If research is the job, Perplexity is the cleanest place to start.
It treats sources like part of the product, not an optional extra bolted onto the answer.
Why it earns a permanent tab
Perplexity is built around cited answers and source discovery, which makes it naturally useful when you need to follow the evidence rather than just accept the output.
Perplexity now pushes beyond search with Computer, deep research, projects, automations and multi-step work across models and connected tools.
Market research, company research, travel, products, news, competitive scans: anything where stale information makes the answer less useful.
Stuff we’d actually use it for
“Map the competitors in this market, show me who raised money in the last 18 months, cite every claim and tell me which three companies I should care about.” That is Perplexity territory.
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