Cohere vs Perplexity: who uses which
Customers, public proof and the companies that use both.
On usedby, 23 companies use Cohere and 26 use Perplexity. 1 company uses both, including Nvidia. Cohere leads among the IT Services & System Integration companies on usedby that use either tool, Perplexity among the Fintech & Payments companies.Latest check Oct 4, 2026: 43 of 49 public lines checked. Counts include every proof level, job-post signals included. Companies named on both have a confirmed or observed line on each side.
Who uses Cohere, Perplexity, or both
Every company with a public proof for at least one of the two tools.
22
use only Cohere
1
company uses both
25
use only Perplexity
22 companies use only Cohere, 25 use only Perplexity and 1 uses both, out of the 48 companies on usedby that use at least one of them.
Who uses both
Companies with a confirmed or observed line on both tools.
| Company |
|---|
 Nvidia |
By industry
Which tool the companies on usedby use, by industry. Shares of the companies on usedby that use Cohere, Perplexity or both: a share of the companies on usedby, not of the market.
Cohere onlyBothPerplexity only
More common with Cohere
- IT Services & System Integration9 of the 10 IT Services & System Integration companies on usedby that use either tool use Cohere.
More common with Perplexity
- Fintech & Payments5 of the 5 Fintech & Payments companies on usedby that use either tool use Perplexity.
- Telecommunications3 of the 5 Telecommunications companies on usedby that use either tool use Perplexity.
Source: confirmed and observed usedby lines. Job-post signals, the weakest proof level, are left out of these shares.
Side by side
Facts from our data and from each vendor's public pages. Each line says where it comes from.
CoherePerplexityWhat customers report
Results as the vendor or the customer published them, with the source and the date.
Cohere
Perplexity
No reviewed story for Perplexity yet.
Questions about Cohere and Perplexity
Which is used more, Cohere or Perplexity?
Perplexity has more customers on usedby: 26 against 23 for Cohere. Cohere leads among the IT Services & System Integration companies on usedby that use either tool, Perplexity among the Fintech & Payments companies.
Do companies use both Cohere and Perplexity?
Yes. 1 company uses both on usedby, including Nvidia.
Who uses Cohere?
23 companies on usedby, each with the public page that shows it. See who uses Cohere.
Who uses Perplexity?
26 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 three proof levels: confirmed, observed or signal (a job post, the weakest). A company is named as using both tools when its lines on both are confirmed or observed.