Perplexity AI Introduces Free Deep Research Tool: Here’s What You Need to Know 🚀🔍

AI-powered search engine Perplexity AI continues to expand its capabilities, now offering its Deep Research tool for free. Announced on Thursday, this new feature allows users to generate comprehensive research reports in minutes by scanning hundreds of sources, reasoning through information, and providing detailed insights autonomously.

What Makes Deep Research Unique?

The Deep Research tool functions similarly to AI models like ChatGPT and Google Gemini, but stands out by offering free access with a limited number of daily queries. CEO Aravind Srinivas introduced the tool on LinkedIn, emphasizing its speed and efficiency compared to other AI research solutions.

🔹 Free Users: Can access the tool with a limited number of responses per day.
🔹 Paid Users: For $20/month, users can submit up to 500 daily queries and receive expert-level reports in under three minutes.

Faster and Smarter AI Research

Srinivas highlighted that the Deep Research Agent outperforms competitors by completing queries within three minutes while achieving:
✔ Performance comparable to OpenAI’s o3 agent on the Humanity Last Exam Benchmark
✔ 93.9% accuracy on the SimpleQA benchmark

💡 “Our goal is to democratize expertise on any topic, making it widely accessible and useful,” Srinivas stated.

Beyond Instant Answers: How It Works

Unlike traditional AI chatbots that generate quick responses, Deep Research goes further by:
✅ Searching multiple sources iteratively
✅ Reading and analyzing documents in real-time
✅ Refining its research plan dynamically
✅ Generating structured, comprehensive reports

📄 Output Options: Reports can be exported as PDFs, documents, or converted into Perplexity Pages for easy sharing.

Who Can Benefit?

Perplexity AI has designed Deep Research to assist users across diverse fields, including:
🔹 Finance, Marketing, and Technology – Ideal for data analysis and insights
🔹 Health & Product Research – Supports informed decision-making
🔹 Travel Planning & Personal Consultation – A smart AI-powered assistant

With its latest update, Perplexity AI is bringing expert-level research capabilities to a broader audience, making deep insights accessible to both casual and professional users.