Perplexity for research, NotebookLM for synthesizing PDFs, Exa when I need precise web retrieval. Feels like overkill but each wins a niche.
Do you consolidate, or accept a multi-tool research desk?
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Same pile. NotebookLM for long PDFs is still undefeated.
I tried consolidating into Perplexity Pro only. Missed Exa's precision.
Multi-tool forever. One model can't own research UX yet.