Stable Diffusion vs Perplexity

FeatureStable DiffusionPerplexity
CategoryAI Image GenerationAI Search
PricingFree (open-source)Free + Pro $20/mo
GitHub Stars40,000—
PlatformsLinux, Windows, macOSWeb, iOS, Android
Features
  • ✓ Text-to-image
  • ✓ Inpainting
  • ✓ ControlNet
  • ✓ LoRA training
  • ✓ Local running
  • ✓ Real-time search
  • ✓ Citations
  • ✓ Follow-up questions
  • ✓ File upload
  • ✓ API
  • ✓ Collections
Tags
image-generationopen-sourcelocaldiffusion
searchresearchcitationswebapi