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Editorial fit 0–100
A weighted desk score for research workflow fit — not a user-star average and not a vendor leaderboard.
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EDITOR'S PICK
AI search
Perplexity
72/100
ROLECited search front door and web-grounded API platform
Editorial fit
72
Source quality
68
Citation honesty
56
Privacy controls
36
Value for money
52
Speed
85
FREEFree
$20/MOPro
$200/MOMax
Best cited-search front door for student lit reviews — not the highest overall fit on the atlas.
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Failure modes on the record
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