MySamantha vs Perplexity
Perplexity is primarily an AI experience. MySamantha is primarily a productivity workspace.
Perplexity is excellent at research, giving fast answers with citations you can check. MySamantha is built for a different job: keeping your Notes, Tasks, Journal, Email and Calendar in one personal workspace, with an optional assistant inside.
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Which one fits how you work.
Choose Perplexity if…
You want a research tool that answers questions with sources and helps you explore topics quickly.
Our table covers the features MySamantha is built around. Perplexity's strengths are in its depth, which a row of marks doesn't capture.
Choose MySamantha if…
You want a home for your own work, with notes, tasks, journal, email and calendar together, AI optional, and bring your own key supported.
Where MySamantha goes further, in our table
- Tasks for Samantha
- Context aware
- Multiple email accounts
- Just ask her
- Bring your own key
The architectural difference
Perplexity organises the world's information into answers. MySamantha organises your own information into a workspace and lets you choose how much AI touches it.
An assistant with somewhere to put the answer.
Most assistants stop at a reply. Samantha can write the note, create the task or move the meeting, because the workspace is already hers to act in.
- Both
- 7
- Only MySamantha
- 3
- Only Perplexity
- 0
| Feature | MySamantha | Perplexity |
|---|---|---|
| Tasks for Samantha | Yes | Limited |
| Context aware | Yes | Limited |
| Smart recall | Yes | Yes |
| Multiple email accounts | Yes | No |
| Just ask herSamantha can create and manage your notes, to-dos and journal when you ask. | Yes | No |
| Email sync | Yes | Yes |
| Calendar sync | Yes | Yes |
| Media attachments | Yes | Yes |
| Google Maps sync | Yes | Yes |
| Bring your own key | Yes | No |
Stop copy-pasting between apps.
MySamantha pairs an optional assistant with a workspace where your notes, tasks, journal, email and calendar already live.
Create rules, get alerts.
Set custom alerts, and Samantha notifies you when the right email, message or keyword appears, so the important ones reach you.
Your life is connected, not scattered.
Email, calendar, events, maps and photos are part of the same workspace, so Samantha can work with them directly when you ask her to.
Bring your own key.
Connect your own API key if you prefer, and use the model access you already pay for. The workspace doesn't depend on a single model provider.
Recall across your workspace.
Ask Samantha to find something from last week, and she can search your notes, journal and tasks because they live in the same workspace.
Moving over from Perplexity.
Keep the AI you pay for
Use a supported AI account, bring your own API key, or top up and pay only for what you use.
Run both while you decide
Many people keep Perplexity going while they settle in. Bring existing work into MySamantha at your own pace.
Can I use MySamantha alongside Perplexity?
Yes. Many people run both while they decide. Import tools and integrations help you bring existing work into MySamantha at your own pace.
How does pricing work?
Your plan pays for the MySamantha software. AI usage is separate: use supported AI access you already have, bring your own key, pay as you go, or turn AI off.
Do I have to use the AI?
No. Turn AI off and MySamantha remains a workspace for Notes, Tasks and Journal without AI features.
Every comparison.
Try MySamantha next to Perplexity.
Start with the part you'd compare first. The rest of the workspace is there when you want it, and AI stays optional throughout.