Arc Search vs Comet by Perplexity
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Arc Search
Free mobile browser that reads the web and builds one answer page
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Comet by Perplexity
Perplexity's free AI browser with an assistant that acts on pages
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| RECATOOLS Score | 6 / 10 | 7.3 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| Free tier | Free on iOS, iPadOS and Android: Browse for Me, Pinch to Summarize, voice search and ad and tracker blocking | Comet browser and Comet Assistant free on Mac, Windows, iOS and Android; some agent features (e.g. Background Assistants) launched Max-only |
| Paid from | — | Comet Plus $5/mo publisher-content add-on (included with Perplexity Pro and Max) |
| Has API | ✗ | ✗ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ |
| Users | — | — |
| Founded | 2024 | 2025 |
| Maker | The Browser Company of New York (Atlassian) | Perplexity AI, Inc. |
| Verdict | Browse for Me is still the reason to install it: ask a question and Arc Search reads several pages, then builds one tidy summary page instead of a list of links. For quick mobile lookups it beats a search-results loop, a... |
Comet is the most complete agentic browser available for free: an assistant that understands your open tabs and can navigate and act on sites, across desktop and mobile, with an Enterprise edition for managed rollouts. T... |
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