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Best perplexity alternatives
chromespinner March 4, 2026
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Perplexity has gone from being a platform I love to a platform that I love to hate. While I still use it frequently, the features don't seem to be improving (with deep research, it seems to be worsening), and the Pro plan seems to be heading for eventual demise.
So I've been experimenting with other platforms to see what else can be relied upon.
For deep research, I've been using Gemini and finding Grok quite OK. GLM has been surprisingly decent at deep research and is pretty much free at https://chat.z.ai/.
I've been using Kimi for a few weeks via Kimi.com. It is surprisingly good at Manus-like tasks like document generation and web design.
NotebookLM blows Perplexity Spaces out of the water.
But for high frequency answer-seeking, I still return to Perplexity. Would love to find alternatives.
Anything else worth checking out?
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