Claude vs Perplexity
What 7 creators said when they picked between the two, from podcasts and YouTube. Updated Nov 5, 2026.
Short answer
Creators are split: 3 prefer Claude, 3 prefer Perplexity. 1 use both.
Which is better for…
Only counts creators who compared the two for that job.
What creators use each for
| Job | Claude | Perplexity |
|---|---|---|
| Agents and automation | 82 | 7 |
| Research | 54 | 29 |
| Coding | 81 | 1 |
| Business ops | 67 | 5 |
| Writing | 56 | 1 |
| Brainstorming | 31 | 1 |
| Design and UI | 28 | 0 |
| Personal assistant | 25 | 1 |
Creators who said they use or recommend each one for that job.
What creators say
Picks Claude · 3
"Claude gets so much better towards the end of 2025. I'm using so much more now of Claude in Chrome that I don't need Perplexity Comet."
JS Joanna Stern"Claude's more than doubled my money already. So, pretty sweet. Claude's killing it. So, everybody just needs to try to catch up to Claude on here."
BD Brandon Doyle"A lot of people actually go to like Perplexity, and they'll or or ChatGPT, and they'll say like, 'Hey, I'm going to respond to this email. How would you respond?'"
Greg Isenberg
Uses both · 1
"Grockbot comes out, I stopped using Perplexity Computer, I started using Grockbot, then I went back to Perplexity Computer and I've been using Claude."
This Week in Startups
Picks Perplexity · 3
"I'm using Perplexity Computer and they started supporting Grok and they already support GLM-52. So when you're using Claude or OpenAI, you can only use their model. So I started experimenting with the different models."
JC Jason Calacanis"Don't use ChatGPT, don't use Claude, use Perplexity. Faster than Google, sites, sources built for this."
Codie Sanchez
"Perplexity Computer is probably the best version of it, but it's still like, you know, pretty limited compared to what you could do with OpenClaw and Hermes agent"
Y Combinator
Who's switching
Jason Calacanis
Joanna Stern
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How this works: we read every podcast and YouTube transcript we track, find each time a creator compared these tools, and note which one they picked. A creator who picked differently at different times, or said they use both, counts as "use both". Sponsored mentions are left out. More about Followed.