Perplexity

Affiliate program

Yes, confirmed — launched in 2026, $10 flat per paid Pro signup plus 10% recurring, run through Dub.co.

What it does

Perplexity is a search-and-answer tool that reads across the web and gives you a direct response with citations attached, instead of a list of links to click through yourself. You can follow up conversationally to dig deeper on the same topic, and its Deep Research mode runs a longer, more thorough pass for complex questions, currently powered by Claude Opus 4.6. Beyond chat, it also offers an autonomous research agent that can run multi-step research workflows in the background while you do other work.

Who this helps

• You need to fact-check a claim or a stat before it goes into content and want the source attached, not just an answer.

• You're researching a topic fast before writing a video script or article and don't want to open ten browser tabs.

• You want a second opinion on a Google search that keeps surfacing SEO spam instead of real answers.

• You need a longer research pass on a complex question and don't have an analyst to hand it to.

Free tier:

Yes, but limited — unlimited basic search, but only about 5 Pro Search queries a day, no advanced models or image generation.