Doctolib
Large (~3,500)
Perplexity AI
Mid (~500)
Best For
Doctolib
Best for: Engineers motivated by healthcare impact who want to build products improving medical access across Europe at a mission-driven company with a strong French tech identity
Perplexity AI
Best for: Builders who thrive on speed and want massive user-facing impact at a rocketship
Ratings
DoctolibPerplexity AI
3.7
4.7
Overall
3.7
3.3
Work-Life Balance
3.8
4.8
Culture & Values
3.7
4.5
Comp & Benefits
3.5
4.5
Senior Mgmt
3.5
4.2
Career Opps
👍 74% Recommend
👤 78% CEO Approval (Stanislas Niox-Chateau)
👍 92% Recommend
👤 95% CEO Approval (Aravind Srinivas)
Culture Values
Doctolib only
💜 Mission-Driven
Perplexity AI only
⚙️ Engineering-Driven💎 Strong Comp & Equity
Shared
🌱 Learning & Growth🎯 Direct Product Impact🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate
Pros & Cons
Doctolib
- Mission-driven colleagues who genuinely care about improving healthcare access
- Strong growth opportunities with flexible remote policy and decent benefits
- Management can be heavy-handed — uses company principles as weapons against feedback
- French-centric culture makes it harder for non-French speakers to advance
Perplexity AI
- Fastest-growing AI product — real users, real revenue, genuine product-market fit
- Small team, massive impact per engineer — your work ships to millions quickly
- Startup intensity — expect long hours and high expectations
- Growing pains as the team scales — roles and responsibilities shift frequently
Bottom Line
Doctolib
Genuine social mission (digitizing healthcare access for millions) with a fast-shipping culture, but at 3,500 people reviews cite organizational change fatigue and management inconsistency.
Perplexity AI
Choose Perplexity if you want the fastest-growing AI product and huge per-engineer impact — but expect startup intensity.
Open Roles
Doctolib — 248 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
86
💻 Engineering
44
📣 Marketing
13
📋 Product
8
📊 Data
6
👤 HR / People
6
🧠 ML / AI
5
🎨 Design
2
⚖️ Legal
2
⚙️ Operations
2
🎧 Support
2
💰 Finance
1
Perplexity AI — 75 jobs
💻 Engineering
41
🧠 ML / AI
7
📊 Data
5
⚖️ Legal
4
⚙️ Operations
3
💼 Sales / GTM
3
📣 Marketing
2
🎧 Support
2
Summary
Doctolib scores 3.7/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.7 work-life balance rating. Perplexity AI scores 4.7/5.0 overall with a 3.3 WLB. That’s a 1.0-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Learning & Growth, Direct Product Impact, Ship Fast & Iterate. Doctolib also emphasizes Mission-Driven. Perplexity AI also emphasizes Engineering-Driven, Strong Comp & Equity.
On the hiring front, Doctolib has 248 open roles and Perplexity AI has 75 open roles.