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Last checked 26 Oct 2026
Prices & plans
Every Perplexity plan by Perplexity: what it costs, which AI models you get and whether the free plan is enough. Every price links to its source, and we re-check them every week.
The short answer
Perplexity · 3 plans
Cheapest way in
Free
Yes. Perplexity has a free plan. Paid plans start with Perplexity Pro at $17/mo, billed yearly.
Is the free plan enough?
No test scores yet
We don't have independent test scores for Perplexity's free plan yet, so we can't say how close the free plan gets.
Highest score
Pro
Perplexity Pro scores 89/100 for research & search, with Gemini 3.1 Pro.
Prices per month, with the official source and the date we checked it. Scores are for research & search, out of 100, from the same independent tests as our rankings.
| Plan | Price | Score | Worth it? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | FreeSource: Perplexity · verified 26 Oct 2026 | No scores | — |
| Pro | $17/mo, billed yearlySource: Perplexity · verified 26 Oct 2026 | 89Gemini 3.1 Pro | Is it worth it? → |
| Max | $167/mo, billed yearlySource: Perplexity · verified 26 Oct 2026 | 80Claude Opus 4.5 | Is it worth it? → |
The sourced facts per plan: price, AI models and what's included. Our opinion comes after.
Free plan
Paid plan
Is Perplexity Pro worth it? →
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Paid plan
Is Perplexity Max worth it? →
Official site: www.perplexity.ai ↗
On every plan. Our take is opinion; strengths and limitations are sourced facts.
Our take (opinion, reviewed 7 Oct 2026)
A search engine that answers instead of listing links. Great for research, less so for writing or coding projects.
Good for
Not for
Prices are copied from each company's own pages, never estimated: a price we couldn't check says so. Scores come from independent benchmarks. Read how we rank, or see every AI plan side by side.