LocalAI vs Perplexity

FeatureLocalAIPerplexity
CategoryLocal AI InfrastructureAI Search
PricingFree (open-source)Free + Pro $20/mo
GitHub Stars25,000—
PlatformsLinux, macOS, DockerWeb, iOS, Android
Features
  • ✓ OpenAI-compatible API
  • ✓ Multiple models
  • ✓ Text-to-speech
  • ✓ Image generation
  • ✓ Embeddings
  • ✓ Real-time search
  • ✓ Citations
  • ✓ Follow-up questions
  • ✓ File upload
  • ✓ API
  • ✓ Collections
Tags
localapiopenai-compatibleopen-source
searchresearchcitationswebapi