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Architecture comparison

OpenAI vs Perplexity

OpenAI runs closer to the foundational model (Native (own / self-hosted weights)) than Perplexity (Native (own / self-hosted weights)). Shared foundation: OpenAI · GPT (highlighted).

OpenAI

AI/LLM

Proximity
Native (own / self-hosted weights)
Models
OpenAI · GPT
Cloud · datastore
AzureAzure Cosmos DBPostgreSQLblob storage
Compliance
SOC 2GDPRCCPA
Architecture

Trains and serves its own GPT frontier models on Microsoft Azure supercomputers (custom GPU clusters). Product data on Azure stores; the API/Responses platform fronts the models for developers.

Perplexity

AI/Search

Proximity
Native (own / self-hosted weights)
Models
proprietary / self-built modelsOpenAI · GPTNVIDIA · Nemotron
Cloud · datastore
AWSvector storeElasticsearchPostgreSQL
Compliance
SOC 2GDPR
Architecture

Answer engine on AWS combining a real-time search/index layer with RAG over multiple LLMs; serves its own fine-tuned Sonar models plus frontier and open models. Exposes a metered Sonar API + Agent API.

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