# Which Perplexity Subscription Plan is right for you?

Choosing the right Perplexity plan depends on your usage needs, team size, and the features you require. Here’s a breakdown of each plan to help you decide.

# What Perplexity plans are available?

## Individual:

- **Standard (Free)**

- **[Perplexity Pro](https://www.perplexity.ai/help-center/en/articles/10352901-what-is-perplexity-pro)**

- **[Perplexity Max](https://www.perplexity.ai/help-center/en/articles/11680686-perplexity-max)**

- **[Education Pro](https://www.perplexity.ai/help-center/en/articles/12590157-what-is-education-pro)** ($10/mo with verification from SheerID).

## Enterprise:

- **[Enterprise Pro](https://www.perplexity.ai/help-center/en/articles/10352973-what-is-enterprise-pro)**

- **[Enterprise Max](https://www.perplexity.ai/help-center/en/articles/12310544-what-is-enterprise-max)**

# API (Individual and Enterprise):

- **[Agent API](https://www.perplexity.ai/help-center/en/articles/10354842-what-is-the-perplexity-api-platform)**

# What do I get with the Free (Standard) plan?

- Search history access

- Practically unlimited basic searches

- Very limited amount of Pro Searches

- We pick the best model to use for your query

- Basic file uploads (limited)

- No access to advanced AI models, image generation, or premium support.

# What does Perplexity Pro (Individual) offer?

- Extended access to Pro Search

- Limited amount Create files and apps queries every 30 days

- Access to advanced AI models, full list [here](https://www.perplexity.ai/help-center/en/articles/10354919-what-advanced-ai-models-are-included-in-a-perplexity-pro-subscription)

- Image and video generation

- Increased rate limits for file and attachment uploads and analysis

- Exclusive support channels (2 business day response)

- Up to 50 file uploads per space

**Best for:** Anyone that wants to leverage the best and most up to date in AI productivity and research technology.

## What does Education Pro offer?

Upon verification of your Student or Faculty status (at a university-level institution or higher) with SheerID, you'll get access to **everything in the [Pro plan](https://www.perplexity.ai/help-center/en/articles/10352901-what-is-perplexity-pro)** plus:

- 10x as many citations in answers

- File and image uploads

- Access to [Study Mode](https://www.perplexity.ai/help-center/en/articles/12120542-what-is-study-mode) for interactive flashcards and quizzes

- Extended access to Perplexity Research

- Extended access to [Perplexity Academic](https://www.perplexity.ai/academic)

- Exclusive education discount at $10/month

- One subscription for all the latest AI models

**Best for:** Students or faculty who are looking to supercharge their teaching, learning, and maximize proven study methods for long-term understanding.

# What does Perplexity Max (Individual) include?

Max will include **everything in the [Pro plan](https://www.perplexity.ai/help-center/en/articles/10352901-what-is-perplexity-pro)** plus:

- **The** **Highest Level Access to Our Full Suite of Advanced AI Models:** get faster access to the latest models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and others in Perplexity Research, and create files and apps with minimal limits on volume or frequency.

- **Extended limits for [Create files and apps](https://www.perplexity.ai/help-center/en/articles/11144811-perplexity-labs) Queries:** Create as many reports or projects as you need using advanced tools to create dashboards, spreadsheets, presentations, and web applications.

- **Early Access to our newest products:** Try the latest features and products before they’re available to everyone else.

- **Brain (Research Preview):** Max subscribers using Perplexity Computer get access to [Brain](https://www.perplexity.ai/help-center/en/articles/19700001-what-is-brain), a self-improving memory system that builds a working model of your projects, people, and files so Computer can act on what you've been doing.

- **Priority Support:** Max plan subscribers receive the highest level of support, with dedicated infrastructure and faster response times.

**Best for:** Users who need advanced access to our most powerful research features and early access to new features and products

# What does Enterprise Pro include?

- All Pro features, plus:

  - Trust center access and strict data privacy (data never used for training)

  - Per-seat pricing (starts at $40/month or $400/year/seat)

  - Advanced seat management for organizations

  - Increased daily file uploads (with organization-level controls)

  - Dedicated support (aim to respond within 8 hours)

  - Admins manage billing and account access

  - Spaces for team collaboration, custom knowledge hubs, and internal file search.

**Best for:** Businesses and organizations needing robust collaboration, security, and admin controls.

# What does Enterprise Max offer?

All Enterprise Pro features, plus:

- **Create more files and apps:** Generate the reports or projects you need with extended rate-limits for advanced tools to build dashboards, spreadsheets, presentations, and web applications.

- **More Research queries:** Generate comprehensive reports on complex topics, using autonomous, multi-step analysis.

- **Enhanced video generation:** Enterprise Max users can generate 15 videos per month. Each video is 8 seconds long, includes audio, and is in landscape (16:9) format.

- **Advanced models in Perplexity Search:** Enterprise Max users get the highest level of access to advanced models like GPT-5 Thinking and Opus 4.6, with generous usage limits—ideal for advanced users and knowledge professionals.

    This only applies within Perplexity web and does not apply to programatic access via [API](https://www.perplexity.ai/help-center/en/articles/10354847-api-payment-and-billing), which is billed separately.

- **Greater file limits:** Enterprise Max supercharges the capabilities of your personal repository (My Files), hosting 10,000 files. The file capacity of Spaces also increases for Enterprise Max users to 5,000 files per Space.

- **Premium security features:** No seat minimum for organization-wide access to [SCIM](https://www.perplexity.ai/help-center/en/articles/11652604-scim-based-user-account-management), [Audit Logs](https://www.perplexity.ai/help-center/en/articles/11652747-audit-logs), configurable [Data Retention](https://www.perplexity.ai/help-center/en/articles/11652701-data-retention), and [Insights](https://www.perplexity.ai/help-center/en/articles/11844346-enterprise-pro-usage-analytics) dashboard if an organization has at least one Enterprise Max user.

- **Brain (Research Preview):** Max subscribers using Perplexity Computer get access to [Brain](https://www.perplexity.ai/help-center/en/articles/19700001-what-is-brain), a self-improving memory system that builds a working model of your projects, people, and files so Computer can act on what you've been doing.

- **Early access to new features:** Try the latest features and products before they’re available to everyone else.

- **Priority support:** Enterprise Max plan subscribers get faster support response times.

**Best for:** Businesses and organizations needing advanced data security, powerful collaboration tools, and the **highest access** to the latest AI models, Create files and apps and Research search modes, Comet Assistant, and Perplexity’s newest features.

# What is the Agent API for?

- Designed for developers and businesses integrating Perplexity’s AI into their own products via the [API Platform](https://www.perplexity.ai/api-platform) — see the [Agent API quickstart](https://docs.perplexity.ai/docs/agent-api/quickstart) to get started

- Pay-as-you-go pricing: Buy credits or set up auto top-off

- No access to advanced models or Pro features within the web/app interface

- No complimentary API credits

- No data logging or storage

- Access to API groups for usage tracking and sharing API keys.

**Best for:** Developers needing API access for custom applications or automation.

# How do the plans compare?

- **Feature** **Free** **Pro** **Education Pro** **Max** **Enterprise Pro** **Enterprise Max**
- **Pro Searches** 3/day Weekly limits(average use) Weekly limits(average use) Weekly limits
(advanced use) Extended limits (400/week) Highest limits (4000/week)
- **Research Queries** 1/month Monthly limits(average use) Monthly limits(average use) Monthly limits
(advanced use) Extended limits (80/month) Highest limits (800/month)
- **Advanced AI Models** No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
- **Image Generation** No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
- **File and App Creation** No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
- **File Uploads (Threads)†** No No No No Yes Yes
- **Organization File Repository** No