of 5— Create your Perplexity account

What you'll accomplish

After this guide, you'll be using Perplexity to find community resources for clients in 5–10 minutes instead of 20–30 minutes of scattered Google searches and outdated directory lookups. Perplexity synthesizes information from multiple current sources and gives you a summarized list with links, so you get a usable answer with less digging.

What you'll need

Perplexity account (free tier works for most resource searches); {{tool:Perplexity.plan}} (Free tier (limited Pro searches); Pro: $20/month or $200/year; Enterprise Pro: $40/user/month) for higher usage
No setup beyond creating an account. Works in any browser.
Time needed: 15 minutes to explore the tool; 5–10 minutes per resource search after that
Cost: Free tier available; Free tier (limited Pro searches); Pro: $20/month or $200/year; Enterprise Pro: $40/user/month for Pro

How-To Guide: Finding Community Resources Faster with Perplexity

Step 1: Create your Perplexity account

Go to {{tool:Perplexity.url}} and click Sign up
Sign in with Google or email
You'll see a search-style interface: a large prompt bar and previous searches on the left

What you should see: A clean interface that looks like a chat-search hybrid.

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