Perplexity vs OpenAI Responses API: Which Is Better in 2026
Last month, I spent three days building a research automation pipeline for a client who needed to track regulatory changes across fifty different government websites. I started with OpenAI's Responses API, figuring native GPT integration would be the cleanest path. By day two, I'd rewritten half my code to use Perplexity's API instead.
The experience crystallized something I've been tracking all year: these two platforms serve funda