Brave Search vs Perplexity: who uses which
Customers, public proof and the companies that use both.
On usedby, 19 companies use Brave Search and 38 use Perplexity. 2 companies use both, including Snowflake and Apollo.io. Brave Search leads among the Artificial Intelligence companies on usedby that use either tool, Perplexity among the Fintech & Payments companies.Latest check Nov 12, 2026: 53 of 57 public lines checked. Counts include every proof level, job-post signals included. A company on both tools counts at any proof level, and a job post on one side is marked as such.
Who uses Brave Search, Perplexity, or both
Every company with a public proof for at least one of the two tools.
17
listed for Brave Search only
2
companies use both
36
listed for Perplexity only
On usedby, 17 companies are listed for Brave Search only, 36 are listed for Perplexity only and 2 use both, out of the 55 companies listed for at least one. An absent listing does not prove non-use.
Who uses both
Companies with a public line on both tools, at any proof level: the strongest proofs come first, and a job post is marked.
| Company | First public proof, Perplexity |
|---|---|
 Snowflake | On or before Dec 2024 |
 Apollo.io | On or before Feb 2026 |
By industry
Which tool the companies on usedby use, by industry. Shares of the companies on usedby that use Brave Search, Perplexity or both: a share of the companies on usedby, not of the market.
Listed for Brave Search onlyBothListed for Perplexity only
More common with Brave Search
- Artificial Intelligence5 of the 7 Artificial Intelligence companies on usedby that use either tool use Brave Search.
More common with Perplexity
- Fintech & Payments5 of the 6 Fintech & Payments companies on usedby that use either tool use Perplexity.
Source: every usedby line, from confirmed proofs to job-post signals (the weakest proof level).
Side by side
Facts from our data and from each vendor's public pages. Each line says where it comes from.
Vendor facts checked: Brave Search, 0 of 4; Perplexity, 2 of 4. Missing facts remain unverified, not absent features.
Brave SearchPerplexityWhat customers report
Results as the vendor or the customer published them, with the source and the date.
Brave Search
No reviewed story for Brave Search yet.
Perplexity
67% adoption across the company
Rosenxt
Vendor case study, perplexity.ai, captured Nov 11, 2026
How Lambda saves 475+ hours by streamlining technical workflows with Perplexity Enterprise
Lambda
Vendor case study, perplexity.ai, captured Nov 11, 2026
Questions about Brave Search and Perplexity
Which is used more, Brave Search or Perplexity?
Perplexity has more customers on usedby: 38 against 19 for Brave Search. Brave Search leads among the Artificial Intelligence companies on usedby that use either tool, Perplexity among the Fintech & Payments companies.
Do companies use both Brave Search and Perplexity?
Yes. 2 companies use both on usedby, including Snowflake and Apollo.io.
Who uses Brave Search?
19 companies on usedby, each with the public page that shows it. See who uses Brave Search.
Who uses Perplexity?
38 companies on usedby, each with the public page that shows it. See who uses Perplexity.
How does usedby count customers?
A company counts when a public page shows it: a vendor's customer page, a case study, a press release or a job post, most saved with a dated capture. Every line is a customer, at one of four proof levels: confirmed, declared by the company itself, observed or signal (a job post, the weakest). A company counts as using both tools when it has a line on each, at any level; the list shows the strongest proofs first and marks job posts.