Comet
Perplexity's AI-native browser with an agent built into the address bar.
Perplexity's AI-native browser with an agent built into the address bar.
Perplexity's AI-native browser — an agent in the address bar that browses, summarizes, and does tasks across your tabs.
About Comet
Comet is Perplexity's AI-native browser, the first mainstream browser built around an agent rather than bolting AI on as an add-on. Its assistant lives in the address bar and side panel, and can navigate, summarize pages, pull data across tabs, and complete multi-step tasks on your behalf. It renders normal web pages, runs Chrome extensions, and imports your bookmarks and passwords, so it can replace your default browser. Originally a $200/month product, Comet went free in March 2026, with paid Pro and Max tiers adding higher limits and deeper automation.
Comet is the most convincing case yet that the browser itself is the next AI battleground: the agent isn't a sidebar bolt-on, it's woven into how you browse, and it genuinely completes multi-step tasks across tabs. It's now free and runs your Chrome extensions, so trying it costs nothing. Whether you switch full-time depends on how much you trust an agent with your logged-in sessions — but as a research and task browser, it's a real step beyond Chrome-plus-a-chatbot.
Comet pros and cons
Hand-derived from the catalog data, strengths and trade-offs to weigh before signing up.
- Free tier available; paid plans from Free; Pro $20/mo
- Includes an autonomous AI agent for multi-step tasks
- AI agent in the address bar
- Acts across tabs & apps
- Runs Chrome extensions
- Competition is strong in this space, see You.com and Perplexity for comparison
Comet vs Search & Research
Side-by-side with the top 3 other search & research in this category.
| Picked from the top tools in search & research | Perplexity's AI-native browser with an agent built into the address bar. | Multi-mode AI search with agents for research and writing. | AI answer engine that cites sources for every claim. | Google's AI notebook that grounds answers in your own sources. |
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| STARTS AT | Free; Pro $20/mo | $15/mo | $20/mo | Free |
| PRICING | Freemium | Freemium | Freemium | Freemium |
| AI AGENT | Yes | No | No | No |
| EDITOR'S PICK | No | No | No | Yes |
| KEY FEATURES | AI agent in the address bar, Acts across tabs & apps, Runs Chrome extensions | Multi-model routing, Research mode, Custom agents | Cited answers, Focus modes, Pro Search | Audio Overviews, Source grounding, Study guides |
| BEST FOR | Agentic browsing & task automation, Research across multiple tabs, In-page summarization | Web search, Research, Writing | Web research, Fact-checking, Source discovery | Studying, Document analysis, Podcast generation |
| WORKS WITH | #browser#agent#search#perplexity | #search#agents#research | #search#research#citations | #notebook#research#rag |
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