Perplexity AI
40 pts
0 wins
VS
👑 
MiniMax
85 pts
3 wins
🏆 Overall, MiniMax offers more free value (3/6 categories)
📊 Side-by-Side
Category
Perplexity AI
MiniMax
Free Tier
✅ No limit (basic search)
✅ No explicit limit
Free API
❌ None
✅ ¥15
Rate Limit
N/A
Varies
Open Source
❌ No
✅ Yes
Free Models
2
2
GitHub Stars
-
⭐ 3,417
🧠 Model Details
Perplexity AI 2 models Perplexity Default
AI search engine, real-time web access
Pro Search
Deep search, 5 per day for free users
MiniMax 2 models MiniMax-M2.7
230B params, SOTA in coding/tool-use/search/office, 1M context
MiniMax-01
Million-token context, free to use