Elastic
Large (~4,000)
Perplexity AI
Mid (~500)
Best For
Elastic
Best for: Professionals interested in Elastic
Perplexity AI
Best for: Builders who thrive on speed and want massive user-facing impact at a rocketship
Ratings
ElasticPerplexity AI
4.0
4.7
Overall
4.1
3.3
Work-Life Balance
4.1
4.8
Culture & Values
4.0
4.5
Comp & Benefits
3.8
4.5
Senior Mgmt
3.8
4.2
Career Opps
👍 80% Recommend
👤 84% CEO Approval (CEO)
👍 92% Recommend
👤 95% CEO Approval (Aravind Srinivas)
Culture Values
Elastic only
🌐 Remote-Friendly🔓 Open Source⚖️ Work-Life Balance📡 Async-First
Perplexity AI only
🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate⚙️ Engineering-Driven🎯 Direct Product Impact🌱 Learning & Growth
Shared
💎 Strong Comp & Equity
Pros & Cons
Elastic
- Fully distributed from day one — genuine remote-first culture across 40+ countries
- Open-source DNA means engineers contribute to community, not just internal products
- Cross-timezone coordination means occasional early/late meetings
- Recent leadership shifts have introduced more process and oversight
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
Elastic
Elastic — check Glassdoor for detailed reviews.
Perplexity AI
Choose Perplexity if you want the fastest-growing AI product and huge per-engineer impact — but expect startup intensity.
Open Roles
Elastic — 198 jobs
💻 Engineering
87
💼 Sales / GTM
67
📣 Marketing
8
📋 Product
7
👤 HR / People
4
🎨 Design
3
🧠 ML / AI
3
📊 Data
2
Perplexity AI — 74 jobs
💻 Engineering
37
🧠 ML / AI
8
📊 Data
5
⚖️ Legal
4
📣 Marketing
3
⚙️ Operations
3
💼 Sales / GTM
2
🎧 Support
2
👤 HR / People
1
📋 Product
1
Summary
Elastic scores 4.0/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 4.1 work-life balance rating. Perplexity AI scores 4.7/5.0 overall with a 3.3 WLB. That’s a 0.7-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Strong Comp & Equity. Elastic also emphasizes Remote-Friendly, Open Source, Work-Life Balance, Async-First. Perplexity AI also emphasizes Ship Fast & Iterate, Engineering-Driven, Direct Product Impact, Learning & Growth.
On the hiring front, Elastic has 198 open roles and Perplexity AI has 74 open roles.