Best free Perplexity Comet alternatives

Looking for a free alternative to Perplexity Comet? Here are 9 general autonomous agents worth trying — 9 with a free tier. Perplexity Comet itself is free tier + paid.

ToolPerplexity Comet (you searched)Zhipu AutoGLMManusGenspark
Pricingfreemiumfreefreemiumfreemium
Best forAI-native browser with a built-in agentFree foundation-agent system for autonomous GUI control (web + Android)Fully autonomous agent in a cloud sandbox'Super agent' that plans and executes end-to-end
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Perplexity Comet alternatives — straight answers

What is the best free alternative to Perplexity Comet?

Zhipu AutoGLM is the closest free alternative to Perplexity Comet: same General Autonomous Agents sub-category, and it is free. Free foundation-agent system for autonomous GUI control (web + Android)

Are there free Perplexity Comet alternatives?

Yes — 9 of the 9 alternatives listed here are free or freemium: Zhipu AutoGLM, Manus, Genspark, Coze Space, MiniMax Agent. None of them are paid-only.

Is Perplexity Comet free?

Perplexity Comet is free tier + paid. There is a free tier you can work in, with paid plans above it.

How were these Perplexity Comet alternatives chosen?

They are the other tools in General Autonomous Agents, then the rest of AI Agents & Automation, ordered free tiers first and capped at 9. There is no sponsorship and no paid placement in that ordering — only the pricing tier decides.

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Zhipu AutoGLM

General Autonomous Agents
free

✦ WhyA Perplexity Comet alternative — Free foundation-agent system for autonomous GUI control (web + Android).

  • Free foundation-agent system for autonomous GUI control (web + Android)
  • Voice-to-action: controls entire web/phone UI from a spoken instruction
  • AutoGLM Rumination adds deep-research style multi-step task execution

Manus

General Autonomous Agents
freemium

✦ WhyA Perplexity Comet alternative — Fully autonomous agent in a cloud sandbox.

  • Fully autonomous agent in a cloud sandbox
  • Breaks goals into steps and executes them
  • Web research, code execution and file output
  • 'My Computer' desktop environment

Genspark

General Autonomous Agents
freemium

✦ WhyA Perplexity Comet alternative — 'Super agent' that plans and executes end-to-end.

  • 'Super agent' that plans and executes end-to-end
  • Generates sheets, slides and even phone calls
  • Mixes multiple models and tools
  • Free daily credits

Coze Space

General Autonomous Agents
freemium

✦ WhyA Perplexity Comet alternative — ByteDance's general-purpose office agent that breaks tasks into sub-tasks and drives a browser/code editor autonomously.

  • ByteDance's general-purpose office agent that breaks tasks into sub-tasks and drives a browser/code editor autonomously
  • Outputs deliverables as web pages, PPTs or Lark docs
  • Part of the Coze suite (Space/Studio/Loop/Eino) with an open-source Coze Studio component

MiniMax Agent

General Autonomous Agents
freemium

✦ WhyA Perplexity Comet alternative — General-purpose autonomous agent from MiniMax, separate from its Hailuo video product.

  • General-purpose autonomous agent from MiniMax, separate from its Hailuo video product
  • Built on MiniMax's own M-series reasoning/agentic models
  • Consumer credit-subscription model distinct from the raw API pricing

Flowith

General Autonomous Agents
freemium

✦ WhyA Perplexity Comet alternative — Infinite-canvas workspace where every prompt/output is a branchable, reusable node.

  • Infinite-canvas workspace where every prompt/output is a branchable, reusable node
  • Agent Neo: autonomous agent that runs long tasks in the background 24/7
  • Free Starter plan with one-time credits granting access to frontier models (Opus, GPT, Gemini) and Agent Neo

Convergence Proxy

General Autonomous Agents
freemium

✦ WhyA Perplexity Comet alternative — Free daily session quota; Pro lifts it to unlimited and adds parallel runs.

  • Free daily session quota; Pro lifts it to unlimited and adds parallel runs
  • Open-weights Proxy Lite version available on GitHub for self-hosting
  • Learns and adapts to user preferences across repeated web-automation tasks

Skywork AI

General Autonomous Agents
freemium

✦ WhyA Perplexity Comet alternative — Five specialized agents for docs, sheets, slides, podcasts and web content in one workspace.

  • Five specialized agents for docs, sheets, slides, podcasts and web content in one workspace
  • DeepResearch-powered output generation across formats
  • Free tier available alongside paid workspace plans

Ninja AI (NinjaTech)

General Autonomous Agents
freemium

✦ WhyA Perplexity Comet alternative — SuperNinja: autonomous agent running on its own dedicated VM for coding, research, website building.

  • SuperNinja: autonomous agent running on its own dedicated VM for coding, research, website building
  • Bundles multiple frontier models behind one subscription with 'Inference Level Optimization'
  • Single agent spans coding, document analysis, and content generation tasks

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