Neutral
Both ChatGPT and Perplexity offer free options and models.
Author states both tools are publicly available with free options and free models you can choose from.
Neutral
ChatGPT and Perplexity provide very similar overall experiences and capabilities.
Author notes that the capabilities behind both share similar experiences and none has way more insane features than the other.
Neutral
ChatGPT provides access to GPT-4 and GPT-3.5 models.
Author mentions that within ChatGPT you get access to GPT-4 or GPT4 and the free GPT-3.5 model.
Neutral
Perplexity provides access to multiple models including GPT-4 and Claude.
Author says Perplexity gives access to GPT-4 if you want and Claude and a couple of other options.
Neutral
ChatGPT is designed as a conversational AI, while Perplexity is designed as a search engine.
Author observes different styling: ChatGPT is meant for back-and-forth conversation, Perplexity is more of a search engine with some conversational features.
Neutral
Both ChatGPT and Perplexity have access to real-time web data.
Author states both tools have access to real-time web data, allowing them to reference current events.
Neutral
Perplexity automatically provides citations for its responses.
Author notes Perplexity does autosite things and gives citations automatically, which is helpful for proper sourcing.
Neutral
Perplexity is generally faster than ChatGPT.
Author states that from what they see, Perplexity is usually a little bit faster than ChatGPT.
Neutral
ChatGPT supports file uploads in the free version, while Perplexity does not support file uploads yet.
Author says ChatGPT has bigger and better file uploads for the free models, whereas Perplexity doesn't support file uploads just yet.
Neutral
ChatGPT has memory and can remember conversations, while Perplexity lacks persistent memory.
Author points out that ChatGPT can remember your conversations and call back to previous things, but Perplexity has no persistent memory.
Neutral
Perplexity lacks personalization capabilities, whereas ChatGPT can remember previous instructions and adapt.
Author explains that in ChatGPT you can tell it to do something and it will sometimes remember the previous thing, but Perplexity does not have that capability built in.
Neutral
Both ChatGPT and Perplexity offer free models and paid upgrades.
Author confirms that you get free models with both and that upgrades on both are available.
Agree
The author considers ChatGPT the pioneer and the best AI tool overall, and would choose it over Perplexity.
Author calls ChatGPT the pioneer and the best one in his opinion, saying he would probably end up using ChatGPT in this particular situation.