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Perplexity pricing

Perplexity is tracked by HelpCompare in the AI Assistants category. This page collects every pricing fact, rating and switching guide we publish about Perplexity, and links each one back to the comparison it was verified in.

Last verified September 27, 2026 Official site ↗Vendor pricing ↗ Methodology Get this as JSON
Entry price
Free plan; Pro $20/mo; Enterprise Pro $40/seat/mo or $400/seat/yrPer person per month (Pro); Enterprise Pro is per seat, monthly or yearlyVerified in perplexity-vs-chatgpt
Free plan
Free planYes: search with citations and basic models
AI feature
The product itselfPerplexity is an AI assistant; its seat price is the AI cost.
How AI is billed
Per seatSee the entry price and the plan limits in each comparison.
G2 rating
Not tracked
On HelpCompare
1 comparison2 migration guides
Perplexity pricing
Bill Belcamino
Bottom line up frontby Bill Belcamino, founder of HelpCompare
Editorial assessment

Bottom line up front: Which Perplexity plan should a business pay for?

For most staff, Enterprise Pro at $40/seat/mo or $400/seat/yr, and only a rare heavy researcher needs Enterprise Max at $325/seat/mo.

Enterprise Pro caps each seat at 400 Pro Searches a week and 50 Research queries a month, and there's no self-serve trial of the Enterprise plans. The gap between the two tiers is too big to guess at. Start everyone on Enterprise Pro, ask after a month who actually ran into the Research limit, and upgrade only those people, because in most teams a small group does the heavy use and everyone else never gets near the cap. Individuals can test on Pro at $20/mo first, and since AI prices and limits change often, check the page again before you renew.

My read of the verified data on this page, checked against vendor sources on September 27, 2026. Disagree or spot an error? Tell Bill

Everything we have verified about Perplexity

Every row was recorded on a HelpCompare comparison page. The Source column links to the page it was verified on and the date it was last checked.

AttributeValueSource & date
Entry price Free plan; Pro $20/mo; Enterprise Pro $40/seat/mo or $400/seat/yr perplexity-vs-chatgpt
Free plan Yes: search with citations and basic models perplexity-vs-chatgpt
Max $200/mo or $2,000/yr perplexity-vs-chatgpt
Enterprise Max $325/seat/mo or $3,250/seat/yr perplexity-vs-chatgpt
Enterprise Pro limits 400 Pro Searches/week, 50 Research queries/month perplexity-vs-chatgpt
Verified data

Perplexity security, offline access & remote work

Compliance reports, sign-in controls, offline access and the setup details that matter for remote, hybrid and in-office teams. Each value links to the vendor page it came from. Perplexity’s own security documentation: perplexity.ai. Scope: Perplexity Enterprise Pro and Enterprise Max (individual Free, Pro and Max plans not covered).

Security & compliance

SOC 2 report
SOC 2 Type IIsource
ISO/IEC 27001
Not published
HIPAA (BAA)
Not published
GDPR data processing agreement
DPA offeredsource
Single sign-on (SAML/OIDC)
YesEnterprise Prosource
SCIM user provisioning
YesEnterprise (org-wide once the org has an Enterprise Max seat)source
Two-factor authentication
Not published
Admin audit log
YesEnterprise (org-wide once the org has an Enterprise Max seat)source
Data residency choices
Not published
Encryption
End-to-end encryption (stated)source
Self-hosting option
Not published

Offline access

Offline mode
Not documented
Desktop apps
Not published
Mobile apps
Not published

Remote, hybrid & in-office

IP allowlisting
Not published
Device & session controls
Not published

Perplexity: worth knowing

  • RemotePerplexity says it never trains its models on enterprise customers’ data. source
  • RemoteEnterprise admins can set file retention, with automatic deletion as short as 1 day. source
Perplexity vs ChatGPT: security & offlineSecurity databaseOffline databaseRemote vs office guide

Checked September 27, 2026 against each vendor’s own trust center, help docs and app pages. Hover or tap “source” to see the exact wording we relied on. “Not published” means we could not find the vendor saying it on its own site; it doesn’t mean the feature is missing. Plan names are the lowest plan the vendor says includes the feature. Security · Offline · Remote vs office · Download the data

Perplexity in context

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  • Vendor pricing and documentation — www.perplexity.ai, checked September 27, 2026.
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