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Backsearch vs Perplexity

Compare Backsearch and Perplexity - features, pricing, and which is better for your workflow.

What is Backsearch?

A point-in-time web search API from General Reasoning — let agents and models search and fetch the web as it existed on any past date, with no data leakage.

Price: Paid

  • Point-in-time search + fetch with an as_of date
  • Gates on crawl date, not stated publish date (no leakage)
  • Stable, replayable results for identical queries
  • Domain allow/block filtering + optional summarization
  • Function-calling ready for models like GPT-5.6 Sol
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What is Perplexity?

AI-powered answer engine — ask anything and get cited, real-time answers from across the web.

Price: Freemium

  • Real-time web search with citations
  • Multi-model AI (GPT-4, Claude, Sonar)
  • Follow-up questions for deep research
  • Pro Search for complex queries
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