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Sunday, October 5, 2025

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Google Trends vs Perplexity Finance comparison

Compare pricing, supported platforms, categories, and standout capabilities to decide which tool fits your workflow.

Quick takeaways

Google Trends adds Newsletters coverage that Perplexity Finance skips.

Perplexity Finance includes Financials, Watchlist, Screeners, Transcripts, ETF Overview, Analyst Forecasts, Analyst Recommendations, and Analyst Price Targets categories that Google Trends omits.

Google Trends highlights: Explore search interest over time with geographic and category filters; compare up to five groups of terms (25 terms per group)., Discover related topics and rising queries to spot shifts in attention., and Filter by region, timeframe, category, and Google property (Web, News, Images, Shopping, YouTube)..

Perplexity Finance is known for: Ticker pages with detailed Overview, Financials, Historical Data, and Earnings tabs, including analyst ratings and 12-month price targets., Watchlist feature and a Screener tab available directly in the Finance hub., and AI-curated news feeds on instrument pages with linked sources..

Perplexity Finance offers mobile access, which Google Trends skips.

Google Trends

trends.google.com

A free tool from Google that tracks search interest over time and across regions. You can compare up to five groups of terms, monitor “Trending now” in near real time, and export charts to CSV or embed them on the web. A limited alpha API is available by application, and a separate BigQuery dataset exposes the top rising queries over the past 30 days.

Platforms

Web

Pricing

Free

Quick highlights

Explore search interest over time with geographic and category filters; compare up to five groups of terms (25 terms per group).
Discover related topics and rising queries to spot shifts in attention.
Filter by region, timeframe, category, and Google property (Web, News, Images, Shopping, YouTube).
Export charts to CSV, share links, or embed selected charts via HTML.
“Trending now” dashboard shows news-linked spikes across 100+ countries, refreshed every 10 minutes, with multiple time windows and CSV/RSS export.

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Perplexity Finance

perplexity.ai

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AI-assisted finance hub with quote and overview pages for stocks, ETFs, funds, and crypto. Free to use with search limits; Pro lifts caps and unlocks Pro/Deep Research. Enterprise Pro connects to data subscriptions like FactSet and Crunchbase and adds SSO/SCIM. Data providers are disclosed on each page. Not designed for trading execution.

Platforms

Web

Mobile

Desktop

Pricing

Free

Subscription

Quick highlights

Ticker pages with detailed Overview, Financials, Historical Data, and Earnings tabs, including analyst ratings and 12-month price targets.
Watchlist feature and a Screener tab available directly in the Finance hub.
AI-curated news feeds on instrument pages with linked sources.
Data providers include Financial Modeling Prep (fundamentals), Unusual Whales (options), Quartr (transcripts), and FinChat/Fiscal.ai (earnings).
Crypto section with Historical Data downloads and Coinbase COIN50 index charts on the Finance homepage.

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Overlap

Shared focus areas

2 overlaps

Mutual strengths include Data Visualizations, and News.

Where they differ

Google Trends

Distinct strengths include:

Newsletters

Explore search interest over time with geographic and category filters; compare up to five groups of terms (25 terms per group).
Discover related topics and rising queries to spot shifts in attention.
Filter by region, timeframe, category, and Google property (Web, News, Images, Shopping, YouTube).
Export charts to CSV, share links, or embed selected charts via HTML.

Perplexity Finance

Distinct strengths include:

Analyst Recommendations

Analyst Price Targets

Ticker pages with detailed Overview, Financials, Historical Data, and Earnings tabs, including analyst ratings and 12-month price targets.
Watchlist feature and a Screener tab available directly in the Finance hub.
AI-curated news feeds on instrument pages with linked sources.
Data providers include Financial Modeling Prep (fundamentals), Unusual Whales (options), Quartr (transcripts), and FinChat/Fiscal.ai (earnings).

Feature-by-feature breakdown

Attribute	Google Trends	Perplexity Finance
Categories Which research workflows each platform targets	Shared: Data Visualizations, News Unique: Newsletters	Shared: Data Visualizations, News Unique: Financials, Watchlist, Screeners, Transcripts, ETF Overview, Analyst Forecasts, Analyst Recommendations, Analyst Price Targets
Asset types Supported asset classes and universes	Other	Stocks, ETFs, Mutual Funds, Closed-End Funds, Cryptos
Experience levels Who each product is built for	Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced	Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
Platforms Where you can access the product	Web	Web, Mobile, Desktop
Pricing High-level pricing models	Free	Free, Subscription
Key features Core capabilities called out by each vendor	Unique Explore search interest over time with geographic and category filters; compare up to five groups of terms (25 terms per group). Discover related topics and rising queries to spot shifts in attention. Filter by region, timeframe, category, and Google property (Web, News, Images, Shopping, YouTube). Export charts to CSV, share links, or embed selected charts via HTML. “Trending now” dashboard shows news-linked spikes across 100+ countries, refreshed every 10 minutes, with multiple time windows and CSV/RSS export. Methodology based on anonymized, aggregated samples normalized to a 0–100 scale. Longer ranges use UTC time, short ranges use local time zones.	Unique Ticker pages with detailed Overview, Financials, Historical Data, and Earnings tabs, including analyst ratings and 12-month price targets. Watchlist feature and a Screener tab available directly in the Finance hub. AI-curated news feeds on instrument pages with linked sources. Data providers include Financial Modeling Prep (fundamentals), Unusual Whales (options), Quartr (transcripts), and FinChat/Fiscal.ai (earnings). Crypto section with Historical Data downloads and Coinbase COIN50 index charts on the Finance homepage. Global market coverage spanning US, UK, Germany, Canada, Australia, Japan, and Thailand.
Tested Verified by hands-on testing inside Find My Moat	Not yet	Yes
Editor pick Featured inside curated shortlists	Standard listing	Highlighted

Frequently Asked Questions

Which workflows do Google Trends and Perplexity Finance both support?

Both platforms cover Data Visualizations, and News workflows, so you can research those use cases in either tool before digging into the feature differences below.

Do Google Trends and Perplexity Finance require subscriptions?

Both Google Trends and Perplexity Finance keep freemium access with optional paid upgrades, so you can trial each platform before committing.

Which tool has mobile access?

Perplexity Finance ships a dedicated mobile experience, while Google Trends focuses on web or desktop access.

What unique strengths set the two platforms apart?

Google Trends differentiates itself with Explore search interest over time with geographic and category filters; compare up to five groups of terms (25 terms per group)., Discover related topics and rising queries to spot shifts in attention., and Filter by region, timeframe, category, and Google property (Web, News, Images, Shopping, YouTube)., whereas Perplexity Finance stands out for Ticker pages with detailed Overview, Financials, Historical Data, and Earnings tabs, including analyst ratings and 12-month price targets., Watchlist feature and a Screener tab available directly in the Finance hub., and AI-curated news feeds on instrument pages with linked sources..

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