Pricing guides · Perplexity
Updated · By llmwise, AI-assisted.
Perplexity pricing: every plan and the API
Perplexity has four plans: Perplexity Free, Education Pro at $10, Perplexity Pro at $20 and Perplexity Max at $200 a month; Pro is $17 billed yearly. It publishes no message count for Pro. llmwise has all six models Pro names; on llmwise Pro ($20), a Claude Sonnet 5 message works out to $0.16 if the month goes to it.
Every Perplexity plan and its price
Every Perplexity plan and its price in Perplexity's own words, checked September 28, 2026, before tax.
| Plan | Price | For | In Perplexity's words |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perplexity Free | Free | Searches with citations; 3 Pro Searches a day | “Free: Search only with accurate answers and citations: $0/month” (Perplexity pricing) |
| Education Pro | $10 a month | Pro at a discount for verified students and educators | “Education Pro ($10/mo with verification from SheerID).” (Perplexity Help Center: Which Perplexity Subscription Plan is right for you?) |
| Perplexity Pro | $20 a month | No count; weekly Pro Search limits for average use | “$20/month” (Perplexity pricing) |
| Perplexity Max | $200 a month | The highest limits and frontier models | “No limits on scale, no compromises on accuracy.: $200/month” (Perplexity pricing) |
What does Perplexity's API cost per message?
llmwise doesn't carry Perplexity's own models; the table below prices the models it does carry.
| Model | API price per million tokens (in / out) | A typical message | On llmwise Pro | Least a message costs on llmwise Pro |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPT-6 Sol | $2.00 / $10.00 | $0.0150 | Up to 125 a month | $0.16 |
| Gemini 3.8 Flash | $0.75 / $3.75 | $0.0056 | Up to 250 a month | $0.08 |
| Claude Sonnet 5 | $2.00 / $10.00 | $0.0150 | Up to 125 a month | $0.16 |
| Kimi K3 | $3.00 / $15.00 | $0.0225 | Up to 125 a month | $0.16 |
| GLM 5.3 | $1.40 / $4.40 | $0.0087 | Up to 250 a month | $0.08 |
| Grok 4.7 | $2.00 / $6.00 | $0.0122 | Up to 250 a month | $0.08 |
llmwise's paid plans also cap AI cost each month for fair use (Plus $3.75, Pro $7.50, Max $20, Ultra $42, Studio $85). A whole month of typical messages costs less than that; very long messages and deep research cost more. Every limit, explained.
What does Perplexity do with your Perplexity chats?
From Perplexity's privacy pages as they read on September 28, 2026. For comparison, llmwise trains no models on what you send, and a chat stays until you delete it.
| Service | Used for training | Opting out | How long chats stay |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perplexity | By default, yes | Turn off the AI Data Usage toggle in Settings | Not stated on the page we read |
“Yes, we use this data to improve the search experience for our users.”
Quoted from Perplexity Help Center: What data does Perplexity collect about me?
“If you wish to opt out, go to your profile, navigate to the AI Data Usage toggle under Settings, and turn it off to stop Perplexity from using your search data to enhance our AI models.”
Quoted from Perplexity Help Center: What data does Perplexity collect about me?
How did the models Perplexity names score in our runs?
Perplexity doesn't make these models; its plans name them, and llmwise carries them. Each was sent the same 50 prompts.
| Kind of work | GPT-6 Sol | Gemini 3.8 Flash | Claude Sonnet 5 | Kimi K3 | GLM 5.3 | Grok 4.7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Writing | 4 of 5 | 3 of 5 | 4 of 5 | 4 of 5 | 4 of 5 | 3 of 5 |
| Summarization | 4 of 5 | 5 of 5 | 3 of 5 | 3 of 5 | 4 of 5 | 5 of 5 |
| Data analysis | 5 of 5 | 4 of 5 | 4 of 5 | 5 of 5 | 5 of 5 | 5 of 5 |
| Support replies | 3 of 5 | 4 of 5 | 5 of 5 | 4 of 5 | 5 of 5 | 4 of 5 |
| Translation | 4 of 5 | 5 of 5 | 5 of 5 | 5 of 5 | 5 of 5 | 5 of 5 |
| Altogether | 45 of 50 | 46 of 50 | 46 of 50 | 46 of 50 | 48 of 50 | 47 of 50 |
Not one miss among them on coding, math, SQL, answering from documents, and tool use. Passes out of 5 per kind of work, in our runs of September 27, 28, 29 and October 2, 7, 8, 9, 15, 2026. The prompts and replies.
What else Perplexity says about Perplexity's prices
“Pro Searches: 3/day: Weekly limits (average use)”
Source: Perplexity Help Center: Which Perplexity Subscription Plan is right for you?
Perplexity's plans, one by one
- Perplexity Pro: price, limits and models
No count; weekly Pro Search limits for average use
- Perplexity for students: the terms and the dates
- ChatGPT Plus vs Perplexity Pro
- Claude Pro vs Perplexity Pro
- Google AI Pro vs Perplexity Pro
- Perplexity vs llmwise
Also from primary sources: Perplexity's App Store listing (Perplexity Pro at $20.00 and Max at $200.00). Read .
Perplexity pricing, asked and answered
How much is Perplexity Pro?
Pro is $20 a month, or $17 billed yearly; Max is $200; verified students pay $10 for Education Pro (checked September 28, 2026).
How many searches does Perplexity Pro give?
Perplexity's help center gives Free 3 Pro Searches a day and Pro weekly limits "for average use"; it publishes no number for Pro.
Perplexity's price beside a per-message plan
llmwise doesn't sell Perplexity. On Pro ($20) it prices 20 models by the message instead: a GPT-6 Sol message costs as little as $0.16.