Awario vs Perplexity Comparison 2026
Both cover research & trends. Here is what separates them on price, billing, what you can take with you, and coverage.
At a glance
- Perplexity starts cheaper, at $17.
- Only Perplexity has a free tier.
Side by side
Awario | Perplexity | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price (they differ) | From $29 | From $17 |
| Pricing model (they differ) | Free trial, then paid | Free plan, paid tiers |
| Free tier (they differ) | No | Yes |
| Billing | Monthly or annual | Not stated |
| Free trial | Not stated | Not stated |
| API | Not stated | Not stated |
| Data export | Not stated | Not stated |
| Their cut | None | None |
| Runs on (they differ) | Web |
Shaded rows are where the two answers disagree and both listings have answered. A row where one side has not stated a fact is left plain, because silence is not a difference.
Awario
Social listening priced for one person
Awario watches the web and the social networks for a keyword and reports who said it, where, and how much reach they had. Most tools in this corner start in the hundreds a month and sell to agencies. Awario's entry plan is one seat and three topics, which is the shape somebody watching their own name and two competitors actually needs.
Our note
Brand24 is the closest thing to it and starts at $199 a month, which is the whole argument for Awario at the small end. For one person watching one name, the entry plan does what the expensive tools do.
Only on this side
- Covers analytics
- Works with YouTube
- Works with Instagram
- Works with Facebook
- Works with X
- Works with Reddit
Perplexity
Answers with the sources attached
Perplexity answers a question and shows which pages it read, which is the difference that matters when the answer is going into a video and somebody in the comments will check it. Research runs are the format creators use most: ask about a niche, get a written brief with citations rather than ten tabs to read yourself. Pro raises the limits and adds credits for the agentic Computer feature. The free tier is enough to judge whether the citation habit suits how you work.
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