| Rating | No user ratings | No user ratings |
| Score overview | 8.8/10 | 8.9/10 |
| Ease of use | 9.0/10 | 9.1/10 |
| Price/value | 8.6/10 | 8.7/10 |
| Output quality | 8.6/10 | 8.8/10 |
| Best for | - Best for sales
- customer success
- HR
- recruiting
- product
- leadership and consulting teams that want meeting knowledge to flow into CRM updates
- project tasks
- follow-ups
| - Research current topics with traceable sources Compare products
- companies
- markets or studies Summarize websites
- PDFs
- reports
- audio and video Create cited reports
- documents
- spreadsheets and presentations Search personal or company cloud files
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| Core features | - AI meeting recording Transcription in 100+ languages Automatic language detection AI summaries Action items and next steps AI Chat across meetings Meeting templates Meeting analytics Team spaces Global search Clips and highlights Workflow automation Public API and webhooks MCP Server Mobile
- Chrome and desktop capture
| - Conversational web search with inline citations Pro Search for deeper questions Research mode for source-backed reports Advanced model selection on paid plans Upload and analyze documents
- images
- audio and video Create documents
- spreadsheets
- presentations and web apps Export answers and generated files Projects for research and collaboration Cloud-file connectors Image and short-video generation Comet AI browser Perplexity Computer for multi-step tasks Separate Search
- Sonar and Agent APIs Perplexity Computer for multi-step browser work Create mode for files
- apps and structured deliverables Enterprise connectors and internal knowledge search
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| Use cases | - Sales call notes Customer success handoffs Recruiting interviews Team meeting summaries Executive meeting memory Product discovery calls Training and onboarding recordings CRM and task automation Internal knowledge sharing
| - Research current topics with traceable sources Compare products
- companies
- markets or studies Summarize websites
- PDFs
- reports
- audio and video Create cited reports
- documents
- spreadsheets and presentations Search personal or company cloud files Build collaborative knowledge projects Generate images and short videos Automate browser and research tasks Integrate cited search through the API Compare live sources before a purchase Produce cited market and competitor reports Delegate multi-step browser work to Computer
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| Platforms | - Web app iOS app Android app Chrome Extension Desktop App Meeting bot for Zoom
- Google Meet and Microsoft Teams
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| Inputs | | - Research current topics with traceable sources Compare products
- companies
- markets or studies Summarize websites
- PDFs
- reports
- audio and video Create cited reports
- documents
- spreadsheets and presentations Search personal or company cloud files Build collaborative knowledge projects
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| Outputs | - Transcripts AI summaries Action items Highlights Clips Analytics Exports CRM/task updates
| - Conversational web search with inline citations Pro Search for deeper questions Research mode for source-backed reports Advanced model selection on paid plans Upload and analyze documents
- images
- audio and video Create documents
- spreadsheets
- presentations and web apps
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| Integrations | - Google Calendar
- Microsoft Teams
- Google Drive
- Google Docs
- Android app
- Desktop App
- Salesforce
- Airtable
- iOS app
| - Microsoft Teams
- Google Drive
- Slack
- Gmail
- API
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| API | ✅ | ✅ |
| Mobile app | ✅ | ✅ |
| Browser extension | ✅ | — |
| Privacy | 9.1/10 | 8.5/10 |
| Limitations | - The free Basic plan is limited to 3 hours of transcription per month
- 3 months transcript storage and 1 month audio storage. Pro includes 20 hours per month
- active sales or customer success users may need Business for unlimited transcription. Business unlocks serious team features such as HD video recording
- team spaces
- team analytics and private-by-default meetings. Enterprise is needed for SSO
- SCIM
- custom retention
- on-premise storage options and dedicated account management. Recording meetings can create legal and privacy obligations
- so configure consent and retention before broad rollout.
| - Important claims still require checking the original source Features
- models and limits change frequently Computer
- Brain and Comet features can roll out gradually Pro connectors differ from Enterprise high-precision search Promotional trials are not a permanent standard trial Answers still require opening and checking cited pages Consumer users must opt out of AI data retention Computer credit use varies by task complexity and promotions Sonar API billing is separate from subscriptions Enterprise retention and connector rules differ by plan
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| Pros | - Very broad capture options: bot
- mobile app
- Chrome extension
- desktop app and uploads. Strong integrations and automation through native integrations
- Zapier
- Make
- n8n
- API
| - Excellent source visibility Strong free plan Fast synthesis of current information Powerful Research and Pro Search Broad model access on paid plans Useful file analysis and exports Projects and connectors support repeatable work Enterprise data is not used for training Direct citations make source checking easier Strong combination of search
- research and agentic work
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| Cons | - Free and Pro have monthly transcription limits. Frequent meeting-heavy teams may need Business quickly. Best results require setup of templates
- sharing rules
- join rules and integrations. Some governance features are Enterprise-only. Recording assistants can feel intrusive if consent and internal rollout are not handled carefully.
| - Consumer AI data retention is enabled by default Citations can still support weak or misread claims Many limits are dynamic Max costs $200 per month Several connectors and controls are plan-dependent Uploaded video scenes are not indexed
- only speech is transcribed API billing is separate Citations can still point to weak or misread sources Max and Enterprise Max are expensive Promotional Computer credits and feature limits can change without altering the subscription price.
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