# Perplexity: what's new, verdict & setup

Canonical: https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/perplexity · First covered by us (no vendor release date published): 2026-10-25 · Last verified: 2026-10-25 · Evidence: Reported (not run by us) · Vendor: Perplexity AI · Official site: https://www.perplexity.ai/

> AI search with citations in every answer; Pro is $20 a month ($17 billed annually) and Max is $200 ($167 billed annually).

## Verdict

**AI search with citations in every answer; Pro is $20 a month ($17 billed annually) and Max is $200 ($167 billed annually).**

Good for:
- People who want cited web answers
- Researchers using deep research

Skip if:
- You want an offline or local tool

Status: Reported. Written from official release notes and docs; we have not run this release ourselves.

Pricing: Official page, dated. Read from perplexity.ai/hub/pricing and its help center, 2026-10-25. (checked 2026-10-25)

## Best for

- [Best AI tool for AI search and research](https://theagenticweekly.com/best/ai-search) (#-): AI answer engine with citations; Free, Pro and Max plans.

## Key facts

Perplexity's pricing hub lists Free ($0, citations on every answer, limited weekly usage), Pro at $17 a month billed annually ($20 monthly) and Max at $167 a month billed annually ($200 monthly per its help center). Pro adds Perplexity Computer access and premium sources; Max adds higher limits on Deep Research and more video creation.

- License: Proprietary
- Platforms: Web, apps and Comet browser (per Perplexity)
- Pricing model: Freemium
- Free tier: Free: $0, limited weekly usage with citations
- Paid plans: Pro $20/month or $17/month billed annually; Max $200/month or $167/month billed annually; Enterprise Pro and Max per seat
- How to start: Open perplexity.ai and try the Free plan.
- Catalog entry: facts read from the vendor's pages on 2026-10-25. We do not track release notes for this entry.

## How to set it up: Get started with Perplexity

These steps come from the vendor's own pages as read on 2026-10-25. We have not run Perplexity.

1. **Get access.** Open perplexity.ai and try the Free plan.
2. **Check the limits and costs first.** Free: $0, limited weekly usage with citations. Paid: Pro $20/month or $17/month billed annually; Max $200/month or $167/month billed annually; Enterprise Pro and Max per seat. Read from perplexity.ai/hub/pricing and its help center, 2026-10-25.

## Pros and cons

Pros:
- Citations on every answer
- Annual discount

Cons:
- API billed separately from subscriptions

## Alternatives

- [You.com](https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/you-com): You.com now presents itself as search and inference infrastructure for AI: web search, answer and research APIs plus an inference router.
- [ChatGPT](https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/chatgpt): OpenAI's assistant for chat, writing, images, voice and agent-style work.
- [Elicit](https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/elicit): AI research assistant that searches academic papers, extracts data and drafts reports; free Basic tier with paid per-user plans.

## FAQ

### What is Perplexity?

Perplexity's pricing hub lists Free ($0, citations on every answer, limited weekly usage), Pro at $17 a month billed annually ($20 monthly) and Max at $167 a month billed annually ($200 monthly per its help center). Pro adds Perplexity Computer access and premium sources; Max adds higher limits on Deep Research and more video creation.

### Is Perplexity free?

Free: $0, limited weekly usage with citations. Paid: Pro $20/month or $17/month billed annually; Max $200/month or $167/month billed annually; Enterprise Pro and Max per seat. Read from perplexity.ai/hub/pricing and its help center, 2026-10-25. Checked 2026-10-25; prices change, so confirm on the vendor's page.

### What license is Perplexity under?

Its license: Proprietary. Read from the project's own pages on 2026-10-25.

## What we have not verified

- Release date (none published on the pages we read; the date shown is the day we first covered this entry)
- Answer quality (not tested)

## Sources

- [Perplexity pricing](https://www.perplexity.ai/hub/pricing) (fetched 2026-10-25)
- [Perplexity Max help center](https://www.perplexity.ai/help-center/en/articles/11680686-perplexity-max) (fetched 2026-10-25)

## How to cite

Agentic Weekly, "Perplexity: what's new, verdict & setup", last updated 2026-10-25, https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/perplexity

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