Toyo is a hosted assistant for personal work, Slack teams and company context. Perplexity Computer routes parts of a task across 19 AI models. Its orchestration suits research-heavy projects. Toyo supports ongoing work with a wider context model.
Pick Toyo if you want a daily assistant and shared context across your company’s agents.
Pick Perplexity Computer if you want multi-model research and task execution inside Perplexity.
Personal Toyo handles email, meetings, follow-ups and recurring work through messages and calls
Toyo for Slack helps a team catch up, find decisions and turn discussion into shared work
Toyo Brain gives connected agents current company context and a place to save useful output
Toyo manages the hosted service, including infrastructure, updates and security
Perplexity Computer
Coordinates 19 AI models across different subtasks
Connects to more than 400 apps through managed OAuth
Runs long workflows after you close the browser
Includes Computer on Perplexity Pro and Max plans
Compare Toyo and Perplexity Computer at a glance
Toyo vs Perplexity Computer at a glance
Criterion
Toyo
Perplexity Computer
Main use
Daily work, team assistance and company context
Multi-model task orchestration
How work runs
A persistent hosted assistant uses connected tools
A cloud workflow delegates subtasks across models
Channels
Messages, calls and Slack
Perplexity web app and Slack
Integrations
More than 1,000 tools and data sources through MCP
More than 400 OAuth app connections
Context
Private personal context and shared company knowledge
Skills and context scoped to a Computer workflow
Hosting
Hosted and managed by Toyo
Hosted and managed by Perplexity
Setup
A short conversation and approved connections
A paid Perplexity plan and connected apps
Price
From $29 a month
Included with Pro at $20 or Max at $200 a month
What is Perplexity Computer
Perplexity Computer is a cloud agent for complex workflows. It divides a request into subtasks and sends each part to a suitable model.
The service connects to more than 400 apps. It can run recurring work and continue after a user closes the browser.
Computer suits research, analysis and production tasks that benefit from several models. Access comes through paid Perplexity plans.
What is Toyo
Personal Toyo is an AI executive assistant for your daily work. You can message it, send a voice note or call. It handles email, meetings and follow-ups across tools such as Gmail, Calendar and Slack.
Toyo for Slack gives your company a shared agent. Teammates can ask for a recap, find a decision or turn a discussion into a brief. Toyo can use approved sources such as Notion, Google Drive, Linear and Granola.
Toyo Brain gives connected agents shared company context. ChatGPT, Claude, OpenClaw, Hermes and other agents can read current knowledge and save useful work for the team.
The differences that affect your work
How the product thinks
Perplexity Computer routes one workflow across several models. Toyo keeps an assistant with ongoing work context.
Multi-model routing can help a research project. Personal and company context help repeated work stay consistent over time.
Company knowledge
Toyo Brain gives several connected agents one shared foundation.
The company can update positioning, decisions or definitions once. Each connected agent can then start from the current version.
Daily assistance
Personal Toyo handles recurring inbox, calendar and follow-up work.
Perplexity Computer begins with a task or scheduled workflow. Toyo also keeps track of personal preferences, priorities and commitments.
Integration model
Both products offer managed connections at different scales.
Computer lists more than 400 OAuth apps. Brain supports MCP connections to more than 1,000 tools and data sources, including company systems that stay authoritative.
Compare the cost
Perplexity Computer comes with paid Perplexity plans. Toyo prices its personal assistant separately from team and Brain access.
Toyo vs Perplexity Computer pricing
Criterion
ToyoAssistant plans
Perplexity ComputerPerplexity plans
Starting paid plan
Solo costs $29 a month
Pro costs $20 a month
Higher plan
Pro costs $79 a month
Max costs $200 a month
Team use
Custom price
Enterprise Max uses custom pricing
Company context
Brain is in private beta
No separate company context product
Toyo prices come from the current pricing page. Competitor prices can change, so check the provider before you buy.
Know which cloud receives your data
Both products are hosted. Their providers manage infrastructure, connectors and service updates.
Perplexity processes Computer workflows in its cloud and may route subtasks across several models. Account permissions control connected apps.
Toyo stores data in US data centres with encryption at rest and in transit. It does not train models on customer data. Brain lets people inspect and revise shared context.
Choose the product that fits the work
Choose Perplexity Computer if
Research and multi-model orchestration are your main needs
You already use a paid Perplexity plan
More than 400 OAuth app connections cover your stack
You want cloud workflows with recurring tasks
Choose Toyo if
You want ongoing help with inbox, meetings and follow-ups
Your team wants a shared Slack agent
Several agents need the same company knowledge
You want hosted infrastructure, updates and security