ monthly active app users as of mid-2026) | 1m+ Pro subscribers |
| Founded | 2022 | 2023 |
| Maker | OpenAI | Perplexity AI, Inc. |
| Verdict | ChatGPT remains the default general-purpose assistant: GPT-6 since October 2026, Intelligent UI answers, voice, images, deep research, and ChatGPT Work and Codex for longer agent jobs, all in one app. The free plan now o... |
Pro is a fair upgrade for people who search and research daily: you choose among seven current models, get Deep Research and bigger upload limits, and can hand some multi-step work to Perplexity Computer each week. Every... |
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