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Comparison: Perplexity vs Gemini: one cites better, one gives more away

Perplexity vs Gemini: one cites better, one gives more away

Perplexity vs Gemini, tested on both free tiers with the same questions: who found October's news, who got the prices right, and which free plan does more.

Review: Comet browser review: a careful reader, a paywalled agent

Comet browser review: a careful reader, a paywalled agent

A hands-on Comet browser review on Perplexity's free plan: accurate page summaries, an honest one-tab limit, and an agent that stops at an Upgrade to Pro wall.

Review: Google AI Mode review: free, current and loose with its sources

Google AI Mode review: free, current and loose with its sources

A hands-on Google AI Mode review: news two days old, correct arithmetic, a Canvas that forgot the question, and citations that lean on blogs over sources.

Guide: Perplexity pricing: $20 a month, or $17, on the same site

Perplexity pricing: $20 a month, or $17, on the same site

Perplexity pricing is $0, $20 or $200 a month. Its own plan pages show two different headline numbers, and the Enterprise tab quietly switches billing basis.

Roundup: Best AI for Research: 8 Tools, Matched to Each Step of the Job

Best AI for Research: 8 Tools, Matched to Each Step of the Job

The best AI for research, by step: Gemini Notebook to question your sources, Perplexity and Consensus to find them, deep research to write up. US prices.

Roundup: Notion Alternatives: 9 Picks for Notes, Wikis, Tables and Tasks

Notion Alternatives: 9 Picks for Notes, Wikis, Tables and Tasks

The best Notion alternatives by job: Obsidian for personal notes, Confluence for wikis, ClickUp for projects, Airtable for databases. Prices in US dollars.

Review: Google Gemini review: the best free tier, sold as storage

Google Gemini review: the best free tier, sold as storage

A Google Gemini review from the free tier: four models including 3.1 Pro handed over for nothing, then paid tiers that are really 400GB, 5TB and 20TB of Drive.

Guide: How to Use NotebookLM: Seven Steps, From First Source to Quiz

How to Use NotebookLM: Seven Steps, From First Source to Quiz

How to use NotebookLM, now Gemini Notebook: add sources, ask questions you can check, make audio overviews and quizzes, and stay inside the usage meter.

Roundup: NotebookLM Alternatives: 9 Picks, Sorted by Why You're Leaving

NotebookLM Alternatives: 9 Picks, Sorted by Why You're Leaving

The best NotebookLM alternatives by reason for leaving: Notion AI for teams, Copilot Notebooks for Microsoft 365, Open Notebook to self-host. Prices in US$.

Review: Perplexity AI review: the free tier is a showroom

Perplexity AI review: the free tier is a showroom

A Perplexity AI review from the free tier: ten models in the picker and every one padlocked, $17 a month to unlock them, and six publishers now suing.

Comparison: NotebookLM vs Notion: I Gave Both the Same Four Articles

NotebookLM vs Notion: I Gave Both the Same Four Articles

NotebookLM vs Notion AI on the same four articles and questions: Gemini Notebook's citation opened the passage and it is free; Notion builds pages, from $20.

Guide: Notion Pricing: $0 to $24 a Seat, and Where Notion AI Starts

Notion Pricing: $0 to $24 a Seat, and Where Notion AI Starts

Notion pricing in the US: Free, Plus at $10 or $12, Business at $20 or $24 per member a month. Where Notion AI starts, what credits cost and how seats bill.