What each tool does
Perplexity is an AI assistant that answers questions and helps you explore topics. It is widely known as an AI search tool, useful for research and everyday tasks. A free tier is available, and its site lists the current features and plans.
Humata is an AI document assistant. You upload files and ask questions across all of them, and it can summarise long technical papers, compare documents and find answers. Responses include citations that link back to the source files, so you can check each point. It handles many documents and can be tried for free.
Key differences
- Source of answers: Perplexity answers general questions; Humata answers from your uploaded documents.
- Citations: Humata links each answer back to the file it came from.
- Scale: Humata is designed for large sets of documents, acting as a knowledge base.
- Audience: Perplexity suits everyday users and students; Humata suits researchers, analysts and teams with heavy documentation.
- Pricing: both let you start free.
Which should you choose?
Choose Perplexity if you want quick answers about the wider world or need to explore a topic before you have your own materials.
Choose Humata if you or your team work with many reports, papers or manuals and need to search, compare and summarise them with sources you can verify.
Can you use both?
Yes. Perplexity can help you research outward, while Humata helps you work inside your own document collection. Both have free options, so you can test them and check the pricing pages for current plans before paying in USD by card.
