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Perplexity Pricing 2026

by Perplexity AI · Pricing last verified 2026-07-14 🟢 공식 확인

Official pricing ↗
Plans
3
Starting at
Free
Max plan
$200/mo
API
No API
Official sources:pricing

Best for

🔍 Research🌐 Web Search📎 Citations✅ Fact-checking
Limitations:not for creative writingdeep research limits cut in 2026

Plans & Pricing

Free
Casual research and web search
Free
searches: Unlimited standardpro searches: 5/day (community report — official figure undisclosed)
Pro
Researchers and knowledge workers needing cited, real-time web search
$20/mo
$16.67/mo billed annually
Models: GPT-5.4, Claude 4.5 Sonnet, Gemini 2.5 Pro, Sonar Pro
pro searches: 300+/day (community report — official figure undisclosed)deep research: 20 queries/day (community report — official figure undisclosed)file uploads: 50 files✓ image genapi access: No credits included (discontinued 2026-02) — API billed separately via perplexity-api
API credits discontinued 2026-02. Perplexity API billed separately.
Max
Power researchers needing top-tier models and Model Council feature
$200/mo
Models: o3-pro, Claude Opus 4, GPT-5.4, Gemini models
pro searches: Unlimiteddeep research: Expanded✓ model councilfile uploads: Unlimited

Recommended for these tasks

🔍 Research & Fact-checking

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Frequently asked questions

Is Perplexity free?

Yes, Perplexity has a free plan. Casual research and web search

How much does Perplexity cost?

Perplexity offers 3 plans: Free at Free, Pro at $20/mo, Max at $200/mo.

Is Perplexity worth it in 2026?

Perplexity is particularly strong for: research, web-search, citations. At $20/month, it's a versatile choice for power users. Use the optimizer to see if it fits your workflow.

Pricing last verified 2026-07-17. Official pricing recheck completed for all 14 stale services on 2026-07-17: 13 from parsed official pages and Grok from user direct observation of xAI's official pricing page. Source grades: A=official pricing page, B=official blog/SNS, C=direct observation, D=community report.