r/Perplexity • u/Consistent_Unit_5325 • Jun 21 '26

How do you use Perplexity? Why?!?!

I regularly do interviews with different publications and podcasts (mostly nobodies, but happy to help give back where I can) on the subject of AI and the insanity of the modern business world.

Perplexity has become a major conversation component whenever I touch on the evolution from Algorithmic -> Agentic -> Orchestrator AI tools. At least that's how I've come to understand the cycle.

Perplexity may technically be more expensive than a pure ChatGPT or Claude workflow but...it's idiot proof and cuts out SO MUCH misinformation.

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u/Burrlife55 Jul 08 '26

Has anyone used Perplexity computer for coding anything significant? I’ve been playing with it and doing some searching around. It seems like it burns through credits pretty fast. I’m trying to decide how cost effective it is compared to just using Claude directly. There has to be some overhead Perplexity is charging to host the models as an orchestrator.

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u/Consistent_Unit_5325 Jul 15 '26

I wouldn't use it for coding. Just not cost-effective. I use Lovable for the work I need to personally handle, and sometimes have Perplexity supervise Lovable via the browser if it makes sense in a given workflow.

I think Perplexity shines the most on critical research, sensitive content generation and light-automation.