Dust vs Perplexity: who uses which
Customers, public proof and the companies that use both.
On usedby, 43 companies use Dust and 26 use Perplexity. No company is listed with both yet. Perplexity leads among the Fintech & Payments companies on usedby that use either tool.Latest check Oct 5, 2026: 46 of 69 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 Dust, Perplexity, or both
Every company with a public proof for at least one of the two tools.
43
use only Dust
0
companies use both
26
use only Perplexity
43 companies use only Dust, 26 use only Perplexity and 0 use both, out of the 69 companies on usedby that use at least one of them.
Where it lands
Newest customers
No new customer since tracking started on October 2, 2026.
Where it lands
Newest customers
We have not started tracking changes for Perplexity yet.
Who uses both
Companies with a confirmed or observed line on both tools.
By industry
Which tool the companies on usedby use, by industry. Shares of the companies on usedby that use Dust, Perplexity or both: a share of the companies on usedby, not of the market.
Dust onlyBothPerplexity only
More common with Perplexity
- Fintech & Payments5 of the 9 Fintech & Payments companies on usedby that use either tool use Perplexity.
- Investment & VC4 of the 5 Investment & VC 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.
DustPerplexityWhat customers report
Results as the vendor or the customer published them, with the source and the date.
Dust
Today, a dozen people, from engineers to executives, access cost data weekly through Dust.
Dailymotion
Vendor case study, dust.tt, published Jun 25, 2026
Within six months, 87% of the company was active monthly
Alma
Vendor case study, dust.tt, published Jun 30, 2026
Perplexity
No reviewed story for Perplexity yet.
Questions about Dust and Perplexity
Which is used more, Dust or Perplexity?
Dust has more customers on usedby: 43 against 26 for Perplexity.
Do companies use both Dust and Perplexity?
usedby has not found a company with a confirmed or observed line on both Dust and Perplexity yet.
Who uses Dust?
43 companies on usedby, each with the public page that shows it. See who uses Dust.
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.