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Brave Search API vs Perplexity

Brave Search APIPerplexity

22%

78%

Leading: Perplexity (77.8%)

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This matchup has 9 decisive cases (minimum 30 required for publication).

Metric	Value
Brave Search API wins	2
Perplexity wins	7
Abstains (no tool)	1
Other tool chosen	482
Decisive cases	9
Brave Search API win rate (unweighted)	22.2%
95% CI	6.3% - 54.7%
Brave Search API win rate (weighted)	22.2%

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Model range	Tier	Brave Search API	Perplexity	None	Other	A rate
DeepSeek Flash 3.2–4.1	Mid	0	0	0	27	n/a
DeepSeek Pro 4–4 0813	Frontier	1	0	0	26	100%
DeepSeek R1	Frontier	0	0	1	26	n/a
Devstral	Mid	0	0	0	18	n/a
Gemini Flash 2.5–3.8	Small	0	0	0	24	n/a
Gemini Pro 2.5–3.1 Preview	Frontier	0	0	0	6	n/a
GLM 5 Turbo–5.3	Frontier	0	0	0	27	n/a
GPT 5.4–6 Astra	Frontier	0	0	0	27	n/a
GPT Coding 5.3 Codex–6.1 Sol	Frontier	0	0	0	27	n/a
GPT Mini 5.4 Mini–6 Luna	Mid	0	0	0	27	n/a
Haiku	Small	0	6	0	21	0%
Kimi 2.5–3	Frontier	0	0	0	27	n/a
Llama Maverick	Frontier	0	0	0	25	n/a
Llama Scout	Small	0	0	0	24	n/a
MiMo Pro 2–2.6	Frontier	1	0	0	25	100%
MiniMax M 2.7–3	Frontier	0	0	0	27	n/a
Mistral Small	Mid	0	0	0	27	n/a
Opus 4.6–5.5	Frontier	0	0	0	27	n/a
Qwen Coder	Mid	0	1	0	17	0%
Sonnet 4.6–5.5	Frontier	0	0	0	27	n/a

Prompt	Tier	Brave Search API	Perplexity	None	Other	A rate
ai-agent-application	Beginner	0	5	0	161	0%
ai-agent-application	Intermediate	2	2	1	161	50%
ai-agent-application	Advanced	0	0	0	160	n/a