Comparison
Perplexity Max vs SuperGrok Heavy
SuperGrok Heavy scores higher overall (68.9 vs 62.1), but Perplexity Max costs less.
Every figure comes from the same records that produce the rankings.
| Row | Perplexity Max | SuperGrok Heavy |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly price | ▸$200 | $300 unverified |
| Includes | Everything in Pro, with higher limits on Deep Research, file uploads and video | Everything in SuperGrok Plus, highest usage and the multi-agent Heavy mode |
| Usage limits | Perplexity does not state its limits as a multiple of Free. | xAI does not state its limits as a multiple of Free. |
| Intelligence | 59 | ▸60 |
| Features | 91 | ▸100 |
| Sentiment | 52 | ▸77 |
| Memory | ▸Yes | Unknown |
| Coding agent | No | ▸Yes |
| Desktop app | ▸Yes | Unknown |
Feature rows where both plans are identical are hidden — only meaningful differences are shown.
- 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
SuperGrok Heavy — strengths
- Strong recent user reviews — 83% of App Store reviews in the last 30 days give 4–5 stars
Source: x.ai · unverified
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