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Perplexity alternatives, graded

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4 of the 8 assistants on the record score higher than Perplexity's 10½ of 19 (grade C): Claude (13½, B), Gemini (12½, B−), ChatGPT (12, C+) lead the ranking. Every grade is read from the maker's own page, checked 22 October 2026 to 3 November 2026, never from a review.

C
Perplexity · 10½ of 19
8
assistants to compare
4
score higher
22 October 2026 to 3 November 2026
Makers' pages checked

Every assistant on the record, ranked

Perplexity’s own row is shaded. The six columns are the tests a person switching asks about first; each product page has every test, with the maker’s line and the source.

assistantGradeRemembersExport memoryStop trainingExport chatsDelete accountPrice public
Claude#1 · AnthropicB13½/19
Gemini#2 · GoogleB−12½/19
ChatGPT#3 · OpenAIC+12/19
Mistral Vibe#4 · MistralC+12/19
Perplexity#5 · Perplexity · this oneC10½/19
Copilot#6 · MicrosoftC10/19
Grok#7 · xAID7/19
DeepSeek#8 · DeepSeekF5/19
Meta AI#9 · MetaF5/19
  • Remembers · Does it remember across a new chat?
  • Export memory · Can you export its memory?
  • Stop training · Can you stop your chats training its models?
  • Export chats · Can you export all your chats from it yourself?
  • Delete account · Can you delete your whole account with it yourself?
  • Price public · Does it put every plan's price on a public page?

Perplexity alternatives, by what matters

6 assistants that let you stop your chats training the model

  1. B Claude
  2. B− Gemini
  3. C+ ChatGPT
  4. C+ Mistral Vibe
  5. D Grok
  6. F DeepSeek

Perplexity passes this test too.

The one assistant that let you export all your chats

  1. C Copilot

Perplexity's grade on this test: partly.

What Perplexity changed lately

  1. Perplexity Pro subscribers reported that weekly limits on advanced models such as Gemini 3.1 Pro ran out much faster, with some hitting the cap after three to five requests a day and being prompted to upgrade to Perplexity Max. Perplexity told Android Authority that some accounts saw different limits because they came from promotional-code offers, and that it had tightened enforcement against fraud and resale of those codes. It did not publish new limit figures.

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Every change from Perplexity, dated →

Alternatives to the others

The whole shelf: The Scorecard. How the grades are made: How we grade. No maker pays for a place or a grade.