Perplexity’s Research tool has basically replaced Google for me, for any search where I don’t already know the answer or know that it’s available somewhere (like documentation).

I use it dozens of times per day, and typically follow up or ask refining questions within the thread if it’s not giving me what I need.

It typically takes between 10sec and 5 minutes, and mostly replicates my manual process - search, review results, another 1..N search passes, review, etc. Initially it rephrases/refines my query, then builds a plan, and this looks a lot like what I might do manually.