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Perplexity — Review & Pricing (2026)
AI SearchAI-powered answer engine with real-time sources
4.4
by Perplexity AIStarting Price
Free
Free Tier
Yes
API
Available
Platforms
web, ios, android, api
Overview
Perplexity is an AI search engine that provides sourced answers with citations. It combines multiple AI models with real-time web search to deliver accurate, up-to-date information with full transparency on sources.
Pricing Plans
Free
Free
5-20 queries/day
- Unlimited quick searches
- Limited Pro searches/day
- Basic AI model
Popular
Pro
$20/mo
$17/mo billed yearly
- Unlimited Pro queries
- 20 research queries/day
- GPT-5.2, Claude, Gemini 3 Pro
- File upload & analysis
- $5 API credits/mo
Max
$200/mo
- Unlimited everything
- Frontier models (GPT-5 Thinking, Opus 4.6)
- AI email assistant
- Enhanced video
- Priority support
Enterprise Pro
$40/mo
$33/mo billed yearly
Per user
- Everything in Pro
- SSO & admin dashboard
- 500 daily research queries
- SOC 2 compliance
- Data never used for training
API Pricing: Sonar: $1/$1, Sonar Pro: $3/$15 per 1M tokens + search fees
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Always provides sources/citations
- Real-time web search
- Clean, focused interface
- Access to multiple AI models
Cons
- Less creative than ChatGPT/Claude
- Pro searches limited on free plan
- Not great for coding tasks
- Can over-rely on top search results
Detailed Ratings
Overall
4.4
Ease of Use
4.8
Value for Money
4.5
Output Quality
4.3