Comparison
Perplexity vs ChatGPT
Comparing Perplexity Pro and ChatGPT Plus, the flagship consumer plan on each side. Every figure comes from the same records that produce the rankings.
| Row | Perplexity | ChatGPT |
|---|---|---|
| Plan | Perplexity Pro | ChatGPT Plus |
| Monthly price | $20 | $20 |
| Includes | Grok 4.7, GPT-6 Sol, Gemini 3.8 Flash and Claude Sonnet 5, among others | 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). |
| Usage limits | Perplexity does not state its limits as a multiple of Free. | Not stated against Free. Plus sits above Go (10x Free), so recorded as at least 10x. |
| Intelligence | 64 | ▸80 |
| Features | 91 | ▸100 |
| Sentiment | 62 | ▸71 |
| Coding agent | No | ▸Yes |
| API access | ▸Unknown | No |
Feature rows where both plans are identical are hidden — only meaningful differences are shown.
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 — 69% 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
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
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