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Claude Pro vs Perplexity Pro: price, limits and newest models
Claude Pro and Perplexity Pro side by side, each in its company's own words and checked September 28, 2026: what each costs, what each says about its limits, and which of the newest models each chat has.
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Short answer
Claude Pro and Perplexity Pro both cost $20 a month, and both are $17 billed yearly. Neither publishes a count. Claude Pro is Anthropic's models, with Fable charged extra; Perplexity Pro lets you pick six models, Claude Sonnet 5 among them, for cited search. llmwise Pro ($20) has up to 125 Claude Sonnet 5 messages a month.
Sources: Claude Help Center: What is the Pro plan?, Claude Help Center: Claude Fable models on your plan, Claude pricing, Perplexity pricing, Perplexity Help Center: What is Perplexity Pro? and Perplexity Pro, checked .
Claude Pro vs Perplexity Pro, side by side
Each company's figures, checked September 28, 2026; the quotes behind them are on each plan's page.
| Claude Pro | Perplexity Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Price a month | $20 | $20 |
| Billed yearly | $17 a month | $17 a month |
| In India | Local price at checkout | Not published |
| Limits, in brief | No count; five-hour sessions and a weekly cap | No count; weekly Pro Search limits for average use |
| Newest models | Claude Fable 5.1: paid for separately; Claude Opus: in its chat; Claude Sonnet: in its chat; Claude Haiku: in its chat | GPT-6 Sol: in its chat; Gemini 3.8 Flash: in its chat; Claude Sonnet 5: in its chat; Kimi K3: in its chat; GLM 5.3: in its chat; Grok 4.7: in its chat |
| Also in the plan | “Claude Code” (Claude pricing) | “Every answer includes inline citations from trusted sources, so you can verify claims and make confident decisions.” (Perplexity Pro) |
What Anthropic and Perplexity say about the limits
“The number of messages you can send will vary based on message length, including the length of files you attach, the length of your current conversation, and the model or feature you use. Your session-based usage limit will reset every five hours.”
“More usage limits and memory”
Source: Perplexity pricing
Claude Pro or Perplexity Pro: which to pick
Research with sources
Perplexity Pro: every answer is cited.
Writing and code
Claude Pro: Claude Code and long chats with Opus.
Choosing per message
llmwise Pro: Claude's three models and Perplexity's six, each counted.
Both in one: llmwise Pro
llmwise Pro ($20) beside both plans, model by model: each count is the most you get if the month goes to that model.
| Model | Claude Pro | Perplexity Pro | llmwise Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Fable 5.1 | Paid for separately, from the first message | Not offered | Up to 31 a month |
| Claude Opus 5.5 | Included; Anthropic's table names the family, not the version | Not offered | Up to 62 a month |
| Claude Sonnet 5 | Included on every plan | You can pick it; Perplexity publishes no count | Up to 125 a month |
| GPT-6 Sol | Not offered: Claude only | You can pick it; Perplexity publishes no count | Up to 125 a month |
| Gemini 3.8 Flash | Not offered: Claude only | You can pick it; Perplexity publishes no count | Up to 250 a month |
| Kimi K3 | Not offered: Claude only | You can pick it; Perplexity publishes no count | Up to 125 a month |
Every limit is published. Paid plans also have a monthly fair-use limit on AI cost: Pro $7.50, Max $20, Ultra $42, Studio $85. Using every message on your plan at typical sizes stays under it; very large messages and heavy research use it faster. Every limit, explained.
Each plan on its own, and more pairs
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- Perplexity Pro: price, limits and models
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Questions
Does Perplexity Pro include Claude?
Perplexity names Claude Sonnet 5 on its Pro page, not Opus or Fable. Claude Pro has Opus, and Fable for an extra charge. llmwise Pro ($20) has all three: up to 62 Opus 5.5 messages a month.
Which is cheaper for students?
Perplexity: its Education Pro is $10 a month for verified students; Anthropic has no individual discount.
Claude, GPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, Grok, Kimi, and GLM, in one chat.
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