Perplexity
Built around answering questions from the live web with citations you can check. Paid plans let you choose models from other labs — GPT, Claude, Gemini and Grok — which is what we score them on.
Why it scores 66.2
- Intelligence
- 62
- Capacity
- not counted
- Features
- 91
- Value
- 67
- Reliability
- not counted
- Sentiment
- 52
- Strong capability for the price — Top-tier models and features for $20/month
- Many users say it is not worth paying for — 59% say it is worth it
- Missing features that matter for this category — No coding agent
Score history
Overall category, since tracking began on 31 August 2026.
Plans
| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perplexity (free) Basic search with limited access to advanced features Usage: Baseline for Perplexity's paid plans. | Free unverified | — | — |
| Perplexity Pro Grok 4.7, GPT-6 Sol, Gemini 3.8 Flash and Claude Sonnet 5, among others Usage: Perplexity does not state its limits as a multiple of Free. | $20 | $200/yr | #8 |
| Perplexity Max Everything in Pro, with higher limits on Deep Research, file uploads and video Usage: Perplexity does not state its limits as a multiple of Free. | $200 | $2000/yr | #14 |
Benchmarks
We have no benchmark results for Perplexity’s current models on any leaderboard we track. This is a gap in our data, not a judgement about quality — but it does mean the Intelligence pillar is scored at the neutral midpoint and this provider’s confidence rating is lower as a result.
Models included in this provider’s plans. Independent results from Epoch AI, CC BY 4.0. New models take one to three weeks to appear.
API models (5 tracked)
| Model | Context | In /Mtok | Out /Mtok |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perplexity: Sonar Pro Search | 200k | $3.00 | $15.00 |
| Perplexity: Sonar Reasoning Pro | 128k | $2.00 | $8.00 |
| Perplexity: Sonar Pro | 200k | $3.00 | $15.00 |
| Perplexity: Sonar Deep Research | 128k | $2.00 | $8.00 |
| Perplexity: Sonar | 127k | $1.00 | $1.00 |
Ingested live from the OpenRouter catalogue. These are developer API models and token rates, not what a subscription includes — see each plan above for that, in the provider’s own words.