Comparison
Claude Max (20x) vs Perplexity Max
Claude Max (20x) scores higher overall (78.6 vs 62.1) at the same price.
Every figure comes from the same records that produce the rankings.
| Row | Claude Max (20x) | Perplexity Max |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly price | $200 | $200 |
| Includes | Everything in Pro. Fable only on paid usage credits. | Everything in Pro, with higher limits on Deep Research, file uploads and video |
| Usage limits | 20x Pro's per-session usage allowance. | Perplexity does not state its limits as a multiple of Free. |
| Intelligence | ▸89 | 59 |
| Features | 88 | ▸91 |
| Sentiment | 39 | ▸52 |
| Image generation | No | ▸Yes |
| Coding agent | ▸Yes | No |
| API access | No | ▸Unknown |
Feature rows where both plans are identical are hidden — only meaningful differences are shown.
Claude Max (20x) — strengths
- Access to the strongest models we track — Claude Opus 5.5: 57.6 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index
- Weaker recent user reviews than rivals — 46% of App Store reviews in the last 30 days give 4–5 stars
- Missing features that matter for this category — No image generation
Source: support.claude.com · manually verified
- Weaker recent user reviews than rivals — 59% of App Store reviews in the last 30 days give 4–5 stars
- Missing features that matter for this category — No coding agent
- Model quality lags the current frontier — Gemini 3.8 Flash: 157.1 on the Epoch Capabilities Index
Source: perplexity.ai · manually verified
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