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Perplexity pricing
Yes. Perplexity has a free plan, and its cheapest paid plan is $20/mo.
Perplexity's entry plan is the 3rd cheapest of the 4 research tools we price, by the least a year costs on each; Consensus is lowest at $108 a year (listed monthly price times 12). Figures last confirmed 19 Aug 2026.
Plans
- Free plan
- Limited daily searches (roughly 3 Pro Searches/day plus a small number of Deep Research queries), basic model access, capped file uploads (~40MB per file, 30-day retention)
- Entry paid plan
- Perplexity Pro, $20/month (~$16.67/mo billed annually), unlimited Pro Search, an expanded Deep Research quota, access to premium underlying models, larger file uploads and priority access
- Bills in
- Flat recurring subscription, monthly or discounted annual, not metered per-query for individual plans
- Cost per year
- $200.04 a year billed annually ($240 a year billed monthly) on the entry plan
Perplexity against the cheapest research tools
Entry plans only, ranked by the least a year costs on each: the annual-billed price where the vendor offers one, otherwise the monthly price times 12. The last column compares like with like: annual billing with annual billing when both tools offer it, otherwise the monthly price times 12 for both. Per-user and flat prices are not subtracted from each other.
| Tool | Free plan | Entry | Per year | A year vs Perplexity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 ConsensussecondaryTry | Yes | $9/mo | $108listed monthly price times 12 | $132 lessboth at the monthly price times 12 |
 SciSpaceTry | Yes | $12/mo | $144billed annually | $56.04 lessboth billed annually |
 Perplexitysecondary | Yes | $20/mo | $200.04billed annually | this tool |
 ElicitTry | Yes | $49/user/mo | $588 per userbilled annually | per user vs flat |
Is Perplexity free?
Yes. Perplexity has a free plan, and its cheapest paid plan is $20/mo. The free plan: Limited daily searches (roughly 3 Pro Searches/day plus a small number of Deep Research queries), basic model access, capped file uploads (~40MB per file, 30-day retention).
How much does Perplexity cost?
Perplexity's cheapest paid plan is $20/mo, which comes to $200.04 a year billed annually ($240 a year billed monthly). Plan detail: Perplexity Pro, $20/month (~$16.67/mo billed annually), unlimited Pro Search, an expanded Deep Research quota, access to premium underlying models, larger file uploads and priority access.
Verified secondary · source: www.finout.io, felloai.com, www.eesel.ai, geotoolbox.ai, costbench.com
Direct fetch of perplexity.ai/pricing was blocked by a network safety check; figures rely on 5 third-party pricing trackers from 2026 that agree on Pro at $20/month ($200/year), with minor discrepancies on exact free-tier daily query counts.
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