Luma AI vs Perplexity

Plans start at Plus for $25-30/month (10,000 credits), Pro at $75-90/month (40,000 credits), and Ultra at $250-300/month (150,000 credits), with lower rates on annual billing.

Perplexity has a free tier with unlimited basic searches and 3 Pro Searches per day. Pro ($20/month or $200/year) and Max ($200/month) tiers unlock more advanced features like multi-model access and unrestricted queries.

Generation consumes credits: video costs 4-959 credits per second depending on model and resolution, images cost 1-255 credits each, and audio costs 21-98 credits per minute.

Pro provides access to advanced AI models like GPT-5.2, Claude Sonnet 4.5, and Gemini 3 Pro. Max adds Labs for multi-agent orchestration, Perplexity Computer with 19 specialized AI sub-agents, and 10,000 Computer credits per month.

Yes, subscribing yearly instead of monthly saves up to 20% across all individual Plus, Pro, and Ultra tiers.

No. Perplexity requires an active internet connection for all searches. The full answer service is not available offline.

Team adds shared credits, team management, and SSO, while Enterprise adds custom commitments, dedicated training, and fine-tuning; both require contacting sales for pricing.

Perplexity is available as a web application, iOS app, Android app, and as Comet, a dedicated AI browser for mobile (Android available, iOS in development).

Yes, the Plus plan and above include commercial usage rights along with guest collaboration access for generated content.

Citations are a key feature of Perplexity, but users report that citations sometimes point to irrelevant or overly general articles that don't directly support the claims made.

Perplexity had promoted a 1-million-token context window, but users have reported stealth reductions in the actual context capacity without public announcement.