CoherevsPerplexity

Cohere

• Not a plug-and-play solution - heavy engineering required(8/10)
• Heavy sales process before access(7/10)
• Fine-tuning requires deep ML expertise(5/10)

Perplexity

No signals

Cohere

• Models have fallen behind state-of-the-art(7/10)

Perplexity

• Responses occasionally slow or generic(5/10)

Cohere

• Enterprise pricing completely opaque(6/10)
• Per-token pricing makes budgeting unpredictable(5/10)
• Rate limiting on trial accounts frustrates evaluation(5/10)

Perplexity

• Surprise double billing and subscription nightmares(9/10)
• Pro limits cut 97% after promising unlimited(8/10)
• Non-refundable policy with unreasonably short window(6/10)
• Enterprise pricing extremely high(5/10)

Cohere

• Command model lacks creativity for open-ended tasks(5/10)
• Embedding distances much higher than OpenAI(5/10)
• Dashboard analytics lack detail(4/10)

Perplexity

• Cannot find all sources, links to wrong pages(6/10)
• Spaces lack collaboration features(5/10)
• Not suitable for creative content generation(5/10)

Cohere

• May require abandoning existing helpdesk systems(6/10)

Perplexity

No signals

Cohere

• Context window doesn't work as advertised(7/10)
• Knowledge cutoff creates accuracy issues(5/10)

Perplexity

• Secretly downgrading models without user knowledge(8/10)
• Citations appear rigorous but often misleading(7/10)
• Fabricates claims and cites sources that don't support them(7/10)
• Model switch caused 'massive intellectual downgrade'(6/10)

Cohere

• Copyright lawsuits create legal uncertainty(8/10)
• Safety issues with long conversations(6/10)

Perplexity

• Multiple copyright lawsuits from major publishers(8/10)
• Ignores robots.txt and scraping restrictions(6/10)

Cohere

No signals

Perplexity

• Customer support is essentially non-existent(8/10)