Applyindex records 21,600 monthly visits with -9.1% month-over-month growth and Freemium pricing. Perplexity records 88,310,223 monthly visits with -3.7% growth and Freemium pricing.
All-in-one AI assistant for PhD, master's, and postdoc applications
Real-time AI answer engine and research workspace combining live web citations with frontier reasoning models.
| Dimension / Metric | | |
|---|---|---|
| Official Domain | applyindex.com | perplexity.ai |
| Pricing Model | Freemium | Freemium |
| Monthly Visits | 21.6K (21,600) | 88.31M (88,310,223) |
| MoM Traffic Delta | -2.15K (-9.1%) | -3.39M (-3.7%) |
| Primary Market & Share | 🇺🇸 United States (33.6%) | 🇺🇸 United States (25.5%) |
| Direct Visits / mo | 7.23K | 63.32M |
| User Rating | 4.1 | 4.7 |
| Supported Platforms | Website | Website |
All-in-one AI assistant for PhD, master's, and postdoc applications
Computes an a-index score for your CV and uses it to estimate your chances of landing a fully funded PhD position.
Surfaces supervisors with active research grants and suggests universities aligned with your CV strengths and research interests.
Produces a personalized CV as a Word file and assists with statements of purpose, letters of motivation, personal statements, and cover letters.
Ranks universities and research institutes by an alternative metric focused on fully funded PhD placements rather than general prestige.
Real-time AI answer engine and research workspace combining live web citations with frontier reasoning models.
Executes multi-step iterative web and document research across hundreds of sources, cross-checking facts and generating structured, citation-backed analytical reports that can be exported as PDFs or shared as interactive Perplexity Pages.
Lets Pro and Max subscribers switch dynamically between Perplexity's in-house Sonar models and top external models (including Claude 4, o3-pro, and Gemini) or compare multi-model reasoning outputs side by side.
Provides dedicated project workspaces where users upload local PDFs, spreadsheets, and text files, configure custom assistant instructions, and run queries that combine private document retrieval with live internet search.
Extends Perplexity from passive Q&A into agentic execution, turning high-level user requests into completed workflows, multi-tab browser actions, and automated data synthesis via the Comet ecosystem.
Offers deeper conversational reasoning and coding agents, but lacks Perplexity's dedicated inline citation-first search layout.
Offers deeper conversational reasoning and coding agents, but lacks Perplexity's dedicated inline citation-first search layout.
Leverages Google's vast search index for real-time answers, but offers a standard chat interface rather than deep research feeds.
Leverages Google's vast search index for real-time answers, but offers a standard chat interface rather than deep research feeds.
Provides exceptional analytical depth and writing quality, but does not focus purely on web-sourced search summaries.
Provides exceptional analytical depth and writing quality, but does not focus purely on web-sourced search summaries.
Integrates real-time social data search for breaking news, but leans more toward casual chat than structured research.
Integrates real-time social data search for breaking news, but leans more toward casual chat than structured research.
Delivers agentic multi-source research and page generation, but can feel more cluttered than Perplexity's clean answer engine.
Delivers agentic multi-source research and page generation, but can feel more cluttered than Perplexity's clean answer engine.
SpecialistOffers a comprehensive free index of academic literature, but lacks conversational chat synthesis for general web queries.
SpecialistOffers a comprehensive free index of academic literature, but lacks conversational chat synthesis for general web queries.
AI job search copilot that finds matched jobs, tailors your resume and autofills applications
AI job search copilot that finds matched jobs, tailors your resume and autofills applications
SpecialistFocuses exclusively on peer-reviewed scientific papers for evidence-based answers, unlike Perplexity's broad general web search.
SpecialistFocuses exclusively on peer-reviewed scientific papers for evidence-based answers, unlike Perplexity's broad general web search.
Combines privacy-focused web search with AI summarization, though it requires a paid subscription for full access.
Combines privacy-focused web search with AI summarization, though it requires a paid subscription for full access.
AI research assistant for evidence-based literature review and synthesis
AI job-application suite that finds roles, tailors documents and applies for you
The AI workspace where researchers read, write, and cite with every claim traceable to its source
The AI workspace where researchers read, write, and cite with every claim traceable to its source
