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Alexa for Shopping vs Perplexity shopping
Alexa for Shopping scores higher overall (8.5 vs 8.1), but the right pick depends on what you need.
Choose Alexa for Shopping if…
Amazon shoppers who want price history and deal alerts without a third-party extension
8.5/10★★★★★Full review →Choose Perplexity shopping if…
Buying from a clear, ad-free answer without opening a dozen tabs
8.1/10★★★★★Full review →Side by side
| Alexa for Shopping | Perplexity shopping | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall score | 8.5/10 | 8.1/10 |
| Rank in category | #2 of 8 | #4 of 8 |
| Price | Free | Freemium · from $20/month |
| Free version | Free for all signed-in Amazon customers in the US | Shopping and Instant Buy are free for US users |
| Platforms | Web, iOS, Android, Smart display | Web, iOS, Android |
| Made by | Amazon | Perplexity AI |
| Recommendation quality | 8 | 7.5 |
| Ease of use | 9 | 8.5 |
| Features | 8 | 7 |
| Value for money | 9 | 9 |
| Platforms | 8.5 | 9 |
Alexa for Shopping: what the AI does
- Product questions answered from listings, reviews and Q&As
- Side-by-side comparisons of features, prices and reviews
- Up to a year of price history and target-price alerts
- Scheduled Actions that add items to your cart or buy at a set price
- Visual search from a photo
- Buy for Me purchases from other retailers' sites
- A year of price history built into the product page
- Can watch for a target price and act on it for you
- Free, with no Prime membership required
- Works in the app, on the web and on Echo Show
- Amazon serves sponsored ads inside the assistant's conversations
- Recommendations come mostly from Amazon's own store
- US only
Perplexity shopping: what the AI does
- Conversational product search that keeps context across follow-ups
- Product cards with pros, cons and review-based insights
- Memory of your past searches and preferences
- Instant Buy checkout with PayPal inside the chat
- Virtual try-on avatar (Pro and Max)
- Buy inside the chat with PayPal purchase protection
- Perplexity says it has dropped ads, so picks aren't paid placements
- Shopping is free; only try-on needs a paid plan
- Retailers still handle shipping and returns
- Shopping and Instant Buy are US-only
- No price tracking or price history
- Instant Buy only works with merchants that accept PayPal