Perplexity AI
AI-powered answer engine
Starting Price
$20/mo
Pricing Model
Freemium
Free Tier
Yes
About Perplexity AI
Real-time AI search engine that retrieves and synthesises information from the web with citations. The fastest way to research any topic accurately.
Best For
Researchers, students, professionals
Key Features
- Real-time web search
- Cited answers
- Follow-up questions
- File upload analysis
- Pro search
Category
Research →How Perplexity AI compares in Research
The 6 research agents we track, listed alphabetically. 5 of the 6 publish a free tier. Prices are the vendor’s own published starting figure and change without notice — check the vendor’s pricing page before committing.
The bar under a price compares that plan with the dearest monthly plan in this table (6 of the 6 rows are flat monthly prices). Custom, per-seat, per-usage and annual prices are not on the same scale, so they carry no bar — a missing bar does not mean cheaper.
| Tool | Starting price | Pricing model | Free tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consensus | $9/mo | Freemium | Yes |
| Elicit | $12/mo | Freemium | Yes |
| Gemini Deep Research | $20/mo | Subscription | No |
| Humata | $14.99/mo | Freemium | Yes |
| Perplexity AI (this page) | $20/mo | Freemium | Yes |
| You.com | $15/mo | Freemium | Yes |
