ai-search
Perplexity pricing & features
AI answer engine + Comet browser + Sonar API
AI answer engine with real-time citations. Pro ($20) unlocks frontier models + $5 API credits. Max ($200) adds Comet browser + Sora video + 10k credits. Sonar API for devs.
Data sourced from vendor documentation · Last updated May 2026
Pricing
| Tier | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Sonar API (PAYG) | Free | Pay-as-you-go per request. Buy credits or set auto top-off. |
| Free | Free | 5-10 Pro searches/day. Basic models. File uploads limited. No Comet. |
| Education Pro | $10/mo | $10/month for verified students + educators (or 12 months free via promos). |
| Pro | $20/mo | $20/month. Unlimited Pro searches, full model selection (Claude, GPT, Gemini), unlimited file uploads, $5/mo API credits. |
| Enterprise Pro | $40/mo | $40/user/month. Team features + SSO + 500 daily research queries + compliance. |
| Max | $200/mo | $200/month. Everything in Pro + Comet agent browser, 10k credits, unlimited Labs, Sora 2 Pro video, GPT-5.2, Claude Opus 4.6. |
| Enterprise Max | $325/mo | $325/user/month. Audit logs, SCIM, configurable retention, expanded file storage. |
Limits
| Tier | Metric | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | comet platforms | macOS + Windows (Max only) | Comet availability |
| — | file support | PDF, DOCX, TXT, XLSX, image, CSV, code. Vision included. | File analysis |
| — | models available max | All Pro + Claude Opus 4.6, GPT-5.2, o3-pro, Sora 2 Pro (video) | Max model access |
| — | models available pro | GPT-5, Claude 4.x Sonnet, Gemini 2.5 Pro, Grok, DeepSeek, Sonar | Pro model access |
| — | request fee | $5 per 1000 requests (Sonar) | Per-request fee |
| — | search modes | Quick, Pro (multi-source), Deep Research (multi-step), Agent (Max) | Search modes |
| — | sonar basic input | $1/M tokens (Sonar) | Sonar basic input |
| — | sonar basic output | $1/M tokens (Sonar) | Sonar basic output |
| — | sonar deep research | $2/M input + $8/M output + $3 per 1000 citations | Sonar Deep Research |
| — | sonar pro input | $3/M tokens (Sonar Pro) | Sonar Pro input |
| — | sonar pro output | $15/M tokens (Sonar Pro) | Sonar Pro output |
Features
- Agent Mode (Max) — Autonomous multi-step agents (browse, act, finish tasks).
- Answer Engine — Ask → source-cited AI answers from live web.
- Async Sonar API — Submit jobs async — receive webhook when done.
- Collections — Save threads + share with team.
- Comet Browser — Chromium-based AI-native browser. Sidebar assistant, agentic actions. · docs
- Deep Research — Multi-step research task — compiles report with many sources.
- Discover Feed — Curated news + trending topics feed.
- File + Image Analysis — Upload PDFs, images, CSVs → ask questions.
- Finance Mode — Stocks + earnings + fundamentals mode.
- Labs — Build interactive apps/reports — generate visualizations, code.
- Pro Search — Multi-source + clarifying follow-ups.
- Shopping — AI-guided product research + comparison.
- Sonar API — Programmatic web-grounded chat completions endpoint. · docs
- Sora 2 Pro (Max) — Generate video via OpenAI Sora 2.
- Spaces — Persistent workspaces with custom instructions + knowledge files.
- Voice Mode — Talk to Perplexity (mobile apps).
Developer interfaces
| Slug | Name | Kind | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| comet-browser | Comet AI Browser | other | — |
| labs | Perplexity Labs | other | — |
| mcp | Perplexity MCP | mcp | — |
| web-app | Perplexity Web App | other | — |
| sonar-api | Sonar API | rest | v1 |
| spaces | Spaces (context) | other | — |
| mobile-app | iOS + Android Apps | other | — |
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