Perplexity alternative
Perplexity finds the answer. Hops finishes the work.
Perplexity is the best way for one person to get a cited answer. Hops is where your team and Hops turn answers into finished work: docs drafted, trackers updated, routines run in shared spaces. Messaging is free, and you pay only for agent work.
Side by side
Hops vs Perplexity
Perplexity finds the answer. Hops finishes the work.
| Hops | Perplexity | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Getting work done | Finding answers |
| Unit of output | Finished work: docs, updated trackers, completed routines, in the space | A cited answer or generated report, delivered to you |
| Who it serves | The team: people and Hops in shared spaces | One person per session, priced per seat |
| After the answer | Hops carries it: drafted, updated, routed to the next team | You carry it into your tools by hand |
| The agent | One agent for the whole team, working from each space's memory | Agentic research and browsing for the person asking |
| Docs and tables | Collaborative docs and tables your team and Hops edit together | Generated files, delivered to the requester |
| Recurring work | Supervised routines that run end to end in the space | Scheduled searches and tasks |
| Team messaging | Free, unlimited people, unlimited history | None |
| Pricing | Free messaging for everyone. Pay only for agent work | $20 to $200 per person. Enterprise $40 to $325 per seat |
Built for
Hops
Getting work done
Perplexity
Finding answers
Unit of output
Hops
Finished work: docs, updated trackers, completed routines, in the space
Perplexity
A cited answer or generated report, delivered to you
Who it serves
Hops
The team: people and Hops in shared spaces
Perplexity
One person per session, priced per seat
After the answer
Hops
Hops carries it: drafted, updated, routed to the next team
Perplexity
You carry it into your tools by hand
The agent
Hops
One agent for the whole team, working from each space's memory
Perplexity
Agentic research and browsing for the person asking
Docs and tables
Hops
Collaborative docs and tables your team and Hops edit together
Perplexity
Generated files, delivered to the requester
Recurring work
Hops
Supervised routines that run end to end in the space
Perplexity
Scheduled searches and tasks
Team messaging
Hops
Free, unlimited people, unlimited history
Perplexity
None
Pricing
Hops
Free messaging for everyone. Pay only for agent work
Perplexity
$20 to $200 per person. Enterprise $40 to $325 per seat
Comparison based on publicly available product information as of August 4, 2026. Features and availability may vary by plan. Perplexity is a trademark of its respective owner. Hops is not affiliated with or endorsed by Perplexity.
The gap between knowing and done
The difference isn't the model. It's the room.
Most AI is single-player: one person, one thread, one context that dies when the tab closes. Hops is built for the team. Your team and one shared agent work from the same space, the same conversations, the same docs, the same memory. Ask once, and the whole team has it.
atlas-renewal
Nina Cole
@Hops where does the Atlas renewal stand?
Hops
At risk. Usage down 22% since March, and the champion left in May.
Hops
Q3 forecast adjusted to match.
Work moves between teams, not inboxes
The renewal research flags a pricing risk. Hops adjusts the forecast in finance and preps the note sales reads before the call, all in threads the team shares. Perplexity ends every task at the same place: with the person who asked.
Docs & Tables
NameAuthor
Renewal tracker
Q3 pricing deck
Atlas call notes
Research that lands where the team works
Hops' research becomes a living doc in the space, next to the tracker it updated, visible to the team it affects, and current next week because Hops maintains it. A Perplexity report lives in the session of the person who ran it.
Automations
Pipeline reviewRunning
Renewal prepAug 14
Month-end closeJun 30
Routines that finish the work
The Monday account review researches, drafts the brief, updates the tracker, and flags finance — end to end, supervised in the space. Perplexity's scheduled searches and tasks deliver answers to the person who set them.
Search apps
2000+ integrations
Slack Messaging Kit
Notion Workspace Sync
Linear Agent Excellence
GitHub Actions Suite2,000+ integrations, out of the box
Salesforce, HubSpot, Intercom, Zendesk, Stripe, and QuickBooks: the tools the answer has to reach before the work is done, connected from the space your team shares and permissioned by it.
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Atlas Corp · $48,000
Needs approval
Waiting on Maya LindbergSupervised, with governance built in
Hops works only where you invite it, sensitive actions stop for approval, and every edit it makes is labeled in version history. SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, and ISO 42001, with permissions from the space. No shadow access.
MessagesFree
TeammatesFree
HistoryFree
Agent work$49
Pay for work, not seats to search
Messaging is free for everyone, with unlimited history. The meter runs only when Hops works. Perplexity for a team is $40 to $325 per seat, whether or not anyone searched that month.
When to use which
Perplexity is the best way to get fast, cited answers and deep research on the open web. Hops is where the answer becomes finished work: briefs drafted, trackers updated, and routines a team owns together.
- Research carried through to finished work
- One agent that carries work across teams
- Free messaging, pay only for agent work
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