What it's the best tool for
- Native web search with fresh citations
- Source links attached to every answer
- Strong PDF and image analysis
- Fast summaries of long research
- Great research-assistant workflow
When to reach for something else
- Needs the web — weaker in offline mode
- Less raw reasoning than GPT-5.4 or Claude Opus
- Source ranking can miss the best result
- No image or video generation
How Perplexity responds
Four scenarios where it pays for itself
More about Perplexity
NetRoom — AI Search and Research Assistant
NetRoom helps you find current information faster, analyze multiple sources, and turn complex topics into clear, useful answers. Instead of opening endless tabs and sorting through scattered results, you get structured insights, key takeaways, and a smoother path from question to decision.
Why NetRoom
- Current information
NetRoom helps you explore up-to-date topics and get relevant findings faster. - Source-backed answers
You can see where the information comes from and review important details with more confidence. - Context-aware conversations
NetRoom keeps track of follow-up questions, making deeper research faster and more natural. - Document and image analysis
Upload PDFs, visuals, tables, and other materials to get summaries, insights, and quick breakdowns. - Clear, usable output
Results can be turned into concise briefs, bullet points, structured summaries, and ready-to-use drafts.
What you can do with NetRoom
- research markets, news, and trends;
- analyze documents, visuals, and work materials;
- create reports, summaries, articles, and presentation copy;
- learn new subjects faster;
- support projects that require speed, structure, and preserved context.
NetRoom is built for people who want more than a search result. It helps turn information into clear next steps for work, learning, and everyday tasks.
Use Perplexity via the API
The same engine, straight from your code: one key and one balance for text, images, video and sound. Pay only for the requests you make.
curl https://net-room.com/api/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"model": "perplexity/sonar", "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]}'
The format is OpenAI SDK compatible — point base_url at https://net-room.com/api/v1 and use your NetRoom key.
The model id is already in the example. The full parameter reference and prices live in GET /api/v1/models and in the docs.
Try Perplexity
right now
Free access to basic models. No card, no obligations.