Perplexity has introduced Deep Research, a new AI research tool that can analyze hundreds of sources and create detailed reports in minutes. This free feature aims to make high-quality research accessible to everyone, competing with other AI research tools through improved accuracy and comprehensive analysis capabilities.
This free feature arrives just days after OpenAI announced their Deep Research tool for ChatGPT Pro subscribers at $200 per month.
“We believe everyone should have access to powerful research tools,” Perplexity stated in their announcement, highlighting their contrasting approach to AI research accessibility.
Introducing Deep Research on Perplexity.
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Deep Research lets you generate in-depth research reports on any topic.
Available to everyone for free—up to 5 queries per day for non-subscribers and 500 queries per day for Pro users. pic.twitter.com/obovx7YEUF
How Does Perplexity Deep Research Work?
The system follows three main steps to create research reports:
- It searches through many sources and reads documents, similar to how a human researcher would study a new topic
- It thinks about what it has learned and decides what to research next
- It writes a clear, detailed report based on all the information it found
How to Access Perplexity Deep Research?
You can start using Deep Research today on Perplexity’s website (perplexity.ai). To use it:
- Go to the Perplexity website
- Look for the “mode selector” in the search box
- Choose “Deep Research” before typing your question
Free users can access Deep Research with a limit of 5 queries per day, while Pro subscribers get 500 queries daily. The feature will soon be available on iPhone, Android phones, and Mac computers through their apps.
Impressive Performance in AI Tests
Deep Research on Perplexity scores 21.1% on Humanity’s Last Exam, outperforming Gemini Thinking, o3-mini, o1, DeepSeek-R1, and other top models.
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We also have optimized Deep Research for speed. pic.twitter.com/GPPFg9NbJc
- It scored 20.5% on Humanity’s Last Exam, which tests knowledge across 100+ subjects with over 3,000 questions. This score was higher than other well-known AI models like Gemini Thinking, o3-mini, o1, DeepSeek-R1, and other top models.
- It achieved 93.9% accuracy on SimpleQA, a test that checks if AI can provide correct facts. This score was better than most other AI models available today including OpenAI o1-preview.
- The system can finish most research tasks in less than 3 minutes, and Perplexity is working to make it even faster.
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What Can You Use It For?
Deep Research can help with many different types of research. Here are some of the examples –
1. Financial Market Analysis
Perplexity Deep Research combines advanced web search, reasoning, and coding to iteratively search and refine analysis into clear, comprehensive reports. pic.twitter.com/iQLOSwA87q
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2. It can conduct expert-level analysis across a range of complex subject matters including marketing, health, and tech.
Conduct expert-level analysis across a range of complex subject matters including finance, marketing, health, and tech. pic.twitter.com/ceTptOT4hg
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Conclusion
Perplexity’s Deep Research represents a significant change in how people can access and process information. By making professional research tools available to everyone for free, it could help students, professionals, and curious minds find and understand information more easily. While the current version takes about 2-3 minutes to complete research tasks, Perplexity plans to make future versions even faster, suggesting we might see more improvements in how this AI assistant helps us learn and research.
