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ChatGPT vs Perplexity

Across 155 panel reviews of 39 releases, ChatGPT leads on Ship rate — 82% against 77%. Here is the full breakdown.

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Image Generation

ChatGPT

Extended thinking for grad-level math, science, and coding

Ship

82%

Panel ship

28

Reviews

7

Releases

OpenAI o3 Pro is a more powerful reasoning model available to ChatGPT Plus and Pro subscribers, featuring extended thinking capabilities that allow it to spend more compute on hard problems. It targets advanced use cases in mathematics, scientific reasoning, and complex coding tasks. According to OpenAI's internal benchmarks, it meaningfully outperforms the base o3 model on graduate-level evaluations.

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Developer Tools

Perplexity

Live stock quotes and charts baked into AI research answers

Ship

77%

Panel ship

127

Reviews

32

Releases

Perplexity Pro Search now surfaces live stock quotes, earnings data, and interactive charts inline within AI-generated research answers, pulling from major financial data providers. Users get real-time financial context alongside natural language analysis without switching between terminals, screeners, and chat interfaces. The feature is gated to Pro subscribers and represents a push into Bloomberg-lite territory for retail investors and analysts.

Decision
ChatGPT
Perplexity
Panel verdict
Ship · 23 ship / 5 skip
Ship · 98 ship / 29 skip
Ship rate
82% across 28 reviews
77% across 127 reviews
Latest release
OpenAI o3 Pro in ChatGPT
Perplexity Pro Search with Real-Time Financial Data
Pricing
Included with ChatGPT Plus ($20/mo) and ChatGPT Pro ($200/mo)
Free tier available / $20/mo Pro
Best for
Extended thinking for grad-level math, science, and coding
Live stock quotes and charts baked into AI research answers
Category
Image Generation
Developer Tools

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