--- title: I used Perplexity Deep Research for a month, but Claude... description: A writer shares their month-long experience using Perplexity Deep Research as their primary AI research tool, and how Claude gradually became part of their... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/i-used-perplexity-deep-research-for-a-month-but-claude-quietly-crept-into-my-workflow-evcdsdo82 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: I used Perplexity Deep Research for a month, but Claude quietly crept into my workflow | daily.dev og:description: A writer shares their month-long experience using Perplexity Deep Research as their primary AI research tool, and how Claude gradually became part of their... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-used-perplexity-deep-research-for-a-month-but-claude-quietly-crept-into-my-workflow-evcdsdo82 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/EvcDsDO82.png og:image:alt: I used Perplexity Deep Research for a month, but Claude quietly crept into my workflow og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # I used Perplexity Deep Research for a month, but Claude quietly crept into my workflow **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A writer shares their month-long experience using Perplexity Deep Research as their primary AI research tool, and how Claude gradually became part of their daily workflow. Perplexity Deep Research requires manually switching modes and has limited monthly queries (around 20 for Pro users), while Claude's deep research is built into the chat interface. The author still uses Perplexity about 70% of the time but finds Claude's 'extra' and 'max' effort modes produce higher-quality results, despite taking longer. Both tools serve different workflow needs. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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