AI agents / Browser agent / Perplexity Comet
Perplexity Comet
Perplexity's AI browser with a built-in assistant that researches, summarizes and takes actions on the pages you visit.
7.5/ 10
Early score
Early score, based on docs and demos. Not hands-on tested yet. How we rate
Pros
- Free to download for everyone, per Perplexity
- Max subscribers can run multiple background assistant tasks in parallel
- Desktop (Mac, Windows) plus an iOS app
Cons
- Means switching your everyday browser
- Agentic browsing on logged-in sites carries prompt-injection risk; supervise tasks
Sources
Facts on this page come from official pages, checked Oct 18, 2026. The score is docs-based: we haven't tested Perplexity Comet hands-on yet.
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