Perplexity Pro vs Max: Price, Limits and Research Depth

In short

Perplexity Pro costs $20 a month or $200 a year, and Max $200 a month or $2,000 a year (annual Max is sold on the web only). Upgrade when Pro's limits stop your search or Research work, or when you need something only Max has: Model Council in the web and iOS apps, Max Assistant in the Comet browser, the Brain research preview, or Teammates, the persistent agents Perplexity launched on the web on November 4, 2026. Max's 10,000 monthly Computer credits do not justify it on their own, because the same credits bought on Pro cost less. Perplexity publishes no numbers for either plan's limits; it sizes Pro for average use and Max for advanced use.

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Max raises unnumbered limits and adds Model Council, Max Assistant, Brain and Teammates

	Pro	Max
Pro Searches	weekly limit, average use	weekly limit, advanced use
Research (Advanced Deep Research)	monthly limit, average use	monthly limit, advanced use
Create files and apps	monthly limit	extended
File uploads	rolling weekly allowance, 40 MB per file	higher weekly allowance, 40 MB per file
Video (Veo 3.1, clips up to 8 seconds)	a smaller amount per rolling 30 days	"5x" on Perplexity's pricing grid
Computer	weekly included usage (rolling out)	10,000 credits a month
Model Council (web and iOS)	no	yes, with a monthly cap
Comet browser agent	Comet Assistant	Max Assistant, with the highest weekly limit
Brain	no	research preview
Teammates (web only)	no	research preview, free usage during a launch promotion
Search models	third-party models from several providers	adds models Perplexity reserves for Max

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Read the first five rows as the same features at a higher tier: Max lets you do more of what Pro already does, and the only multiplier Perplexity prints for Max is "5x" for video on its pricing grid. Computer differs in quantity, which the next section prices. The rows from Model Council down are where Max changes what you can do. Neither plan lets you buy extra video, so if video is what runs out, Max is the only step up.

Computer credits cost less on Pro

Perplexity prices Computer at 100 credits per dollar, and Pro can buy credits at that rate. The table compares a month on each plan if you buy every credit beyond the plan's allowance at that rate. It is our arithmetic and leaves out Pro's weekly included usage, which would only lower the Pro column.

Computer credits used in a month	Pro: $20 plus bought credits	Max: $200 with 10,000 included
2,000	$40	$200
10,000	$120	$200
20,000	$220	$300

Below 10,000 credits the gap narrows as usage grows, but Pro stays cheaper; above it Max costs $80 more at any volume. New subscribers currently get one-time bonus credits that expire after about 30 days: 4,000 on Pro and 35,000 on Max. Perplexity pricing lists what typical Computer tasks cost and what happens when credits run out.

Work that needs Max

Research every day. Research runs dozens of searches per report under a monthly limit. If Pro's monthly allowance ends before the month does, Max's advanced-use tier is the only consumer step up.
Checking one answer against several models. Model Council on web and iOS is a Max feature; on Pro it runs only inside Computer, where it spends credits.
Long browser-agent sessions. Max Assistant gives Comet's highest weekly limit.
Handing ongoing work to an agent. Teammates keep a role, remember past work and follow up on their own, for example by watching a Slack channel or a GitHub repository. Perplexity offers them only on individual Max, on the web, and does not include Enterprise accounts by default. Max includes free Teammates usage for a promotional period whose length Perplexity has not published; after it, Teammates spend the plan's monthly credits, so they draw on the same 10,000 credits as Computer.

If your work is mainly cited answers and an occasional report, Pro covers it, and Computer can be paid for as you go.

Education Pro at $10, annual billing, or Enterprise Pro for a team

Education Pro is $10 a month for students and educators verified through SheerID and includes everything in Pro, Computer access among it.
Annual billing brings Pro to about $16.67 a month and Max to about $166.67.
Enterprise Pro ($40 a seat a month, or $400 a year) is the plan for a team rather than a heavier individual. It publishes per-seat limits of 400 Pro Searches a week and 50 Research queries a month, adds 500 Computer credits a month, and Perplexity never uses Enterprise data for training. Max is a consumer plan with no SSO or seat management.
Neither plan includes API access. The Sonar API is billed on a separate prepaid account.

Official sources

Editorial guidance grounded in official product sources.

FAQ

Common questions

What does Perplexity Pro provide?

Pro is the normal individual starting point for advanced models, frequent cited search, Research, file analysis, image generation, and average-use weekly or monthly windows. Its exact consumer numeric caps are not published.

What does Perplexity Max add over Pro?

Max adds advanced-use Search, Research, Create, Browser Agent, and upload windows, dedicated support, early access, and 10,000 recurring Computer credits per month. The recurring Computer allocation is a clearer boundary than a vague unlimited claim.

When is Perplexity Max worth upgrading to?

Upgrade when a specific Pro window repeatedly blocks paid work, or when recurring Computer usage makes purchased credits and paused tasks more costly than Max. Stay on Pro if the bottleneck is not measurable.

What happens when Perplexity Computer credits run out?

Active tasks pause and new credit-using tasks are blocked. Saved work resumes when credits are available again. Ask searches remain separate and do not consume Computer credits; API usage is also billed separately.

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