OpenAI’s Atlas vs Perplexity’s Comet: What to Choose?

Everyone just loves the speed, especially when it comes to the internet. The internet is changing, in terms of speed, in terms of browsing experience and in terms of user friendliness. Also, the browsers, we have used for decades to jump from link to link are getting a serious upgrade. As serious as this upgrade is, the competition between the two browsers, OpenAI’s Atlas and Perplexity’s Comet. Unlike the browsers you are used to, these two browsers are smarter than ever. In a way, both browsers want to make your online life easier. However, in this race of pace, Comet is advancing ahead with its speed, critical thinking and sharp research skills. When OpenAI launched Atlas, they called it their big shot. They said that it will change the way of browsing forever. Now, Perplexity has launched their Comet browser and made it completely free to everyone just three weeks ago.​ Now, everyone who is using Comet is saying that it is better in terms of speed, research and to gather more advanced data in detail. 

Let Corporate Soldiers show you why Comet might just be the one you will want to stick with!

OpenAI’s Atlas

Indians are quite familiar when it comes to the name ‘Atlas’. It used to be and is one of the famous oldest cycling brands in India. The name Atlas has been circulating everywhere once again. But this time, it is the Atlas by OpenAI. It is a super-smart browser that can do your boring web tasks on your behalf. So, if you need to buy hiking boots, you would open six different websites, compare prices, read reviews, check sizing charts, and then decide what to buy. This is what any normal person will do before making a purchase after an hour of clicking around. But with this smart browser, Atlas, you can do it more smartly. Atlas will open tabs, read reviews, compare prices, and even fill out the checkout form. Remember, you can stop browsing anytime. 

Perplexity’s Comet

Now, what is Comet? Nope, we aren’t talking about the shoe brand or the space. We are talking about the other browsing alternative, Comet, which is better in terms of speed and several other things. It is for the things in depth, such as for people who want extensive research rather than usual answers. So, if you are writing an article about something and you have got fifteen tabs open, such as news articles, technical specs, company websites, and blogs. You don’t have to open tab by tab and jump between all of them, take notes, or try to remember which tab had what information. Comet will see or look at everything you have open and just get it. You can use it to summarize the common themes across all these tabs or know the key differences between all tabs and it pulls information from everywhere to give you one clear answer.​ 

Let’s See The Difference!

Let’s compare the speed first. Atlas likes to take its time; the browser’s Agent Mode carefully opens tabs, reads every word, and then waits. It’s thorough, sure, but when you ask it to book flights, you might age a year waiting for it to scroll through the options.

On the other hand, Comet? Summaries, multi-tab research, and gathering data in detail, all will be done with the speed. If you want quick answers without the existential dread of waiting, Comet is your rabbit, leaving the tortoise Atlas in this race of pace.

Atlas’s Agent Mode Vs Comet

People who have used or are using Atlas in normal browsing say it is smooth, and ChatGPT responses are fast. But what about Agent Mode? It’s super slow. Tasks that should take thirty seconds often stretched for several minutes.​​ On the other hand, in terms of browsing to responses, Comet is very fast. Here, pages load quickly, AI responds instantly.

So Which One Should You Use?

Let’s Corporate Soldiers make it easy for you!

You should choose Atlas if you need to do these things.

1. You use ChatGPT constantly.
2. If you need help with common tasks, such as comparing products or filling out forms.
3. You don’t mind paying $20/month for the Agent Mode features which are super slow.
4. You have a Mac because that’s all that works right now.

You should choose Comet if you need to do these things. 

1. You do a lot of research and need to make sense of information from many sources in detail.
2. You want something free that works on any device and extensively. 
3. You need to gather complex information.
4. You work on multiple projects at once and want to keep them separate.

Dear readers, let us tell you that some people are using both. They use Atlas for AI where you want ChatGPT, and Comet for detailed research and multi-project work. So, it depends on what you are trying to do.​ Corporate Soldiers wishes you happy browsing!