ChatGPT vs Perplexity comparison

By starting price alone, ChatGPT is $12 cheaper. But price is not everything, so see below what differs.

ChatGPT and Perplexity compared side by side in AI.

CurrencyUSD KRW EUR

What is different

Starting price

ChatGPT$8+

Perplexity$20+

The most widely used general-purpose AI chatbot. Chat, writing, coding, image generation and web search in one place

An AI search engine that answers with source links

Item	ChatGPTVisit site	PerplexityVisit site
Starting price	$8+Official USD price	$20+Official USD price
Free tier	Free plan available	Free plan available
Korean support	Good	Good
Main models	GPT-6 (Sol) GPT-6 Luna GPT-6 Pro (Astra) GPT-6.1 Sol Image: ChatGPT Images 2.5	Sonar 2 (in-house) GPT-5.6 Terra/Sol Claude Sonnet 5/Opus 5 Gemini 3.7 Flash Grok 4.6 Kimi K3 and others selectable
Type	AI services	AI services
Category	Chatbot/Assistant, Image Generation, Coding	Search, Chatbot/Assistant
Company	OpenAI, United States	Perplexity AI, United States
Plans	Free Go $8 Plus $20 Pro $100/$200/$500 Business $25 (annual $20) Enterprise/Edu	Free Pro $20 (annual $200) Education Pro $10 Max $200 (annual $2,000) Enterprise Pro $40 per seat Enterprise Max API pay-as-you-go
Pros	No. 1 in users, so plenty of guides and tips Widest range of features Polished app and voice chat	Sources shown for every answer Strong at searching the latest information Can pick models from several companies
Cons	Tight usage limits on the free plan Top features need the expensive Pro plans	Weaker than general chatbots at long creative writing and conversation Source summaries are sometimes inaccurate

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Prices converted at 1 USD = ₩1,327.84 (2026-10-20). Original price shown in brackets. Taxes as listed by each provider.