SpanSearch vs Perplexity
Both run deep research. Perplexity hands you a report, slides, and a spreadsheet. SpanSearch puts the result in a document, a mind map, a whiteboard, and a picture, and you edit them.
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Both can open sites you are signed in to. Perplexity edits by selecting a part and describing the change. SpanSearch edits directly in the document, the map, the board, and the picture.
Perplexity marks the source after the sentence and adds an excerpt. Open it and you get the original page. When you edit the sentence, that excerpt is not in the draft. SpanSearch puts the passage next to the sentence. If it matches, keep the sentence. If it does not, change the sentence or delete it. The source stays on that sentence.
Perplexity can produce a document, slides, a spreadsheet, and a chart. To change a document or slides, select a part and describe the change. To change a picture, it generates a new one. SpanSearch splits the work: edit the words in the document, drag branches on the map, move boxes and arrows on the board, and change only the part of the picture you click.
Perplexity puts structure and flow into slides, an outline, or a chart. To adjust them, describe the change again. SpanSearch puts structure on a mind map and flow on a whiteboard. You can drag a branch, and move a box or an arrow. The map imports and exports with Xmind.
Perplexity opens signed-in sites through Comet, or through a service you have already connected. SpanSearch uses Chrome, Edge, Brave, or Opera on your computer, and the session already signed in there. You do not hand over the account or the password.
You still need the passage next to the sentence, or you need to edit the map, the board, or the picture directly.
If it matches, keep the sentence. If it does not, change the sentence or delete it. The source stays on that sentence, so you can check the same passage again.
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Move a branch, add a subtopic, or change a level. You are editing this map. To take it with you, import and export with Xmind.
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Drag a box, align it, and pull overlapping boxes apart. You do not write another instruction and wait for a new drawing.
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Change the text, the subject, the background, or one region. What you did not click stays. If it needs to stay sharp when enlarged, convert it to a vector and edit the shapes and the type.
Get started for free| Feature | SpanSearch | Perplexity |
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| After the run | Stays in the document, map, board, and picture. You keep editing. | Hands you a report, and can also hand you slides, a spreadsheet, or a chart. |
| Citations | The passage sits next to the sentence, including while you edit it. | Marks the source and an excerpt after the sentence. Opening it shows the page. |
| What you get | A report, a mind map, a whiteboard, and a picture. | A report, slides, a spreadsheet, a chart, and pictures. |
| How you edit | Edit the words, drag a branch, move boxes and arrows. Change one part of the picture. | Select a part and describe the change. A picture is generated again. |
| Signed-in sites | Uses the session already signed in on your browser. No account or password. | Uses Comet, or a service you have already connected. |
| Fits when | You still need the passage, and you still need to edit a map, a board, or a picture. | You want a report, slides, or a spreadsheet soon. |
Use it to turn research into a report, slides, and a spreadsheet.
Use it when you edit against the passage, and edit the map, the board, and the picture directly.
Start with a question. SpanSearch reads the page and leaves the passage next to the sentence. The report, mind map, whiteboard, and picture each stay in their editor.
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