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Perplexity pricing
Perplexity publishes 4 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
- Entry price
- Free, then $20/month
- Model
- Not recorded
- Tiers
- 4
- Free tier
- Yes
Perplexity plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 5 | Entry tier |
| Pro | $20/month | 4 | +$20/month, 4 more features |
| Pro Annual | $200/year | 4 | +$180/year |
| Max | $200/month | 6 | +$0/month, 5 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Free
FreeThe entry tier. It covers unlimited basic searches, 3 pro searches per day, 1 research query per month, search history, limited file uploads.
Pro
$20/monthOver Free, this tier adds:
- Unlimited Pro Searches
- Advanced AI models
- All free features
- $5/month API credits
Pro Annual
$200/yearNothing on the record separates this tier from Pro on features. Check the vendor's page for the limits it lifts.
Max
$200/monthOver Pro Annual, this tier adds:
- Labs multi-agent orchestration
- Perplexity Computer with 19 AI sub-agents
- 10,000 Computer credits per month
- Unrestricted queries
- Early access to cutting-edge models
Where Perplexity stops being free
Free, Free
- Unlimited basic searches
- 3 Pro Searches per day
- 1 Research query per month
- Search history
- Limited file uploads
Pro, $20/month
The first thing you pay for:
- Unlimited Pro Searches
- Advanced AI models
- All free features
- $5/month API credits
What the product covers
The full Perplexity feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Core
- Real-time web search
- Source citations
- Follow-up questions
- File analysis
Integrations
- Browser extension
- API access
- Mobile apps
Platform
- Web support
- Ios support
- Android support
- Api support
People bring Perplexity in for ai tools management, workflow automation, reporting. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Perplexity are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in AI Tools
Across the 6 ai tools tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $0.68/month. Perplexity starts at $20/month, which puts it above the middle of its category.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perplexity (this page) | Free, then $20/month | - | - | |
| Voiceflow | Free | freemium | - | vs Perplexity |
| Chatbase | On request | subscription | - | vs Perplexity |
| CoreWeave | $0.35/per-hour | usage-based | - | vs Perplexity |
| Anthropic API | $3/per-million-tokens | usage-based | - | vs Perplexity |
| Character.AI | Free, then $9.99/month | - | - | vs Perplexity |
| Claude | Free, then $1/per million input tokens | - | - | vs Perplexity |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Perplexity badges page.
Before you pay for Perplexity
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 4 tiers between Free and $200/month, with the jump itemised above. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Perplexity runs on web, ios, android, comet (ai browser), and is published by Perplexity AI of San Francisco, California. The full record is on the Perplexity review, and the rest of the category is under best ai tools tools.
Perplexity pricing questions
- How much does Perplexity cost?
- Perplexity publishes 4 tiers, from Free for Free up to $200/month for Max. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does Perplexity have a free plan?
- Yes. The Free tier costs nothing and covers unlimited basic searches, 3 pro searches per day, 1 research query per month. Paying starts at $20/month for Pro.
- What is the difference between Free and Pro on Perplexity?
- Pro costs $20/month against Free, and adds unlimited pro searches, advanced ai models, all free features, $5/month api credits.
- Is the Max plan on Perplexity worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is labs multi-agent orchestration, perplexity computer with 19 ai sub-agents, 10,000 computer credits per month, unrestricted queries. It costs $200/month against $20/month for Pro. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Is Perplexity expensive for a ai tools tool?
- It starts above the middle of its category. Across the 6 ai tools tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $0.68/month; Perplexity starts at $20/month.
- Which ai tools tools can I use without paying?
- 4 of the 8 ai tools tools listed alongside Perplexity have a free tier: Voiceflow, Character.AI, Claude, AI21 Labs.
- What am I actually paying for with Perplexity?
- The record lists 11 features across 3 areas: core, integrations, platform. In practice it is brought in for ai tools management, workflow automation, reporting.
- Does Perplexity charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 4 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Perplexity prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Perplexity against before paying?
- The closest ai tools tools in this directory are Voiceflow, Chatbase, CoreWeave, Anthropic API. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Perplexity covering price, platforms and features.