Perplexity pricing (October 2026)

by Perplexity · Search & research

Price changed Oct 15

Official Perplexity pricing ↗Compare with…

Worth it if search with sources is your main use and you're fine paying yearly ($17 a month for Pro).

Skip if you want to pay month to month: the pricing page doesn't show a monthly price.

Start free if the free plan covers you: Limited daily usage, basic models.

Cheapest paid, billed monthly: No monthly price
Cheapest paid, billed yearly: Pro · $17.00 USD/mo≈CA$24.13/mo Estimate≈ $204≈ CA$289.56 yearly
Free plan: Yes
Prices checked: Verified Oct 16, 2026

Plans

Plan	Monthly USDCAD	Yearly USDCAD/mo	Limits, in Perplexity’s words
FreeBest for trying it before you pay	Free	—	Limited daily usage, basic models
ProBest for the lowest paid priceAgent: Computer (expanded) · included	—	$17.00≈CA$24.13 Estimate≈ $204≈ CA$289.56 yearly	Expanded Computer access; higher limits; model choice
MaxAgent: Computer (maximum) · included	—	$167.00≈CA$237.07 Estimatebilled $2,000≈ CA$2,844.84 yearly	Maximum Computer usage; 10,000 monthly credits; highest limits

Before tax, from Perplexity’s official pricing page ↗. ≈ = converted from USD at 1.4196 (Bank of Canada, Oct 15). Other CAD prices are the vendor’s own Canadian price or the App Store Canada price. Hover a price for its label and checked date.

More details limits, tax, history, alternatives, method

Pro $17/mo and Max $167/mo, billed annually. Perplexity's pricing page doesn't publish a month-to-month price. Students and educators: Pro $10/mo.

Usage limits, credits and models

Free

Usage limits: Limited daily usage, basic models
Credits, minutes, images: Not published · check Perplexity’s page (official pricing page) ↗
Models: Limited daily usage, basic models
Key features: Not published · check Perplexity’s page (official pricing page) ↗

Pro

Usage limits: Expanded Computer access; higher limits; model choice
Credits, minutes, images: Not published · check Perplexity’s page (official pricing page) ↗
Models: Expanded Computer access; higher limits; model choice
Key features: Monthly price not shown on pricing page
$10/mo for verified students/educators

Max

Usage limits: Maximum Computer usage; 10,000 monthly credits; highest limits
Credits, minutes, images: 10,000 monthly credits
Models: Not published · check Perplexity’s page (official pricing page) ↗
Key features: Not published · check Perplexity’s page (official pricing page) ↗

Free plan: Limited daily usage, basic models.

Where each price comes from, with tax

Tax for

Plan	Monthly USDCAD	Yearly USDCAD/mo	Checked
FreeBest for trying it before you pay	Free	—	Verified Oct 16 · Source for Free: Perplexity pricing page ↗Verified Oct 16 · Source ↗
ProBest for the lowest paid priceAgent: Computer (expanded) · included	—	$17.00≈CA$24.13 Estimate≈ $204≈ CA$289.56 yearly+ 13% HST = ≈CA$27.27/mo in ON	Verified Oct 16 · Source for Pro: Perplexity pricing page ↗Checked Oct 16 · BoC rate 1.4196 (source for this CAD price) ↗
MaxAgent: Computer (maximum) · included	—	$167.00≈CA$237.07 Estimatebilled $2,000≈ CA$2,844.84 yearly+ 13% HST = ≈CA$267.89/mo in ON	Verified Oct 16 · Source for Max: Perplexity pricing page ↗Checked Oct 16 · BoC rate 1.4196 (source for this CAD price) ↗

USD from Perplexity’s US pricing page, before tax. Switch to CAD to see Canadian prices with sales tax.Official CAD = Perplexity’s page shows CAD to Canadians. App Store CAD = Apple App Store Canada (web checkout may differ). Estimate (≈) = USD × 1.4196, Bank of Canada, Oct 15, 2026. Tax is an estimate: what you pay depends on the vendor’s GST/HST registration. Yearly totals with tax

Change history

Date	Change	Before	After	Note	Source
Oct 15, 2026	Price changePro / Max	Monthly $20 / $200 (Jan 2026)	$17 / $167 per month, billed yearly (monthly price no longer published)	Verified on perplexity.ai/hub/pricing.	Source for Perplexity: official pricing page ↗

Tracking started Oct 15, 2026.

Alternatives to Perplexity

Tool	Cheapest paid USDCAD/mo	Free plan	Compare
Gemini (Google AI)Verified Oct 16Google	$4.99CA$6.99 Official CAD	Yes	Perplexity vs Gemini
ChatGPTVerified Oct 16OpenAI	$8.00CA$11.00 Official CAD	Yes	Perplexity vs ChatGPT
ClaudeVerified Oct 17Anthropic	$20.00CA$28.00 Official CAD	Yes	Perplexity vs Claude

Prices checked Oct 16–Oct 17, 2026 against official pricing pages. Before tax. ≈ = converted from USD at 1.4196 (Bank of Canada, Oct 15). Other CAD prices are the vendor’s own Canadian price or the App Store Canada price. Hover a price for its label and checked date.

Free and open-source options

Options for search and research that you can run yourself or use on a hosted service. Checked Oct 16, 2026.

Your setup	Option	Licence or price	Needs / free tier
No hardware (hosted)	OpenRouter (free models) ↗	Pay per token for paid models; ':free' model variants $0	Yes: free models 20 req/min, 50/day (1000/day after $10 lifetime credit purchase)

We haven’t recorded a public leaderboard ranking for this use yet, so these aren’t ranked by quality.

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Source & method

USD prices from Perplexity's official pricing page (US version, before tax), last verified Oct 16, 2026. A script re-checks that every listed price still appears on that page, and nothing here changes until a person confirms it. Each CAD price shows where it came from and when we checked it; estimates use the Bank of Canada rate (1.4196, Oct 15, 2026). Usage limits, credits and models are quoted from the vendor’s page; “Not published” means the page doesn’t say. Full method