Comparison
ChatGPT vs Perplexity
Comparing ChatGPT Plus and Perplexity Pro, the flagship consumer plan on each side. Every figure comes from the same records that produce the rankings.
| Row | ChatGPT | Perplexity |
|---|---|---|
| Plan | ChatGPT Plus | Perplexity Pro |
| Monthly price | $20 | $20 |
| Includes | GPT-5.6 in Chat. GPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Astra in Codex, Astra with a small allowance (about 5–45 messages per 5 hours). | Grok 4.7, GPT-6 Sol, Gemini 3.8 Flash and Claude Sonnet 5, among others |
| Usage limits | Not stated against Free. Plus sits above Go (10x Free), so recorded as at least 10x. | Perplexity does not state its limits as a multiple of Free. |
| Intelligence | ▸80 | 64 |
| Features | ▸100 | 91 |
| Sentiment | ▸71 | 65 |
| Coding agent | ▸Yes | No |
| API access | No | ▸Unknown |
Feature rows where both plans are identical are hidden — only meaningful differences are shown.
ChatGPT — strengths
- Access to the strongest models we track — GPT-6.1 Sol: 168.5 on the Epoch Capabilities Index
Source: help.openai.com · manually verified
Perplexity — strengths
- Access to the strongest models we track — GPT-6 Sol: 163.8 on the Epoch Capabilities Index
- Weaker recent user reviews than rivals — 72% of App Store reviews in the last 30 days give 4–5 stars
- Missing features that matter for this category — No coding agent
Source: perplexity.ai · manually verified
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