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Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Amazon Q

84%

Perplexity AI

Perplexity

80%

Estimated Belliste score, based on the available capabilities, quality, features and pricing information. It is an indicative profile estimate, not an independent benchmark.

How this profile estimate is calculated

Capabilities contribute 35%, quality wording 30%, listed features 20%, and pricing 15% when available. When capability fields are absent, specialization breadth supplies a 25% fallback. Missing categories are omitted and the remaining weights are rescaled. The estimate uses each model’s own published profile; it does not measure answer accuracy or replace a hands-on test.

OverviewAmazon QPerplexity

PriceBusiness Lite from $3/user/month · Pro from $20/user/monthFree $0/month · Pro from $20/month

Free planNo permanent free Business seat plan; Developer Free tier is separateStandard Free: basic searches with limited Pro Search and Research

Paid plansBusiness Lite $3/user/month · Business Pro $20/user/monthPro $20/month or $200/year; Max $200/month; Enterprise Pro from $40/seat/month

Usage limitsIndex capacity billed separately; Lite and Pro features differ

Key comparison

SpecificationAmazon QPerplexity

Starting PriceBusiness Lite from $3/user/month · Business Pro from $20/user/month; index capacity billed separately. Developer has a separate Free tier.Free $0/month · Pro from $20/month

AI ModelsAWS-managed foundation models via Amazon Bedrock; Amazon Q Business does not expose a universal user-facing model selector.Multiple frontier models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and others; catalog rotates

Context WindowNot published as one user-visible token limit; retrieval/indexing and response length depend on service configuration and subscription.Not disclosed as a single app-wide token limit; varies by model, search mode and plan

Advanced ReasoningAnalysis and reasoning over enterprise sources; agentic retrieval-augmented generation supported in Q Business.Advanced reasoning models available on Pro/Max; higher limits on Max

Web SearchAmazon Q Web Crawler can index configured websites; no universal live public-web search feature comparable to consumer search assistants.Basic web search on Free; extended Pro Search on paid plans with citations

Deep ResearchMulti-source enterprise synthesis with cited responses; a separately branded Deep Research mode with published report quotas is not documented.Research performs multi-step investigations and cited reports; Free 1/month, higher paid allowances

Image UnderstandingExtracts insights from visual elements in PDFs, Word, PowerPoint, Google Docs and Slides; image understanding depends on source and ingestion.Image upload and analysis supported; attachment limits depend on plan

Image GenerationNative text-to-image generation is not a standard Amazon Q Business chat capability; AWS offers separate image-generation services.Image generation on Pro, Education Pro, Max and Enterprise; not included on Standard Free

Voice InputNative consumer-style voice input is not listed as a standard Amazon Q Business web chat feature.Voice-based query input in supported mobile experiences; availability varies by platform

Voice ConversationsContinuous real-time spoken conversations are not documented as a standard Amazon Q Business feature.Voice assistant experiences available on supported Perplexity apps; availability and limits vary

Video UnderstandingCan answer questions from indexed multimedia content including video through supported data sources; direct video upload support is not universally documented.Video upload/analysis availability depends on current app and plan; exact general limits not disclosed

Conversation MemoryMaintains context within an existing chat and allows users to continue previous conversations; long-term cross-chat personal memory not generally documented.Personalization and memory vary by plan; Max Brain preview builds project/file context in Perplexity Computer

File AnalysisUpload files into chat for summaries, questions and data analysis; supported types and size caps depend on the web experience configuration.File upload and analysis; limited on Free; Pro supports up to 50 files per project; higher Enterprise allowances

Integrations40+ managed enterprise data connectors, including S3, SharePoint, OneDrive, Google Drive, Slack, Jira, Salesforce and ServiceNow.Connected app sources and file connectors; Enterprise centrally governs internal knowledge access