Perplexity vs ChatGPT Pricing (2026)

Choose Perplexity for source-grounded research; choose ChatGPT for a broad general assistant.

Maintained subscription prices and plan conditions

Plan	Recorded price	Tier	Published limits and access
Perplexity Free	Free Price: Source verified: 2026-11-12 01:09:45 UTC. Official source	free	Practically unlimited basic searches; 3 Pro searches/day and 1 Research query/month. Perplexity selects the model; no advanced-model picker or image generation. Access and limits: Last source verification (overdue): 2026-10-25 00:03:50 UTC. Official source
Perplexity Pro	$20/mo Price: Source verified: 2026-11-12 01:09:45 UTC. Official source	pro	Search model list is the official October 27 table currently published by Perplexity, not a guarantee of account availability. Model selector, regional requirements and organization settings control access. Computer, Comet and Model Council have separate selectors. Subscription app access only; API usage and credits are billed separately. Best mode has no quota limits; advanced model queries can be limited during heavy use. No fixed consumer Pro Search or Research count is published. Access and limits: Last source verification (overdue): 2026-11-10 02:34:47 UTC. Official source
Perplexity Education Pro	$10/mo Price: Last source verification (overdue): 2026-10-25 00:03:50 UTC. Official source	pro	Search model list is the official October 27 table currently published by Perplexity, not a guarantee of account availability. Model selector, regional requirements and organization settings control access. Computer, Comet and Model Council have separate selectors. Subscription app access only; API usage and credits are billed separately. Best mode has no quota limits; advanced model queries can be limited during heavy use. No fixed consumer Pro Search or Research count is published. Education article says unlimited Pro Searches, while the plan comparison lists weekly average-use limits; no unqualified unlimited guarantee. Includes Pro features, Computer and Learn Mode; education-specific tips and nudges. Access and limits: Last source verification (overdue): 2026-11-10 02:34:47 UTC. Official source
Perplexity Max	$200/mo Price: Last source verification (overdue): 2026-10-25 00:03:50 UTC. Official source	max	Search model list is the official November 11, 2026 table currently published by Perplexity, not a guarantee of account availability. Trials, promotional allowances, staged rollouts, regional requirements and Enterprise organization model/data-retention settings can change the selector. Computer, Comet and Model Council have separate selectors. Subscription app access only; API usage and credits are billed separately. Best mode has no quota limits; advanced model queries can be limited during heavy use. No fixed consumer Pro Search or Research count is published. Highest weekly browser-agent allowance; extended Research and file/app creation are not an unlimited guarantee. Annual billing is web-only. Brain is a gradual research-preview rollout in Computer, free during the preview; availability is not guaranteed for every account on day one. Access and limits: Source verified: 2026-11-11 02:49:12 UTC. Official source
Perplexity Enterprise Pro	$40/seat/mo Price: Last source verification (overdue): 2026-10-25 00:03:50 UTC. Official source	business	Search model list is the official October 27 table currently published by Perplexity, not a guarantee of account availability. Model selector, regional requirements and organization settings control access. Computer, Comet and Model Council have separate selectors. Subscription app access only; API usage and credits are billed separately. Purchased seats are billed whether assigned or not. Removing or downgrading a member frees a seat without a credit; reduce seat count in Billing to lower the next renewal. Added seats may be charged immediately and prorated. All seats share one monthly or annual billing period; mixed Pro/Max seats are supported. These terms apply to direct card-billed organizations; sales-assisted contracts retain their terms. No self-serve Enterprise trials. Access and limits: Last source verification (overdue): 2026-11-10 02:34:47 UTC. Official source
Perplexity Enterprise Max	$325/seat/mo Price: Last source verification (overdue): 2026-10-25 00:03:50 UTC. Official source	business	Search model list is the official November 11, 2026 table currently published by Perplexity, not a guarantee of account availability. Trials, promotional allowances, staged rollouts, regional requirements and Enterprise organization model/data-retention settings can change the selector. Computer, Comet and Model Council have separate selectors. Subscription app access only; API usage and credits are billed separately. Purchased seats are billed whether assigned or not. Removing or downgrading a member frees a seat without a credit; reduce seat count in Billing to lower the next renewal. Added seats may be charged immediately and prorated. All seats share one monthly or annual billing period; mixed Pro/Max seats are supported. These terms apply to direct card-billed organizations; sales-assisted contracts retain their terms. No self-serve Enterprise trials. Computer sign-up bonus is a limited-time offer expiring in about 30 days. Premium organization security features require at least one Enterprise Max seat (or 50 Enterprise Pro seats). Access and limits: Source verified: 2026-11-11 02:49:12 UTC. Official source
ChatGPT Plus	$20/mo Price: Source verified: 2026-11-12 01:07:22 UTC. Official source	pro	Current pricing matrix lists GPT-6.1 Sol, GPT-6 Astra, GPT-6 Luna, and GPT-5.6 Terra. Model and tool limits vary by plan, rollout, and account; API billing is separate. Access and limits: Source verified: 2026-11-12 01:09:45 UTC. Official source
ChatGPT Pro ($100)	$100/mo Price: Source verified: 2026-11-12 01:07:21 UTC. Official source	power	Any unlimited Pro access is subject to abuse guardrails. Work and Codex allowance doubled automatically; weekly GPT-6 Pro message limits are unchanged. Pro 100 does not include Ultrafast; buying credits does not unlock it. Allowances differ by tier. Includes $100/month in claimable API credits. Claim after seven paid days by linking an API organization owned under the same email. First grant is prorated; unused credits expire at billing-cycle end without rollover. Credits cover eligible API Platform usage, not Codex via API keys or extra ChatGPT/signed-in Codex limits. API usage uses purchased credits after free credits; requests fail if no balance remains. Free trials and complimentary subscriptions do not qualify. The benefit may change or end; API terms and rate limits apply. Access and limits: Source verified: 2026-11-12 01:07:21 UTC. Official source
ChatGPT Pro ($200)	$200/mo Price: Source verified: 2026-11-12 01:07:21 UTC. Official source	power	Any unlimited Pro access is subject to abuse guardrails. The previously announced Pro 200 reduction is canceled; all subscribers now receive the same higher Work and Codex allowance. The lower allowance doubled; existing higher allowances remain unchanged. The lower weekly GPT-6 Pro message limit now matches the higher limit; existing higher weekly limits remain unchanged. Pro 200 does not include Ultrafast; buying credits does not unlock it. Allowances differ by tier. Includes $200/month in claimable API credits. Claim after seven paid days by linking an API organization owned under the same email. First grant is prorated; unused credits expire at billing-cycle end without rollover. Credits cover eligible API Platform usage, not Codex via API keys or extra ChatGPT/signed-in Codex limits. API usage uses purchased credits after free credits; requests fail if no balance remains. Free trials and complimentary subscriptions do not qualify. The benefit may change or end; API terms and rate limits apply. Access and limits: Source verified: 2026-11-12 01:07:21 UTC. Official source
ChatGPT Business	$25/seat/mo Price: Source verified: 2026-11-12 01:07:20 UTC. Official source	business	Standard seats include ChatGPT, ChatGPT Work and Codex. The current official Business seat documentation does not enumerate individual model SKUs. Workspace credits can extend included usage; API billing is separate. At least 2 Standard or Premium seats total, including a mix. Seat additions are prorated immediately; reductions take effect at renewal. Workspaces created on or after August 24, 2026 are capped at 200 paid Standard and Premium seats combined, including unassigned seats; older workspaces retain their previous limit. Includes $20/paid seat/month in claimable API credits. Business credits are pooled across paid Standard/Premium seats, capped at $500/workspace/month; annual billing issues the full year upfront, capped at $6,000, expiring at annual-cycle end. Claim after seven paid days by linking an API organization owned under the same email. First grant is prorated; unused credits expire at billing-cycle end without rollover. Credits cover eligible API Platform usage, not Codex via API keys or extra ChatGPT/signed-in Codex limits. API usage uses purchased credits after free credits; requests fail if no balance remains. Free trials and complimentary subscriptions do not qualify. The benefit may change or end; API terms and rate limits apply. Access and limits: Last source verification (overdue): 2026-11-02 04:21:43 UTC. Official source

Pricing data: How we verify →

Price and access verification are shown separately for each plan. Prices and plan notes are rendered at build time from the maintained subscription dataset.

By AI Pricing Guru Editorial Team

Updated October 21, 2026

TL;DR

Choose Perplexity for source-grounded research; choose ChatGPT for a broad general assistant.
Perplexity now has six tracked tiers, including Education Pro and two Enterprise plans. Student verification and per-seat commitments affect the choice.
Perplexity Pro's complete monthly and annual prices are backed by current official help. Price checks remain separate from model-access checks.

Separately billed API token rates, not subscription fees

USD per 1M tokens. Input and output rates are charted separately; inclusion is not an availability or subscription-access guarantee.

InputOutput

Oldest price evidence in this chart: Source verified: 2026-11-12 01:07:03 UTC.

Estimate a separate API workload

Assumes 75% input tokens and 25% output tokens using current per-million rates.

Monthly tokens

GPT-5.4 mini

openai

$16.88

Input share: $5.63
Output share: $11.25

GPT-6.1 Sol

openai

$40.00

Input share: $15.00
Output share: $25.00

Which subscription fits your work?

Use Perplexity when finding and checking sources is the task. Use ChatGPT when the task spans writing, analysis, coding, files, and general assistance. The maintained table above supplies prices and conditions; this guide does not duplicate price constants in prose.

Perplexity Free provides basic search with a small Pro Search and Research allowance. It automatically selects the model: it does not promise a Sonar API SKU or an advanced-model picker.

Pro has high-volume Pro Search and extended Research access, not the retired fixed daily Pro quota. Advanced-model queries can encounter weekly limits. Education Pro includes Pro benefits plus education features, but requires approved SheerID verification for a current university-level student or faculty member. A student email alone is not sufficient.

Max guarantees unlimited Ask searches, not unlimited Computer or every advanced mode. Computer uses its own monthly credits; annual billing is available only through the web app. Use the six-tier Perplexity table and Max details to inspect the current allowance.

Teams and education

Perplexity Enterprise Pro and Enterprise Max are separate per-active-seat subscriptions. Organizations can mix both seat types under one bill. The initial seat commitment is 30 days, additions and removals are prorated, and API usage is not included. Enterprise Max adds higher Research, Pro Search, file, and video allowances; organization-wide premium security requires at least one Enterprise Max user.

Compare Enterprise Pro, Enterprise Max, and ChatGPT Business. Do not compare a consumer monthly fee with an organization-wide budget without multiplying by the actual seat count. Institutional discounts require organizational validation and are distinct from individual Education Pro.

Models and evidence

The current Perplexity Pro article names GPT-5.4, Claude Sonnet 4.6, Gemini 3.1 Pro, and Nemotron 3 Super. Its dedicated model list explicitly adds GPT-5.5 and Claude Opus 4.7 for Max and Enterprise. These are Perplexity app entitlements, not a promise that API lifecycle status or a successor model automatically changes subscription access. Older Enterprise examples name older models; the dedicated current model list governs the recorded lineup.

The table and plan detail pages pull from the maintained catalog. Price checks and model-access checks are separate. Pro’s complete monthly/annual pair is supported by the current official Slack connector help article, which explicitly lists the subscription prices. The marketing page’s rounded annual equivalent is not used to infer an annual charge. This price-only check does not change any model-access verification date.

Subscription or API?

A subscription pays for a person’s app usage. An API pays for programmatic requests, tokens, and any applicable search or tool charges. Perplexity Agent API is not a seventh subscription plan, and Enterprise subscriptions do not include API credits.

Use the subscription-versus-API calculator for a workload estimate, then consult Perplexity API pricing or OpenAI API pricing. An API baseline does not establish which model is bundled in an app; search and other non-token fees can make the real API bill larger.

If a multi-model workspace is also on your shortlist, compare maintained subscriptions before choosing. Try ChatLLM is an optional affiliate alternative, not part of either provider’s subscription or an entitlement claim.

FAQ

Does Perplexity Pro still include a fixed daily search quota?

The current Pro help article describes high-volume access, with weekly limits for heavy advanced-model use. Do not rely on the retired fixed daily allowance; check the maintained plan notes.

Is Education Pro available to every student?

No. Current university-level students or faculty must pass SheerID verification; pending or rejected verification does not establish eligibility.

Does Perplexity Max include unlimited Computer use?

No. Ask searches are unlimited, while Computer and premium features consume credits from the published monthly allowance.

Do Enterprise seats include Agent API credits?

No. API usage is purchased and billed separately from either Enterprise subscription.

Official sources

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