Sauna vs Perplexity

Perplexity searches the web. Sauna knows your work.

Perplexity is a great answer engine for the open web. Sauna is an AI coworker for your work. It remembers your projects, connects to the tools your team uses, and gets things done inside them, not just in a browser tab.

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#deals· 6 members

Alex P.8:40 AM

@Sauna research this prospect, then draft my reply using what we already know about them.

SaunaAPP8:40 AM

Researching the company and pulling our past threads and notes.

Researched and drafted in your voice, with our context in it:

Answers about the world, or action inside your work?

Perplexity is the best way to ask the open web something and get a cited answer, and with Comet it can run tasks in the browser. Sauna starts from a different place: your work. It remembers your projects and the people in them, connects to Slack, Linear, GitHub, and thousands of other tools, and does things inside them. It drafts the ticket, the reply, the PR, and waits for your approval.

The difference

One knows the open web. The other knows your work, and the tools your team runs on.

Lives in the stack you already run — and thousands more, or any MCP server.

Perplexity

Sauna

Best at

Answering questions from the live web, with citations.

Doing your work across your tools, with memory of your context.

Where it acts

In the browser (Comet), on web tasks like forms and bookings.

In your stack. It drafts tickets, emails, and PRs, once you approve.

Memory

Your searches and research Spaces.

Your projects, people, and decisions: workspace plus session memory.

Team

An individual product.

Multiplayer: Spaces, Brain Access, Shared Folders.

Research, and then the actual work

It doesn't just answer. It acts on your work.

#product· 18 members

Mira K.10:14 AM

@Sauna what did we decide about the pricing page, and update the ticket?

SaunaAPP10:14 AM

Pulling last week's thread and the Linear issue.

You settled on three tiers. Updated LIN-204 with the decision:

Mira K.10:15 AM

@Sauna and let #design know the call.

SaunaAPP10:15 AM

Posted the decision to #design and linked LIN-204. They're caught up.

It works from your context

It isn't a fresh search box. Sauna already knows your projects, the people, and the decisions you've made, and it uses them when it answers and when it acts.

↳Thread in #support· 7 replies

Jamie M.1:20 PM

@Sauna figure out why this customer is churning and draft a win-back.

SaunaAPP1:20 PM

Reading their tickets and usage, then drafting.

Cause: they hit a seat limit twice last month. Win-back drafted, approve to send:

Jamie M.1:21 PM

@Sauna send it, and flag the account for me to watch.

SaunaAPP1:21 PM

Sent. I flagged the account and I'll ping you if they hit the seat limit again.

It takes the next step for you

Sauna does deep research and company lookup too. The difference is what happens next: it acts inside your tools instead of leaving you a citation to follow up on.

It proactively found the holes in our data and suggested fixes. I literally said holy shit out loud.

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What Sauna does

It knows your work, and acts on it.

Your work

It knows your context

Workspace and session memory hold your projects, the people, and your decisions, so it isn't starting from a search box each time.

Your tools

Acts in your stack

It drafts tickets, emails, and PRs across Slack, Linear, GitHub, Gmail, and thousands of other apps, and waits for your approval.

Research too

Deep research, then action

Sauna does deep web research and company lookup, then takes the next step in your tools instead of handing you a citation.

Everywhere you already work

One coworker, on every surface you use.

Web app

Sessions, knowledge, and scheduled work in one tab.

iMessage

Text it. Voice notes, screenshots, replies in the thread.

Slack

DMs, channel mentions, full threads, a live Tasks panel.

Forward to hey@sauna.ai or CC it into any thread.

Superhuman

Tag Sauna in a comment and it picks up the thread.

Good to know

Questions, answered.

Isn't Perplexity already great at research?

It is, for the open web. Sauna does deep research too, but its job is your work: it remembers your context and acts inside your tools, not just a browser tab.

Does Sauna search the web?

Yes. Web search, deep research, and company lookup. The difference is what it does next, which is act inside your stack with memory of your work.

Where does it work?

The web app, iMessage, Slack, email, and Superhuman, connected to the tools your team already uses.

Is my data safe?

Sauna reads only what you connect, and acts only after you approve. Your workspace and its memory are yours, not training data.

Answers, then the actual work.

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